Canadian military indicted in Afghan torture

Canadian forces have been indicted in torture in Afghanistan - of sorts.

I read up on this yesterday, but it seems that the Canadian forces, and consequently, the Canadian defense minister (Gordon O'Connor), have been wrapped up in a scandal where Afghan prisoners are being tortured. However, it's not the Canadian troops that are doing the torturing - all reports indicate that it's the Afghan security forces that are doing the torturing. The problem? Well, the Canadian troops that capture any POWs are the ones handing them to the security forces... and the kicker is that the Canadian forces are WELL aware of the fact that they're being tortured, and still hand the prisoners over. That, as the article states, has indicted the Canadian troops in war crimes; going against the Geneva convention and a United Nations treaty against treatment of POWs. That's a really serious accusation, and it's why O'Connor's been pulled into the scandal back home - which has lead to Stephane Dion calling out Harper on why the Prime Minister hasn't called for O'Connor's resignation; furthermore, O'Connor admitted that he'd misled Parliament by lying to the Red Cross about reporting abuse to POWs. Unfortunately, there hasn't been any word on whether or not the Canadian forces have enough space in their own camps and prisons to avoid sending POWs to security forces. This gets even muddier, as the Afghan police official claimed that "some prisoners need some torture, because they won't talk without it." If nothing else, that puts to rest doubts that torture was happening, and that the Canadian forces were involved in it in some form. I think Canada is in a tight situation - given how split the country is on the troops being there, this'll probably hurt their support; meanwhile, internationally this won't help Canada's perception. However, the answer doesn't seem so clear cut; given how superior the Canadian forces are in compared to the Taliban, at least in terms of firepower, they could likely capture more; and with little support from the US troop-wise it's difficult to see what Canada can do with the POWs; more importantly, what they can do to ensure that the POWs aren't tortured by their 'allies.' It's a sticky situation. Where do you fall?