U.S. Iraq Policy, Jail Abuse Under Fire at (Europe-Latin America) Summit

U.S. Iraq Policy, Jail Abuse Under Fire at Summit

The United States' occupation of Iraq and the "inhuman and degrading" abuse of prisoners came under fire on Thursday ahead of a summit of European and Latin American leaders.

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Foreign ministers at the summit agreed on Thursday that their heads of state would condemn the treatment of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.

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The buzzword of the Guadalajara meeting will be "multilateralism," diplomatic code for criticism of Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq without U.N. backing.

"There is no international order if it is not through multilateralism and the rules of international legality. If there is no multilateralism, there is international disorder," said Spain's new prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

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it gets covered far and wide! Of course, Gee Dub won't understand a word Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said. I hope so desperately that we will get a president that has a "lick of sense".

but a worrisome sign that US continues to lose prestige. Dubya has really f*cked up.