US disturbed by reports of torture by Egypt police

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WASHINGTON — The State Department said on Tuesday it is disturbed by reports that an Egyptian anti-government activist was tortured while in police custody last week.

Mohammed El Sharkawi, 24, claimed he was beaten and sexually assaulted at a Cairo police station after being arrested following a peaceful protest.


http://www.countercurrents.org/us-fisher080406.htm

<snip>Egypt has been a prime destination for victims of renditions. The Egyptian prime minister noted in 2005 that the U.S. has transferred some 60-70 detainees to that country, and a former CIA agent with experience in the region believes that "hundreds" of detainees may have been sent by the U.S. to prisons in other Middle Eastern countries.

[The Deacon]

1. Why?

Didn't they ask Alberto "Its Not Illegal If The President Does It" Gonzales' permission first?

[mmonk]

4. That's what I was going to ask. We are a nation that tortures now as well

[gkhouston]

10. oh, they're not disturbed by the torture

it's just the reports that trouble them. Dang leakers.

[Algorem]

2. they're one of our torture outsources

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Can you say, "crocodile tears"? n/t

[louis-t]

5. Funny how these headlines always say:

"U.S." is disturbed by, or "White House" is disturbed by, or "State Dept." is disturbed by...The dumbass in chief isn't really disturbed by anything, he's just disturbed.

[Sadie5]

6. US disturbed by reports of torture by Egypt police

Let me guess, * is "troubled" by this. Thats his favorite word these days.

[MountainLaurel]

7. Disturbed that they didn't think of it first?

:shrug:

I'm sure it will be added to the repertoir.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. Kicked and Recommended

[Downtown Hound]

9. Hmm....there's something strangely ironic in this

I'm not going to say what it is, but I think anyone who is not a Kool-Aid chugging Bushbot moran can figure it out.

[bobthedrummer]

11. The administration of George W. Bush employs torturers, has our

military assist them, lies about rendition flights, has "secret" detention centers in places like Egypt, tortures Egyptians and anyone else on someone's "terrorist" list then uses perception management coming out of Rice's State Department (which stopped practicing diplomacy years ago) to deflect our focus from other ongoing criminal events perpetrated by the criminals & traitors in BFEE.

Then we have our domestic torturers, sadists, racists and perverts hiding behind their badge or national security shield-now supported by various paramilitary groups of extremists on the borders.