US Delays Rights Report Partly Due to Iraq Scandal

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The State Department plans to delay the release of a human rights report due out on Wednesday partly because of sensitivities over the U.S. prison abuse scandal in Iraq (news - web sites), U.S. officials said.



One official who asked not to be identified said the release of the report, which describes actions taken by the U.S. government to encourage respect for human rights by other nations, could "make us look hypocritical."


The officials said the report, "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-2004," was not ready to be sent to Congress and therefore could not be made public as planned.


But they said the scandal over abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where photographs have shown naked Iraqi prisoners stacked in a pyramid and positioned to simulate sex acts, had played a role in the decision to delay the release.


Asked which of the two reasons explained the delay of the report, one official said: "Both."

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[TacticalPeek]

1. Time out

while we get our story straight.

[keithyboy]

2. 'make us LOOK hypocritical?'

WTF does that mean. Didn't he mean 'prove that we are hypocritical?'

[AussieInCA]

3. could "make us look hypocritical." so control the information release

but we live in a free country right!


Bushco* - Doushbags for hypocrisy

[Solly Mack]

4. Since when has "looking" hypocritical bothered this administration?

My, my , my. This is interesting and speaks of something more....

[denverbill]

7. Looking hypocritical is the problem.

They don't give a damn about being hypocritical, but LOOKING that way is what they find a problem.

[Solly Mack]

8. They always look hypocritical

primarily because they are, of course.

I can't think of a single instance in which Bush Inc didn't do something hypocritical....Perhaps their hypocrisy is just obvious to some.

[denverbill]

9. It's only obvious to people who actually WANT to see.

They are blatantly hypocritical in almost everything they say or do, but try pointing that out to the typical Bush supporter and notice the blank stare you'll get.

He wants to help minorities by ending affirmative action.

He wants to 'liberate' Iraq by invading and occupying it.

He wants to fight the war on terror by invading countries which don't sponsor terrorism and supporting those who do.

He wants to cut taxes on hard-working Americans by giving the idle rich 5% tax cuts and middle-income workers a 1% tax cut.

His clean skies initiative allows pollution to increase.

His healthy forest initiative allows clear-cutting.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Ah bad Lybia... bad Cuba

tsk, tsk...

Oh sorry, we need to take some time to look at this huge log in our own eye

[maddezmom]

13. and bad, bad Sudan

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x530140

[maddezmom]

6. this is bullshit...hope someone leaks the report to the press n/t

[damnraddem]

10. Oh, that report can't make the U.S. look hypocritical -- ...

that is, any more hypocritical than it already looks.

[daleo]

11. I wonder if the report boasts about toppling Saddam

And getting rid of rape rooms and torture chambers. It would certainly be interesting to see a copy before it is re-edited.

[truthisfreedom]

12. what rights?

if it's anything like here...