Here we go again! UN Rights Chief wants full facts

You know, it really bugs me (for want of a better word right now) that the U.S. has to follow international laws but no other country does. In fact, nary a word is ever said about the killing of our citizens (unless they've stated it in their meetings, and that I have no knowledge), but are quick to jump on our country fir every little thing.

UN rights chief wants 'full facts' on bin Laden killing

(AFP) – 9 hours ago

OSLO — UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Thursday called for "a full disclosure of the accurate facts" to determine the legality of the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

 "I'm still for a full disclosure of the accurate facts," Pillay told reporters in Oslo.

 "I think it's not just my office but anybody is entitled to know exactly what happened," she added.

 Pillay's declarations come a day after US Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate hearing the raid during which bin Laden was killed "was lawful and consistent with our values."

 "The United Nations condemns terrorism but it also has basic rules of how counter-terrorism activity has to be carried out. It has to be in compliance with international law," she said.

 "For instance, you're not allowed (...) to commit torture or extra-judicial killings," she explained.

 The White House's changing story over the attack has raised doubts about US assurances that the US special operations forces sent to bin Laden's lair in the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad were prepared to take him alive.

 "If he had surrendered, I think -- attempted to surrender -- I think we should, obviously, have accepted that," Holder told the Senate committee.

 Pillay said this week "the United States has clearly stated that their intention was to arrest bin Laden if they could, I fully understand that this was always likely to have been difficult."

 On Monday, the White House said bin Laden was armed when he was shot dead in his comfortable compound not far from Islamabad.

But a day later, White House spokesman Jay Carney corrected that account, saying the terror chief was unarmed when gunned down by an elite team of US Navy SEALs in what he called a "highly volatile firefight."