Thursday, October 06, 2005
US Senate backs detainee rights
BBC NEWS |
"US senators have voted overwhelmingly to outlaw cruel or degrading treatment of detainees held in US custody abroad.
The Senate voted 90-9 in favour of the motion, which senators said would lay down rules for troops and officials carrying out interrogations.
Prisoner abuse scandals at Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq and concern over the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay have dogged the US since 2001."
Cheney warns of 'decades of war'
BBC NEWS |
"US Vice-President Dick Cheney has said that the US must be prepared to fight the war on terror for decades.
Addressing US military personnel, he said that the only way terrorists would win was if the US lost its nerve and abandoned Iraq and the Middle East.
Mr Cheney is the latest senior member of the US administration trying to bolster support for the war in Iraq.
On Thursday, President George W Bush will once again address the issue in a major speech in Washington."
