I hear that cruelty to animals exists in Germany too.
--- Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> For our friends Dennis and Wotjek:
>
> "Kurnaz alleges that, while in American detention in
> Kandahar, German soldiers were allowed to
> interrogate
> him.[21] According to an article by the United Press
> International Kurnaz picked out the picture of his
> interrogator from 60 photos he was shown of members
> of
> the German military's elite KSK unit. Deutsche Welle
> and Reuters report Kurnaz was shown 48 photos of
> members of the KSK unit, only 14 of whom were in
> Kandahar in January 2002, the time of the alleged
> abuse.[22][23][24]
>
> Kurnaz alleges the soldier grabbed him by hair and
> smashed his head into the ground.[21][22][23] The
> International Herald Tribune reports that, in
> addition, the soldiers kicked Kurnaz.[25] UPI
> reports
> that the soldiers are accused of "aggravated
> assault".
> Deutsche Welle and Reuters quoted German
> prosecutors,
> stating: "Both suspects are accused of grievous
> bodily
> harm while on duty," According to Kurnaz the men
> wore
> German uniforms, and spoke German with him:
>
> "They asked me if I knew who they were and then
> they said, 'We are the KSK,' I thought they would
> have
> some questions and that they could help me, but they
> told me I had chosen the wrong side,"
>
> The German Ministry of Defense had, initially,
> denied
> that the KSK was in Afghanistan at that
> time.[21][22][23] But they now acknowledge that the
> KSK was in Kandahar, and had contact with Kurnaz,
> after interviewing members of the KSK.
>
> A German Parliamentary inquiry is investigating the
> extent to which German military and
> counter-terrorism
> authorities took advantage of the American
> extraordinary rendition program.[21][22][23]"
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat_Kurnaz
>
>
>
>
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