-------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:32:34 -0500 (CDT) From: <•••@••.•••> Subject: USA re Gtmo suicides / USA = new nazis To: •••@••.••• -------- Original Message -------- Subject: World condemns Graffy and Harris Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:33:47 -0700 From: Michael Munk <•••@••.•••> To: Michael Munk <•••@••.•••> US retreat on Guantanamo deaths 13 June 2006, (AP) -excerpts US claims that the suicides of three Guantanamo Bay prisoners were a PR stunt or an act of warfare have drawn international criticism and prompted Washington to distance itself from the statements. Sean McCormack, the US state department spokesman, told reporters on Monday: "We would not say that it was a PR stunt. Colleen Graffy, the deputy assistant secretary of state for public diplomacy, had said earlier that the deaths "certainly [are] a good PR move to draw attention". And Navy Rear Admiral Harry Harris had said he believed that the suicides were an "act of asymmetric warfare against us" rather than an act of desperation. Le Monde (France): Graffy's comments "illustrate the gulf which separates American authorities from the rest of the world on this sinister question". The Guardian (UK): Harris's remarks "cold and odious". Amnesty International: Graffy's comment "shows a chilling disregard for human life" and said it was "deeply concerned" by Harris's remark. The International Federation for Human Rights: shocked by the American officials' statements "shameful and revolting". The Daily Mail (UK) a right-wing tabloid: the officials had spoken "with utter insensitivity to world opinion" in an editorial headlined "From the high moral ground to the gutter." El Mundo (Spain): Graffy and Harris comments "gruesome". AP -- -------------------------------------------------------- Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ Blogs: cyberjournal forum http://cyberjournal-rkm.blogspot.com/ Achieving real democracy http://harmonization.blogspot.com/ for readers of ETM http://matrixreaders.blogspot.com/ Community Empowerment http://empowermentinitiatives.blogspot.com/ Blogger made easy http://quaylargo.com/help/ezblogger.html