tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post5998225178330859056..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: Outsourcing tortureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-82393106553781491502007-06-14T22:27:00.000+10:002007-06-14T22:27:00.000+10:00Rabee, Assad is a member of a Shiite sect (Allawi?...Rabee, Assad is a member of a Shiite sect (Allawi?) but some of his cabinet ministers are Sunni. I don't know how strong their religious convictions are or whether they are, essentially just thugs. <BR/><BR/>I didn't suggest Syria was a democracy. Nor did I suggest that Sunni were the torturers. But Syria is mainly an Islamic country.hchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799594181016858701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-30966154096418181532007-06-14T22:12:00.000+10:002007-06-14T22:12:00.000+10:00Harry,What are you talking about? Syria is ruled b...Harry,<BR/><BR/>What are you talking about? Syria is ruled by secular thugs against the will of the majority who happen to be Muslims.<BR/><BR/>The regime is not Islamic, and the the Christian countries (US, Australia, UK) did not send their prisoners to be tortured by the 70% Sunni population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-71720776232347261792007-06-14T21:20:00.000+10:002007-06-14T21:20:00.000+10:00Rabee, They might be thugs but they are (according...Rabee, They might be thugs but they are (according to my sources) mainly Islamic. The overwhelming majority of the Syria is Sunni Muslim: 70% Sunni Muslim, 12% Christians (mostly Orthodox and Greek Catholic) and 18% other minority groups including Jews and Druzes.<BR/><BR/>I was amazed that the US would send prisoners to Syria. I thought they weren't on speaking terms.hchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799594181016858701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-37691054910505484512007-06-14T18:49:00.000+10:002007-06-14T18:49:00.000+10:00Syria is hardly Islamic. They're just a bunch of s...Syria is hardly Islamic. They're just a bunch of secular thugs, who have made torture the main component of their legal system. As a rule, if you are ever arrested in Syria, ask what they want you to confess to and then confess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-36992262192710247632007-06-13T22:58:00.000+10:002007-06-13T22:58:00.000+10:00And almost certainly Mick Kelty, Downer and Phil R...And almost certainly Mick Kelty, Downer and Phil Ruddock lied about it. I suppose, we can explain a utilitarian MOTIVE as an explanation. As per the Mandy Rice Davies immortal phrase: "well they would say that, wouldn't they?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com