La filtración de WikiLeaks no eclipsa la campaña electoral
La ONU dice que EE UU tiene la obligación moral y legal de investigar los casos creíbles de complicidad de soldados estadounidenses en torturas
YOLANDA MONGE - Washington - 23/10/2010
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/filtracion/WikiLeaks/eclipsa/campana/electoral/elpepuint/20101023elpepuint_14/Tes
WikiLeaks filtration does not overshadow the election campaignThe UN says that the U.S. has the moral and legal obligation to investigate credible cases of complicity in torture of U.S. soldiers
YOLANDA MONGE - Washington - 23/10/2010
A little over a week before the elections next November 2nd in the air with the Democratic Party, the leak of nearly 400,000 secret Pentagon documents through the web WikiLeaks has stolen part of the political leadership, but not get overshadowed. Major U.S. newspapers today opened its editions on paper and online with news and devote ample space to unravel the meaning and consequences of what happened. But the presence of President Barack Obama in key states that may decide the future of Congress imposes on the news is staged in London by his hero, Julian Assange. Major League Baseball, in the semifinals and eliminated the Yankees Friday, and American football season, did not give even a minute of your special TV spots for the leak.
The UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, today urged Obama to open an investigation. Nowak said the U.S. has the moral and legal obligation to investigate credible cases of complicity by U.S. soldiers in torture. The UN rapporteur stressed that, if authentic, the documents show clear violations of the UN Convention against torture. "According to convention, there is the obligation of States to criminalize all forms of torture (...) and of course to investigate any case, bring the perpetrators to justice and provide victims the right to adequate compensation, "he told the BBC.
Following the counterclaim, there has been no response from Washington. Official reactions to the leak were few and all predate the light output of documents. The Pentagon, fearful of what might be disclosed, used over a hundred experts in recent days to try to figure out where the information could go and prepare for a storm of criticism. Its unique position has been to condemn the leak and to show that actions how are you endanger the lives of U.S. soldiers fighting abroad and allies who support the United States.
For the Department of Defense, the violation of their security can only lead to murder. "We deplore the actions of WikiLeaks that encourages breaking the law, to leak classified documents and then cavalierly they share the information with the world, including our enemies."
The State Department said in the same line. "I have the firm conviction that we must condemn in the clearest terms possible the dissemination of any information, by individuals or organizations that endanger the lives of soldiers or civilians from the United States and its allies," said Hillary Clinton.
Washington is caught on two fronts. On the one hand, their own responsibility for the abuses and killings committed. Furthermore, filtration of WikiLeaks reveals the fragility of the Iraqi state, rife with sectarian tensions inflamed from neighboring countries like Iran. The picture that emerges, and that is not flattering to the White House is a country that could explode into pieces once the U.S. leaves the area completely.
The documents released covering the period between 2004 and 2009 and made clearer than ever the difficulties of Iraq to become an independent and unified country, despite the drastic reduction in violence. For many, the documents will prove the need for U.S. to maintain a military presence in the country. For many others, will be the final puebra that armed intervention in Iraq has been a great human tragedy.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/filtracion/WikiLeaks/eclipsa/campana/electoral/elpepuint/20101023elpepuint_14/Tes
WikiLeaks filtration does not overshadow the election campaignThe UN says that the U.S. has the moral and legal obligation to investigate credible cases of complicity in torture of U.S. soldiers
YOLANDA MONGE - Washington - 23/10/2010
A little over a week before the elections next November 2nd in the air with the Democratic Party, the leak of nearly 400,000 secret Pentagon documents through the web WikiLeaks has stolen part of the political leadership, but not get overshadowed. Major U.S. newspapers today opened its editions on paper and online with news and devote ample space to unravel the meaning and consequences of what happened. But the presence of President Barack Obama in key states that may decide the future of Congress imposes on the news is staged in London by his hero, Julian Assange. Major League Baseball, in the semifinals and eliminated the Yankees Friday, and American football season, did not give even a minute of your special TV spots for the leak.
The UN special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, today urged Obama to open an investigation. Nowak said the U.S. has the moral and legal obligation to investigate credible cases of complicity by U.S. soldiers in torture. The UN rapporteur stressed that, if authentic, the documents show clear violations of the UN Convention against torture. "According to convention, there is the obligation of States to criminalize all forms of torture (...) and of course to investigate any case, bring the perpetrators to justice and provide victims the right to adequate compensation, "he told the BBC.
Following the counterclaim, there has been no response from Washington. Official reactions to the leak were few and all predate the light output of documents. The Pentagon, fearful of what might be disclosed, used over a hundred experts in recent days to try to figure out where the information could go and prepare for a storm of criticism. Its unique position has been to condemn the leak and to show that actions how are you endanger the lives of U.S. soldiers fighting abroad and allies who support the United States.
For the Department of Defense, the violation of their security can only lead to murder. "We deplore the actions of WikiLeaks that encourages breaking the law, to leak classified documents and then cavalierly they share the information with the world, including our enemies."
The State Department said in the same line. "I have the firm conviction that we must condemn in the clearest terms possible the dissemination of any information, by individuals or organizations that endanger the lives of soldiers or civilians from the United States and its allies," said Hillary Clinton.
Washington is caught on two fronts. On the one hand, their own responsibility for the abuses and killings committed. Furthermore, filtration of WikiLeaks reveals the fragility of the Iraqi state, rife with sectarian tensions inflamed from neighboring countries like Iran. The picture that emerges, and that is not flattering to the White House is a country that could explode into pieces once the U.S. leaves the area completely.
The documents released covering the period between 2004 and 2009 and made clearer than ever the difficulties of Iraq to become an independent and unified country, despite the drastic reduction in violence. For many, the documents will prove the need for U.S. to maintain a military presence in the country. For many others, will be the final puebra that armed intervention in Iraq has been a great human tragedy.
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