EDITORIAL AMERICA'S VALUES U.S. SENATE LAYS DOWN LAW ON TORTURE.IN a 90-9 vote, the U.S. Senate has taken a stand on the issue of torture in regards to those detained and imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- as part of the War on Terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism . In approving a spending bill that allocates $440 billion more to the effort to fight terrorists, senators tucked in an amendment prohibiting the use of torture against those detained and questioned by the U.S. military. This wasn't some passive-aggressive trick by Senate Democrats to tank the spending bill, but rather a bipartisan effort to set clear rules so that the inhumane in·hu·mane adj. Lacking pity or compassion. in  hu·mane ly adv. treatment of prisoners documented at Abu
Ghraib See Abu Ghraib prison and Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse.The city of Abu Ghraib (BGN/PCGN romanization: Abū Ghurayb; أبو غريب in Arabic) in the Anbar Governorate of Iraq is located 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of and Guantanamo Bay doesn't happen again. The amendment, co-sponsored by ex-POW Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and conservative Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S R-S Reed-Solomon R-S Reset-Set R-S Relative Severity .C., prohibits ``cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment'' and sets up clear rules and punishment for the military to follow regarding war prisoners. The U.S. Senate took a courageous stand last week. Unfortunately, the White House threatened to veto the bill and went to work to try to keep it from making the final cut in conference committee. |
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