Posted on 01/18/2006 3:50:12 PM PST by ferri
(CNN) -- After a year of arduous political spadework by Iraqis trying to establish a democracy, a major humanitarian watchdog group has said "the human rights situation in Iraq deteriorated significantly in 2005."
Human Rights Watch made the assessment Wednesday in a report titled "Human Rights Watch World Report 2006," a global survey of the state of human rights.
The U.S.-led coalition has touted a year of political progress in Iraq, as Iraqis numbering in the millions went to the polls to vote for a transitional parliament, a four-year parliament and a constitution.
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Unmitigated B.S. Nobody (except drooling idiots) could possibly by this garbage.
See, we're to blame if we interfere with the Iraqis' indigenous traditions, which includes torture and abuse of their enemies.
It's also our fault if we don't prevent them from implementing these traditional practices.
It's our fault, and not that of the Jihadists, don'tcha know.
You no longer have the "right" to be dropped into a shredder, have your head cut off, have your family raped in front of you or thrown into a dank, horrible prison.
Life is not perfect in the USA and it's probably a long way from perfect in Iraq this week, but is it better? I think so.
Who are the people who expect perfection right out of the box? Where is it written that everything is supposed to be just perfect all the time?
It's called life, get over it and just "move on".
Just compare Iraq to Syria today!
I heard Paul Bremmer (sp?) today on the radio say that they found one mass grave that was the size of three football fields, and contained over 30,000 bodies, including many very young children. He stressed that there were many such graves.
Yeah, but you can't turn that into an attack on US foreign policy. C'mon, be sensible.
...well, since the coalition hasn't given these people welfare, free health care, affirmative action and a white liberal legislature I'd have to say "yes", under this outfit's criteria human rights are worse.
Only when they implement an oppressive tax structure and give homosexuals all the "civil rights" you can shake a stick at will Iraq get this bunch's seal of approval.
INTREP
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