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A
Canadian diplomat with extensive experience in Afghanistan says she raised
the possibility that detainees transferred from Canadian to Afghan custody
were at risk of torture back in 2005.
But Eileen Olexiuk says her concerns were ignored.
She tells the CBC she arrived in Afghanistan in 2002 and was second in
command at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul.
Ms. Olexiuk says she told the Liberal government in power at the time that
the transfer agreement didn't do enough to protect detainees.
She said Canadian officials didn't monitor detainees after the transfer,
and that left detainees vulnerable once they were in Afghan hands.
Ms. Olexiuk, who met with torture victims during her three years in Afghanistan,
says she documented her concerns in human rights reports prepared for the
Department of Foreign Affairs She says she stressed that Canadians should
have been visiting the detainees regularly after transfers and making records
of detainees who were still being held and those who had been released.
But Ms. Olexiuk says her advice was ignored by Paul Martin's government.
What
disgusts me more than anything,is the Liberals trying so desperatlley,
to paint Canada as a Country of War Criminals.
They saw an opportunity to gain political points,no matter how they
were attained.
They
better be dam sure that they come out of any inquiry smelling sweeter
than a rose, and squeaky clean, or many Canadians should
never
forgive them .
But the facts are already known,that they handed prisoners over to
the Afghan's knowing there was a good possibility that they would
be tortured.
They were few options,and they did what they thought was best,just
like the Conservative Govt. did,except the current Govt. did made
provisions for inspections.
The Conservatives have acknowledged that the Liberals did there best,in
a difficult situation.
But the Liberals simply choose to smear, score political points,
and damage our Country's reputation.
Does anyone REALLY believe that the Liberals are doing this simply
for ultruistic reasons?
C'Mon... You know dam well that they're not! It's sickening.
They don't hold any moral high ground,and to make claim that they
do,is pure partisan politics.
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