Three British citizens, recently released from Guantanomo Bay have made serious accusations concerning the treatment of themselves at other prisoners during their imprisonment. Alexander Downer, Australia’s foreign minister responded (from the August 5 ABC video news):
These three people, who have made these allegations, who have been in Guantanamo Bay, wouldn’t – on the face of it – be regarded as objective observers. So we’ll just have to wait and see whether they’re pushing a political line or whether there’s any substance to these allegations.
There’s an abbreviated version of the quote in this story.
I’d have to agree with Mr Downer, these are people who could well have an agenda to push. However, in the absence of any credible, objective observer at Guantanamo Bay, or any credible reason as to why objective observers have not been allowed into Guantanamo Bay, and armfuls of credible, objective observations from Abu Ghraib, what are we supposed to believe?
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Downer lost his credibility long ago!