CASHING IN ON THE WAR ON TERROR

[kpete]

April 8, 2008 at 05:20:30

CASHING IN ON THE WAR ON TERROR

These are among the conclusions of a year-long study by a team of seasoned reporters – known as the Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) --under the aegis of the non-profit, non-partisan Center for Public Integrity (CPI).

by William Fisher Page 1 of 2 page(s)

http://www.opednews.com


Foreign lobbyists are exploiting America’s post-9/11 fear to obtain billions of dollars in U.S. military aid – and a substantial part of it is being sent to countries that routinely violate human rights, participate in ‘extraordinary renditions,’ and recruit and deploy child soldiers.

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The ICIJ report documents substantial increases in U.S. military aid since the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The 2008 budget presented to Congress by President George W. Bush requested an increase of more than a billion dollars for military and security assistance, particularly to key ''front-line'' states in the ''war on terror".


But the ICIJ report notes that many of the recipients of this aid are countries believed to be guilty of human rights abuses.

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Alleged human rights violations included extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture, harsh prison conditions, arbitrary detentions, a corrupt judicial system, infringements on free speech, peaceful assembly, and freedom of religion, and sexual abuse against women and children.

more at:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/opedne_william__080408_cashing_in_on_the_wa.htm

[mac2]

1. You've done a good job

in torturing blank, and blank... We give you Americas tax payer dollars.

It's obvious he is out to bankrupt us. Impeach this robbing so and so.

[chimper]

2. Nothing to see here.

Move along.