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Canadian soldiers may be subject to war crimes charges

Dave Pugliese
CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen

Monday, April 10, 2006

OTTAWA - Canadian soldiers could be charged with war crimes in the International Criminal Court because of an agreement the government approved on the handling of detainees captured in Afghanistan, warns a report to be released today.

The legal opinion on the arrangement regarding prisoners, captured by Canadian troops and then turned over to the Afghan government, raises a number of red flags about the lack of safeguards to protect soldiers against prosecution.

"Whoever negotiated this agreement did our soldiers a great disservice," said Michael Byers, an international law professor at the University of British Columbia, who wrote the opinion....

http://tinyurl.com/jevm6

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2006
U.S. Policy of Abuse Undermines Rights Worldwide

(Washington, D.C, January 18, 2006) – New evidence demonstrated in 2005 that torture and mistreatment have been a deliberate part of the Bush administration’s counterterrorism strategy, undermining the global defense of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2006 World Report 2006: Audio Commentaries .
The evidence showed that abusive interrogation cannot be reduced to the misdeeds of a few low-ranking soldiers, but was a conscious policy choice by senior U.S. government officials. The policy has hampered Washington’s ability to cajole or pressure other states into respecting international law, said the 532-page volume’s introductory essay.

“Fighting terrorism is central to the human rights cause,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “But using illegal tactics against alleged terrorists is both wrong and counterproductive.”

Roth said the illegal tactics were fueling terrorist recruitment, discouraging public assistance of counterterrorism efforts and creating a pool of unprosecutable detainees.

U.S. partners such as Britain and Canada compounded the lack of human rights leadership by trying to undermine critical international protections. Britain sought to send suspects to governments likely to torture them based on meaningless assurances of good treatment. Canada sought to dilute a new treaty outlawing enforced disappearances....

http://tinyurl.com/qk3wb

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The Truth about Canada in Afghanistan
March 16, 2006

Canada in Afghanistan: Top Ten Under-reported Facts The Canadian mainstream media has been promoting our role in Afghanistan, with almost no critical voices, despite polling that indicates between 48% to 62% of Canadians not only question but oppose our engagement of troops in this war-torn country Ipsos-Reid, Mar. 4/06; Strategic Counsel/Globe and Mail, Feb. 24/06).

The 'post-Harper trip' polling results have been misrepresented because Strategic Counsel found that, while views had shifted due to a heightened campaign by the military and the media, 69% want a "debate to decide if our troops should stay in Afghanistan beyond next year" and 70% base their support on the misconception that our purpose is significantly more "peacekeeping than combat." In fact, the new polling finds that "52 per cent of Canadians say they are against a 10-year mission" (Globe and Mail, Mar. 14/06).

-- HERE ARE TEN VERIFIABLE FACTS THE MEDIA HAS AVOIDED --

http://tinyurl.com/pec54

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Thank you for continuing this thread. The links you provide were very impressive; I guess my main question would be what would the CF soldier be charged with? I keep hearing lawyers imply that there is a very remote possibility that a CF soldier could be charged under the ICC but with what crime.

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Kevin Laddle

Shut up Jerry West.

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Hey Kevin, rude child:

What strike, what's up with Audra, and has she asked for support?

All of that information would be nice to have before you set your hair on fire and run off foaming at the mouth, son.