Torturers R Us: The Continuity Kid Does Cairo http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m74724&hd=&size=1&l=e

 Meanwhile, as Egyptians rise up for freedom, the United States is forcing its puppet satrapy in Afghanistan to violate its own laws -- in order to keep the Peace Laureate's Bactrian gulag going. Clive Stafford Smith has the incredible story in the Guardian. (Yes, the British newspaper. What, you thought it would be leading the CBS Evening News?) [As] the US looks to hand over responsibility for the prisoners in Parwan prison to the Karzai government ... hey have come face-to-face with an intractable problem: they are holding 1,400 prisoners without trial. Every week, the number grows; it is predicted to rise to 3,200. Some have been there for many years.Dare we allow them to face Afghan justice? According to the US, few if any of these prisoners would be convicted at a fair trial.