Suppressing Evidence, David MIliband And UK Complicty In Torture

Two weeks ago the Foreign Secretary David Miliband lost his long legal battle to suppress a section (known as paragraph 168) from a court decree revealing that MI5 officers were involved in the torture of ex terror suspect and British resident, Binyam Mohamed. Up until now the testimonies of released British Residents Omar Deghayes, Mozzam Begg and Binyam Mohamed have not been fully absorbed by the British public. This is despite the fact Omar Deghayes entered Cuba with two eyes but came home with one. Many news consumers prefer to maintain that detainee accounts of asphyxiation, physical torment, sexual and religious abuse, were either deserved, fabricated or necessary. Others can not contemplate that a nation proudly branding itself on civil liberties, tolerance and 'fair play' could willfully throw us back into the medieval barbarism of the Norman Conquests. Yet, as Miliband's credibility crumbles in the light of his failed cover-up, so the plausibility of Binyam Mohammed's testimony gains ground. The tide is changing.'

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