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U.S. detains terror suspects on ships: rights group

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posted on Jun, 3 2008 @ 02:51 AM
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U.S. detains terror suspects on ships: rights group


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been secretly detaining terrorism suspects aboard floating "prison ships," a British legal charity charged on Monday, but the Pentagon described the report as inaccurate.

The charity Reprieve, citing sources including U.S. military officials, parliamentary bodies and former prisoners, said it believed the U.S. government had operated as many as 17 shipboard prisons, particularly in the Indian Ocean region.
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posted on Jun, 3 2008 @ 02:51 AM
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Pretty ingenious if I may say so. How do you bypass all the international laws banning torture? You take the prisoners to international waters where a country's laws don't apply.

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