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 | | From: | Tilly | | Subject: | Argentina's past revealed. | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:29:36 +1300 |
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 | It is about time these a*******s paid for their crimes.
A Spanish court has heard dramatic evidence at the trial of an Argentine
ex-naval officer accused of crimes against humanity nearly 30 years ago.
In a taped confession, Adolfo Scilingo described how pregnant detainees at a
naval school in Buenos Aires had their babies taken away for adoption......
-- Human rights groups say around 30,000 perceived political opponents
disappeared or were killed during Argentina's so-called dirty war between
1976 and 1983. ........
He was heard describing abuses at a naval school - one of the most notorious
torture centres of Argentina's former military regime.
There were 180-200 "death flights" in 1977 and 1978, killing thousands of
people, he said.
"When the major gave the order, we just had to drop them. I was not
conscious that the order was immoral," he said.
He said he participated in two flights: one with 13 people aboard and
another with 17.
Illegal adoptions
Mr Scilingo, who was the chief electrician at the school, also described how
pregnant detainees had their newborn babies taken away from them.
"For humanitarian reasons, the pregnant women could not be moved. I mean,
eliminated. We had to wait until they gave birth," he said......CONTD
Refer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4193341.stm
Tilly
striking1583REMOVE@yahoo.co.nz
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| | From: | Barry Phease | | Subject: | Re: Argentina's past revealed. | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:49:54 +1300 |
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| On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:29:36 +1300, Tilly wrote:
> It is about time these a*******s paid for their crimes.
>
> A Spanish court has heard dramatic evidence at the trial of an Argentine
> ex-naval officer accused of crimes against humanity nearly 30 years ago.
> In a taped confession, Adolfo Scilingo described how pregnant detainees at
> a naval school in Buenos Aires had their babies taken away for
> adoption......
It is a peculiarity of the process for return to democracy that the
perpetraters can't be tried for murders, but they can still be punished
for baby stealing.
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Barry Phease
mailto:barryp@es.co.nz
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~barryp
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