Gulliver revisited

Death by a thousand cuts from a thousand little men it is then:

A second civilian investigation is being launched into the handling of prisoners in Afghanistan involving the Canadian military, the Military Police Complaints Commission said Monday.

The commission, an independent, quasi-judicial body of the federal government, said the second probe stemmed from a complaint filed by Amnesty International Canada and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association on Feb. 21.

The complaint letter alleged that the Canadian Forces provost marshal and unidentified members of the Canadian Forces Military Police transferred detainees to Afghan authorities on at least 18 occasions even though there was evidence they would likely be tortured.

And note that these fellow-travelers of Koring and Attaran have managed to get some official recognition of their real gripe: the transfer of detainees to Afghan authorities.

Of course, in the mind of your average Canadian news consumer, it's all tied together - abuse, transfer, what's the difference?