Los 'papeles' del conflicto iraquí
Clegg pide una investigación sobre las revelaciones de Wikileaks
El viceprimer ministro británico sostiene que hay que tomarse "muy en serio" las informaciones publicadas por la web
WALTER OPPENHEIMER - Londres - 24/10/2010
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Clegg/pide/investigacion/revelaciones/Wikileaks/elpepuint/20101024elpepuint_4/Tes
The 'roles' of the Iraqi conflictClegg calls for investigation into the revelations of WikileaksBritish Deputy Prime Minister claims to be taken "very seriously" the information published on the web
WALTER OPPENHEIMER - London - 24/10/2010
The abuses committed or condoned by the allied troops and Iraqi security forces during the war in Iraq is shocking world politics. In London, Deputy Minister Nick Clegg has defended the need to clarify the possible involvement of British troops in these abuses, which seems to clash with the appeasement position of the Ministry of Defence and the silence of conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron.
In Iraq, however, the nearly 400,000 documents hung this weekend on the Internet by Wikileaks just have caused surprise in a population already known in their own meats such abuses. And its publication has been described as "politically motivated" by the prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. "It's normal for people to be tortured in prison, to die in jail or prison disappears without a trace," he told the BBC one of the men interviewed in Baghdad street. "Of course knew that the Americans, they control everything here," opinadouna women. For the prime minister, accused some of the Wikileaks documents have tolerated the creation of death squads, everything is a political stunt.
In London, however, the matter is taken very seriously. Clegg has defended the need to open an investigation into allegations of abuse by British troops in Iraq to emerge from the documents to Wikileaks. The leader of the Liberal Democrats, who always opposed the invasion, has defendidola need to be taken "very seriously" any allegation of practice or tolerance of torture.
Rejection Blair backed invasion
The two parties formed since May a coalition government in the United Kingdom were in opposition when the Labour Party Tony Blair championed and won the support of the community to participate in the invasion of Iraq. But while conservatives largely supported the invasion, the Liberal Democrats opposed it fiercely and cemented at that inflexibility on Iraq a political renaissance that has finished becoming crucial to form a government after the close results of recent elections.
Iraq has not been a major obstacle to the coalition because it is a politically amortized damaging to Labour. The Tories defended the need to investigate the circumstances under which the United Kingdom joined the war, especially with the aim to harm Labour in the last election. The investigation is over, but the conclusions reached by the committee does not have a political impact.
But the possibility that it is the army that sit on the dock and answer any allegations of abuse or tolerance to abuses committed by others is another matter. These difficulties have been highlighted with the wall of silence that has surrounded a seemingly very clear case, the torture death of Baha Musa iraqi citizens when detained at military installations in Iraq.
Cameron opens his mouth
So it is politically significant that while the Prime Minister, Conservative David Cameron, has not opened his mouth after the publication of documents of Wikileaks, Nick Clegg noha shirk when asked about them in The Andrew Marr Show, the flagship program Sunday mornings of the BBC. "I think the nature of the allegations is extremely serious," he said. "It is distressing to read, are very serious and I am sure that the U.S. administration wants to give an answer. Though we are not one to tell them what to do," he said.
And what about the allegations involving British troops, must it be investigated?, LEHA preguntadoel journalist Andrew Marr. "I think anything that suggests that to your knowledge have broken the rules of combat and torture has been tolerated in any form has to be examined," he respondidoClegg.
Vince Cable, Minister of Business and Liberal politician perhaps the most popular Democrat, was more blunt. "The Liberal Democrats were opposed to the Iraq war and we feel vindicated by what is happening," he declaradoa Sky News television. "There have already been several investigations but I think if there have been abuses must be investigated. I think that's obvious," he said.
The position of the two liberal heavyweights contrasts with the approach of the Ministry of Defence, whose owner, Liam Fox, is considered one of the hawks in the Tory right. According to Defence, the publication of the documents is frivolous, it may endanger the British military personnel and cases of alleged abuse have been investigated. "There is no place for the mistreatment of detainees. Always deeply regret any civilian casualties and we take very seriously all incidents," the ministry stressed in a statement.
But Liberal Democrat politicians are not the only ones who want Britain to investigate potential liabilities. Phil Shiner, the group Lawyers for the Public Interest, who once insisted on taking the case of Baha Musa in court, and said Saturday that some of the deaths reported in documents released by Wikileaks "may have legal responsibilities the UK because some Iraqis were killed while under the effective control of the forces of the United Kingdom, under arrest, in vehicles, helicopters or detention facilities. "
The British not only face possible charges of abuse, but of incompetence. According to The Sunday Observer, the British troops were surrounded in March 2005 to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the man of Osama bin Laden in Iraq. But he watched the helicopter ran out of gas and Zarqawi managed to escape and in the next 15 months expanded the operations of Al Qaeda across Iraq, fueling the civil war climate.
For its part, the Army of Denmark has announced that it will consider carefully the leaked documents to see if it reveals any irregularity on the part of Danish soldiers. "We want to see the documents and compare them with our own information," said the spokesman for the Danish Defense Command, Torben Kjedsen. The reports, according to local press reveal negligence on the part of Danish soldiers in torture of prisoners by Iraqi police.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Clegg/pide/investigacion/revelaciones/Wikileaks/elpepuint/20101024elpepuint_4/Tes
The 'roles' of the Iraqi conflictClegg calls for investigation into the revelations of WikileaksBritish Deputy Prime Minister claims to be taken "very seriously" the information published on the web
WALTER OPPENHEIMER - London - 24/10/2010
The abuses committed or condoned by the allied troops and Iraqi security forces during the war in Iraq is shocking world politics. In London, Deputy Minister Nick Clegg has defended the need to clarify the possible involvement of British troops in these abuses, which seems to clash with the appeasement position of the Ministry of Defence and the silence of conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron.
In Iraq, however, the nearly 400,000 documents hung this weekend on the Internet by Wikileaks just have caused surprise in a population already known in their own meats such abuses. And its publication has been described as "politically motivated" by the prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. "It's normal for people to be tortured in prison, to die in jail or prison disappears without a trace," he told the BBC one of the men interviewed in Baghdad street. "Of course knew that the Americans, they control everything here," opinadouna women. For the prime minister, accused some of the Wikileaks documents have tolerated the creation of death squads, everything is a political stunt.
In London, however, the matter is taken very seriously. Clegg has defended the need to open an investigation into allegations of abuse by British troops in Iraq to emerge from the documents to Wikileaks. The leader of the Liberal Democrats, who always opposed the invasion, has defendidola need to be taken "very seriously" any allegation of practice or tolerance of torture.
Rejection Blair backed invasion
The two parties formed since May a coalition government in the United Kingdom were in opposition when the Labour Party Tony Blair championed and won the support of the community to participate in the invasion of Iraq. But while conservatives largely supported the invasion, the Liberal Democrats opposed it fiercely and cemented at that inflexibility on Iraq a political renaissance that has finished becoming crucial to form a government after the close results of recent elections.
Iraq has not been a major obstacle to the coalition because it is a politically amortized damaging to Labour. The Tories defended the need to investigate the circumstances under which the United Kingdom joined the war, especially with the aim to harm Labour in the last election. The investigation is over, but the conclusions reached by the committee does not have a political impact.
But the possibility that it is the army that sit on the dock and answer any allegations of abuse or tolerance to abuses committed by others is another matter. These difficulties have been highlighted with the wall of silence that has surrounded a seemingly very clear case, the torture death of Baha Musa iraqi citizens when detained at military installations in Iraq.
Cameron opens his mouth
So it is politically significant that while the Prime Minister, Conservative David Cameron, has not opened his mouth after the publication of documents of Wikileaks, Nick Clegg noha shirk when asked about them in The Andrew Marr Show, the flagship program Sunday mornings of the BBC. "I think the nature of the allegations is extremely serious," he said. "It is distressing to read, are very serious and I am sure that the U.S. administration wants to give an answer. Though we are not one to tell them what to do," he said.
And what about the allegations involving British troops, must it be investigated?, LEHA preguntadoel journalist Andrew Marr. "I think anything that suggests that to your knowledge have broken the rules of combat and torture has been tolerated in any form has to be examined," he respondidoClegg.
Vince Cable, Minister of Business and Liberal politician perhaps the most popular Democrat, was more blunt. "The Liberal Democrats were opposed to the Iraq war and we feel vindicated by what is happening," he declaradoa Sky News television. "There have already been several investigations but I think if there have been abuses must be investigated. I think that's obvious," he said.
The position of the two liberal heavyweights contrasts with the approach of the Ministry of Defence, whose owner, Liam Fox, is considered one of the hawks in the Tory right. According to Defence, the publication of the documents is frivolous, it may endanger the British military personnel and cases of alleged abuse have been investigated. "There is no place for the mistreatment of detainees. Always deeply regret any civilian casualties and we take very seriously all incidents," the ministry stressed in a statement.
But Liberal Democrat politicians are not the only ones who want Britain to investigate potential liabilities. Phil Shiner, the group Lawyers for the Public Interest, who once insisted on taking the case of Baha Musa in court, and said Saturday that some of the deaths reported in documents released by Wikileaks "may have legal responsibilities the UK because some Iraqis were killed while under the effective control of the forces of the United Kingdom, under arrest, in vehicles, helicopters or detention facilities. "
The British not only face possible charges of abuse, but of incompetence. According to The Sunday Observer, the British troops were surrounded in March 2005 to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the man of Osama bin Laden in Iraq. But he watched the helicopter ran out of gas and Zarqawi managed to escape and in the next 15 months expanded the operations of Al Qaeda across Iraq, fueling the civil war climate.
For its part, the Army of Denmark has announced that it will consider carefully the leaked documents to see if it reveals any irregularity on the part of Danish soldiers. "We want to see the documents and compare them with our own information," said the spokesman for the Danish Defense Command, Torben Kjedsen. The reports, according to local press reveal negligence on the part of Danish soldiers in torture of prisoners by Iraqi police.
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