A lack of Solomon.

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected an appeal by Abu Hamza al-Masri allowing him to be extradited to the US. Four others, Babar Ahmed, Talha Ahsan, Khalid al-Fawwaz and Adel Abdul Bary will also be extradited along with Abu Hamza. They are all wanted by the US for terrorist offences and had appealed because of fear of inhuman treatment in super prisons where inmates are kept in solitary confinement for prolonged periods. Isn't it strange how the US always manages to get anyone it wants yet Raymond Davies and Amanda Knox are enjoying freedom in the US. Stranger still, the same court would not allow the transfer of Abu Qatada from Britain to Jordan where he has been sentenced to 15 years in prison also for terrorism related offences. In the case of Qatada the court could not be sure that testimony obtained by torture would not be used against him and that he would not be tortured in prison which would be in violation of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Oh, really? The country which routinely tortures prisoners accused of terrorism is the US. The US has kidnapped people from all over the world, calling it " rendition ", has flown them to Guantanamo in secret illegal flights and obtained confessions by ruthless torture. The previous Vice President, Dick Cheney defended the use of torture of suspects. It is good that Cheney recently had a heart transplant which means that he will live long enough to, hopefully, face trial someday. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 4 others will face a military court at Guantanamo from May 5 and may be sentenced to death. Khalid was captured by the ISI in Rawalpindi in Pakistan on March 1, 2003 and transferred to US custody who then flew him out to Guantanamo where he was water boarded to extract a confession. We can be sure that his Miranda Rights were never read to him and evidence used by torture will definitely be used. So the European Court is definitely using double standards and the President of the US boasts of having taught law in Harvard. How slimy can you get? Meanwhile the Iraqi defector, " Curveball ", who fabricated claims about Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction has cheerfully admitted that he made it all up to bring down Saddam Hussein. TOI, April 2. The US has the most extensive and comprehensive intelligence network in the world able to eavesdrop on any telephone or cell phone conversation and able to access any internet account because all the servers are based in the US. Is it remotely possible that the Bush administration did not know of their absence especially as UN inspector Hans Blix repeatedly denied their existence? Did Colin Powel deliberately lie to the Security Council? What the US demands the Europeans obey. And judges are clearly no exception. No Solomon here.