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Latest tagged entries for 'TORTURE'
Two US soldiers in Iraq found dead
Tuesday, 20 June 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
Two U.S. soldiers who went missing after an attack on their checkpoint were found dead on Monday night, and a senior Iraqi defense official said their bodies showed signs of "barbaric" torture.
Torture is Neither Justified nor Effective
Wednesday, 7 June 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
Torture is cruel, illegal and ineffective, and they've got a CIA manual to prove it.
New Army documents reveal US knew of and approved torture before Abu Ghraib scandal
Saturday, 3 June 2006 8:09 A GMT-05
Army documents released by the ACLU allege the government's knowledge and approval of prisoner abuses in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere prior to the time the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke out.
U.S. to prohibit "water-boarding"
Wednesday, 10 May 2006 1:05 P GMT-05
The US Army is going to prohibit "water-boarding". That is welcome news - but why do they even need to address it as it was never before authorized?
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Bush's Imperial Presidency
Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:33 P GMT-05
Jim Hightower's excellent article on the imperial leanings of the Bush administration.
Revealed: victims of UK's cold war torture camp
Monday, 3 April 2006 4:12 P GMT-05
German prisoners - Communist sympathizers and others - allegedly were tortured by the British in the aftermath of WWII.
Surviving to tell the tale of torture
Tuesday, 28 March 2006 10:22 A GMT-05
Olga Talamante on her experiences as a torture victim of the Argentina's 'dirty war'.
Delta Force military expert has fighting words for Bush
Monday, 27 March 2006 1:26 P GMT-05
'Unit's' military expert has fighting words for Bush.
Quiet force behind Bush policies
Friday, 24 March 2006 10:23 A GMT-05
Cheney's chief of staff David Addington: the quiet mover and shaker who stays in the shadows.
The Torture Judge
Sunday, 19 March 2006 1:09 P GMT-05
U.S. court rules our government can break international laws to keep us safe
Rumsfeld: leaving Iraq like giving Nazis Germany
Sunday, 19 March 2006 9:59 A GMT-05
Leaving Iraq now would be like handing postwar Germany back to the Nazis, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a column published on Sunday, the third anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.
A patriot's open letter to President Bush
Sunday, 12 March 2006 11:20 A GMT-05
Joseph W. DuRocher, a second-generation US Navy veteran, is returning his military insignia and awards to signify his protest against the current US policies.
On Torture and Being "Good Americans"
Tuesday, 7 March 2006 3:08 A GMT-05
Mr. Bush's statement that "we do not torture," even as he was threatening to veto the entire Defense bill because it limited his right to torture, is a dramatic example of how torture degrades the torturer even more than it does his victims. And it i
Tracing the Trail of Torture
Tuesday, 7 March 2006 2:51 A GMT-05
An overview of torture in the war on terror.
'War on terror' trials could allow evidence obtained through torture
Sunday, 5 March 2006 9:59 A GMT-05
US military tribunals for terror suspects to allow some evidence obtained through torture.
Ray McGovern: I Do Not Wish to Be Associated With Torture
Friday, 3 March 2006 1:46 A GMT-05
Ray McGovern returned his Intelligence Commendation Award, presenting this letter as his reasoning.
"I confessed to escape Guantanamo torture"
Tuesday, 21 February 2006 3:38 A GMT-05
A UK student confesses to terror activities to escape torture, is released from Gitmo but still viewed as "security rist" by the UK authorities.
Rumsfeld Says Extremists Winning Media War
Saturday, 18 February 2006 4:50 P GMT-05
The Pentagon will not close its Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorist suspects, despite U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call to shut it down, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday.
For one Marine, torture came home
Tuesday, 14 February 2006 2:49 P GMT-05
The sad story of a 40-year-old former Marine sergeant named Jeffrey Lehner.
Canadian scientist details 963 days of torture
Monday, 31 October 2005 9:33 P GMT-05
Canadian citizens describes torture he suffered at the hands of the Saudi police, accuses Canadian diplomats of inaction.
Exception Sought in Detainee Abuse Ban
Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:39 P GMT-05
The Bush Administration seeks to exempt the CIA from the torture and abuse ban
Judge Rules Confession Admissible Despite Torture Claim
Monday, 24 October 2005 5:55 P GMT-05
The judge is set to rule that confession Abu Ali claims was tortured out of him can still be introduced in court.
A Man is Tortured, and the U.S. Shrugs?
Wednesday, 21 September 2005 10:20 A GMT-05
Regrets? Over the torture of one measly Canadian? No sir. Not the United States of America.
