WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) --

WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI)
-- The U.S.-led war on terror is "bankrupt of vision and bereft of
principle," and has made the world more dangerous, the human rights
group Amnesty International said in its latest report Wednesday.
The group's 2004 report criticizes the United States and its allies,
along with militant groups worldwide, for what it calls "the most
sustained attack on human rights and international humanitarian law in
the last 50 years."
Over the past four years, 177 armed groups have operated in 65
countries, which make-up one-third of the world's population, the
report said. Fifty-five percent of these groups killed civilians and 20
percent committed rape and other sexual violence. One-third of
governments responded to this violence by killing civilians; 36 percent
by torturing and ill-treating people; and 28 percent through sexual
violence, including rape, the report added. The report comes down
heavily on both governments and militant groups. It details torture and
ill-treatment in 132 countries, political killings in 47, and
detainments without trial or charge in 58 nations. It also detailed
killings and attacks by militants in 34 countries, torture or ill
treatment in 18, and hostage-takings and abductions in 16.
"This is to say that the war on terror has evolved into a global street
brawl with governments and armed groups duking it out, and innocent
civilians suffering severely," William Schulz, executive director of
Amnesty International USA, at a news conference in Washington.

According to Amnesty International, this is what the math looks like:



I think not. It's off to summer school for Amnesty International. While
every other kid is out having fun, they should be stuck in an
unairconditioned class room, learning how to add.

(Apologies for the crappy graphic job. I don't have photoshop...sue me)

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