Torture? Feh.

Now they're hanging our Canadian friends out to dry:

The government of Afghanistan has committed to investigate the clams and they'll be working closely with the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. This is their role and their responsibility," said Andre LeMay, a spokesman for MacKay.

Three of the fresh reports come from prisoners interviewed in the country's notorious intelligence service jail in Kabul - the fourth account was obtained in Kandahar. The precise details of the allegations were not made clear, although earlier this week MacKay described the initial reports as serious.

"All I can tell you is that these claims came to light in private interviews with Canadian officials," said LeMay. "These officials had clear and unrestricted access."

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The latest revelation could boost a legal challenge by Amnesty International and the B.C. Civil Liberities Association, which have applied to the Federal Court for an injunction to halt the transfers. They argue that Canada could find itself complicit in torture if it knowingly hands prisoners over to authorities who will abuse them.

Unless the "torture" of these poor widdle Taliban tewowwists looked like this, I don't even want to hear about it.

*****UPDATE*****


ibid.

Rome trial challenging CIA extraordinary renditions opens as Bush arrives

Egyptian cleric Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, known as Abu Omar, who was allegedly kidnapped by CIA agents off the streets of an Italian city and taken to Egypt where he said he was tortured, listens during Amnesty International press conference in Cairo, Egypt, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

MILAN, Italy (AP) - The first trial involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program opened in Italy on Friday without the presence of any of the 26 American defendants.

The case threatens to expose the workings of the U.S. and Italian intelligence agencies.

Highlighting the strain the trial has placed on U.S.-Italian relations, it began on the same day President Bush arrived in Rome for meetings with the pope, Italy's premier and president.

After ruling on several motions, the judge postponed the trial until June 18 so he could consider a defence request to suspend the proceedings until Italy's Constitutional Court rules on matters related to the case later this year.

Yeah...just look at him. I'm sure he was on his way to visit his sick grandma when he was "kidnapped."