United States vs. Manning

A timeline of the U.S. investigation between 2006 to 2013

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2010-10-26
 
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QUESTION: Okay. And then my last one is the UN High Commissioner for Refugees today came out with a statement saying that the latest WikiLeaks disclosures show that the U.S. had knowledge of serious abuses and continue to turn people by the Iraqis and continue to turn prisoners over to them and says that this may be a gross violation of international human rights law. I know that you talked yesterday about the investigation having to start with the Iraqis, but the High Commissioner is saying the U.S. also has an obligation to investigate. Is the U.S. ready to do this?

MR. CROWLEY: Well, I would go back to statements I think that were also made by General George Casey yesterday disputing the idea that we, in any way, turned our back on what we saw. This is an issue that we talked regularly with the Iraqi Government, but at the same time, we have and are continuing to fulfill not only our international obligations, but our obligations to Iraq as a sovereign government. We have an agreement with Iraq where we have turned over responsibilities to Iraq as a sovereign government and these are more appropriate questions to direct to the sovereign Government of Iraq, not to the United States.

QUESTION: Well, but is the U.S. willing to consider opening an investigation into whether the transfer of prisoners to the Iraqis not current transfers, but past transfers with knowledge that they of these abuses could be a violation of international law?

MR. CROWLEY: I will take a question as to the suggestion that our activities in recent years posed a potential violation. I think our lawyers would suggest it does not. But I'll take that question. Okay.
  Name(s:) Phillip J. Crowley
  Title: Assistant Secretary
  Agency(ies): Public Affairs, Department of State
Concerning: Iraq War Logs
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Archive: http://archive.is/uUlZg
 
 
Title:
Middle East Digest - October 26, 2010
Author: Phillip J. Crowley
Title: Assistant Secretary
Authoring or Creator Agency: Public Affairs, Department of State
Concerning:
"Iraq War Logs
 
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