The war in Iraq has become known as a scam. Few, if any, argue that the reason that the US and British militaries are there has anything to do with the initial excuse - the infamous Weapons of Mass Destruction. This lie has been replaced by another - that of "spreading democracy".
As more comes to light about the US government's role in "outsourcing" the torture of terror suspects, known as "extraordinary rendition", the detinition of their "democracy" becomes clearer. In fact, a more accurate description of what the US government has actually done could be "spreading terror, death, fear and war".
An estimated 150 people were "disappeared" from their homes - a practice used largely by US backed dictators in Latin America in the 1980's - flown to CIA "black sites" and routinely
tortured. Some have not been heard from again, while others have been released with no charge. The controversy continues after senior US diplomat in Britain, Robert Tuttle, claimed that there was "no evidence" that suspects had been taken to Syria to be tortured. Due to prominent coverage of the case of a Canadian citizen of Syrian descent Maher Arar, who was picked up in New York in 2002, Blair takes his lead from Washington and has stood firmly behind Condaleeza Rice and the Bush administration as they reports are "complete
seek to justify torture and murder.
transferred to Jordan, then Syria, the White House was forced to admit that there has been coverage of the case, but did not comment further. Arar was released without charge after being held and tortured for one