looney said:CPT is a peacemaking organization focussed on reducing violence and protecting human rights in conflict zones.
So why didn't he go out there before the invasion when there was MORE human rights abuses and violence?
No sympathy. The guy seems to hold the miltary in contempt even though they are there at the bequest of the elected Iraqi Government.
He's an idiot.
Yorkie said:He did. Read Vlad's post
CPT initiated a long-term presence in Iraq in October 2002, six months before the beginning of the U.S. led invasion in March of 2003. The primary focus of the team for eighteen months following the invasion was documenting and focusing attention on the issue of detainee abuses and basic legal and human rights being denied them. Issues related to detainees remain but the current focus of the team has expanded to include efforts to end occupation and militarization of the country and to foster nonviolent and just alternatives for a free and independent Iraq.
It has already been covered in the Press that the CPT are astonished at reports that they didn't thank the military.