Friday, September 29, 2006

At least we have "friends"

(CNN) -- The road to the Guantanamo Bay detention center begins in Pakistan, according to a report by rights group Amnesty International.

The report details how Pakistan has abducted hundreds of people and detained them illegally for the sake of cooperating with the U.S.-led "war on terror."

Pakistan routinely abducts so-called "terror suspects" and transfers them to Guantanamo Bay, Bagram, north of Kabul, or secret U.S. detention centers elsewhere, said Claudio Cordone, senior director of research at Amnesty International.

The report also details how bounty hunters -- including police officers and local citizens -- have captured individuals of different nationalities, often apparently at random, and then sold them into U.S. custody.

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