In a press conference yesterday marking the launch of Amnesty International's 2006 annual report on the state of human rights around the world, Amnesty's Secretary General Irene Kahn highlighted how tactics used by the Bush administration and other world leaders in the so-called "war on terror" have actually served to provoke terrorism, rather than reduce it.
This is not a matter of opinion, folks. The facts speak for themselves. As Ms. Khan pointed out, "The number of attacks by armed groups has been going up according to research, and empirical evidence."
[Read more about Amnesty's annual report launch, and the major issues covered.]
[Browse Amnesty's 2006 annual report.]
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