EU condemns secret CIA prisons

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Looks like Chucklenuts will have a hard time selling his new version of the Geneva Convention elsewhere too.

"BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union condemned on Friday the detention of terrorism suspects by the United States in secret overseas prisons, whose existence U.S. President George Bush first acknowledged last week.

European nations had held back from criticizing Washington over the matter after it first emerged in media reports last year, and said last December they were satisfied with U.S. statements denying any wrongdoing.

"The existence of secret detention facilities where detained persons are kept in a legal vacuum is not in conformity with international humanitarian law and international criminal law," Finnish Foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja told a news conference after the bloc's 25 ministers discussed Bush's comments.

"We reiterate that in combating terrorism, human rights and humanitarian standards have to be maintained," said Tuomioja, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency..."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/security_eu_cia_dc

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Oh crap, Bush is going to invade the EU now..............