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EU: European Parliament: MEPs pressing for Wikileaks Iraq torture follow-up at US summit

01 November 2010

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EU: European Parliament: MEPs pressing for Wikileaks Iraq torture follow-up at US summit (euobserver, link): Euro-deputies on Thursday (11 November) called for a "transatlantic inquiry" into Iraqi torture cases described in US war logs published by Wikileaks and pressed EU leaders to follow up on the issue at a meeting with US President Barack Obama next week. The Resolution adopted at the parliament's plenary session on 11 November said:

"Although aware that the leaking of classified military documents runs the risk of endangering military personnel, is highly concerned at the recent serious allegations that torture has been condoned in Iraq; calls for this issue to be raised at the EU-US summit with a view to an independent transatlantic inquiry."

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