*Ø* UK: Former Ambassador drags Foreign Office into torture row
"The former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, has accused the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, of personally agreeing to the use of intelligence from the Uzbek government that had been obtained under torture ...
"Mr Murray was dismissed as Britain's ambassador in Tashkent on Wednesday night after a 15-month dispute. He has vowed to take legal action ...
"Mr Murray, who says his opposition to the Foreign Office's acceptance of such information led to his dismissal, has made a series of formal complaints to the Foreign Office since March 2003.
"The latest, written in July, was leaked this week to the Financial Times. He wrote: 'Tortured dupes are forced to sign confessions showing what the Uzbek government wants the US and UK to believe - that they and we are fighting the same war against terror ... This is morally, legally and practically wrong'."
Full text: The Guardian
"The former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, has accused the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, of personally agreeing to the use of intelligence from the Uzbek government that had been obtained under torture ...
"Mr Murray was dismissed as Britain's ambassador in Tashkent on Wednesday night after a 15-month dispute. He has vowed to take legal action ...
"Mr Murray, who says his opposition to the Foreign Office's acceptance of such information led to his dismissal, has made a series of formal complaints to the Foreign Office since March 2003.
"The latest, written in July, was leaked this week to the Financial Times. He wrote: 'Tortured dupes are forced to sign confessions showing what the Uzbek government wants the US and UK to believe - that they and we are fighting the same war against terror ... This is morally, legally and practically wrong'."
Full text: The Guardian
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