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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 05:59 AM
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Uncovering the truth - Buenos Aires torture and murder
Edited on Thu Aug-28-03 06:04 AM by dArKeR
It was called the Athletic Club but what went on in its basement in the San Telmo district of Buenos Aires has no place in a sporting manual. About 1 500 young men and women considered opponents of the military government in Argentina between 1976 and 1983 were tortured and murdered there.

The building was bulldozed many years ago to make way for a flyover, but now the city council is excavating the ruins, not only to create a memorial to those who died but to try to find out what exactly happened to them. A sign at the site reads: “Ni olvido, ni perdon’’ — neither forget, nor forgive.

Two weeks ago the lower house of Congress voted to overturn the laws of immunity that protect those responsible for the torture and disappearance of thousands — estimates vary between 9 000 and 30 000 — of leftwingers in what is known as the Dirty War.

Former service personnel and a smaller number who are still serving may find themselves on trial facing sentences of life imprisonment. Opinions differ on how many may be charged, the estimates varying from a few hundred to 2 400.

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19668
(Free Register and worth it!)

I thought it was called Guantanamo Bay?

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LeftistGorilla Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-03 11:07 AM
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1. It's a good thing...
they got rid of the Amnesty law....
these people ruined the lives of too many people...
an overall good thing for Argentina....
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