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Torture in Afghanistan: the liberals knew
Joel-Denis Bellavance
The Press
Ottawa
The old liberal government had been prevented by Canadian diplomats in station in Kabul, in 2003, 2004 and 2005, that torture was a current practice in the Afghan prisons.
In spite of these warnings, the Martin government decided to sign an agreement with the Karzaï government, in December 2005, in order to deliver to the Afghan authorities all the prisoners captured by the Canadian soldiers, reveal documents of the Ministries for Foreign Affairs obtained by the Press.
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Politics, pure and simple. The Martin Gov. knew this was going on, and so did the press, but now that the CPC is in power, it's all a new problem. Just another mess left over for Harper to clean up.