* Amnesty attacks 'dire' Iraq abuse *

* Amnesty attacks 'dire' Iraq abuse *
Thousands of detainees in Iraq are still being denied basic rights with torture rife, an Amnesty report says.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4777214.stm

[The BBC report on npr this a.m. cited a comment to the effect that the abuses now in Iraq are in measure with those under Saddam Hussein previously. Some gain! Ed Kent]
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