Revealed: the terror prison US is helping build in Morocco

[DoYouEverWonder]

February 12, 2006

THE United States is helping Morocco to build a new interrogation and detention facility for Al-Qaeda suspects near its capital, Rabat, according to western intelligence sources.

The sources confirmed last week that building was under way at Ain Aouda, above a wooded gorge south of Rabat’s diplomatic district. Locals said they had often seen American vehicles with diplomatic plates in the area.

The construction of the new compound, run by the Direction de la Securité du Territoire (DST), the Moroccan secret police, adds to a substantial body of evidence that Morocco is one of America’s principal partners in the secret “rendition” programme in which the CIA flies prisoners to third countries for interrogation.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other groups critical of the policy have compiled dossiers detailing the detention and apparent torture of radical Islamists at the DST’s current headquarters, at Temara, near Rabat.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2036185,00.html


Rummie is scheduled to visit Morocco today. Must be doing a whirlwind tour of his rendition sites.

[bemildred]

1. Lovely place, Morocco, a bastion of Democracy(*).

* - Cooperation with the Bushite Imperium.

I guess we are now chums with the "freedom lovers" in Tunisia and Algeria too, which is odd because Algeria and Morocco don't always get along.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Just as long as they are willing to torture our suspects for us

the Rummie thinks they're great folks.

[stepnw1f]

3. Spreading Neo-Con Fascism (they call it democracy)

Every neo-con should be tortured, just for a bit of education.

[crikkett]

4. Thought the SERE school (torture ed.) was what started the problem

sometimes a little education is a bad thing.

[stepnw1f]

7. That's Not What I was Talking about

But I get the point.... bad is bad.

[crikkett]

11. I guessed so... to teach some empathy...

too bad we don't all have it..
:hug:

[teryang]

10. study for defensive purposes becomes an offensive policy

I recognized the techniques immediately.

A similar cover existed for biological warfare. Oh we're only studying it for "defensive purposes." Thusly, Patrick and others "experiment" with how could anthrax be delivered by mail. Shortly after 911, we find out the result of their research.

[Briar]

5. One of the lawyers behind

Guantanamo, rendition and this sort of thing was interviewed on Channel 4 News last week. He would not even admit that the suspects were human, because that would have meant explaining why the US has decreed they have no human rights.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Tell me how this is different

from what Hitler did to the Jews?

[VP505]

8. It's different

because we are doing it and as every good conservative knows we honor the constitution, we never torture, we support the right to life and more importantly we are spreading Democracy while making the world safer. :sarcasm: :puke:

[ninkasi]

9. Good answer

Welcome to DU :hi: :hi: :hi: It's things like this that make me wonder how anybody can believe Bush is such a good Christian. Jesus advocating torture is simply something that is impossible to imagine.