May 12, 2012
No Secret Why CIA is Now Romanticizing ‘Harsh Interrogation’ Techniques by Robert Crawford “The dark side — that’s what we do.” José Rodriguez, former head of the CIA’s clandestine service, used these words in a “60 Minutes” interview last Sunday to defend the use of water-boarding and other “harsh interrogation” techniques on suspected terrorists. His self-assurance [...]
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April 20, 2012
Torture on Trial Legal and Humane Frameworks for Opposing Torture by: David Swanson Published in the May / June 2012 Humanist http://thehumanist.org/may-june-2012/torture-on-trial-legal-and-humane-frameworks-for-opposing-torture/ Cases come in by the thousands from all over the world. A man was beaten and whipped. A woman was beaten and raped. A boy was hooded with three empty sand [...]
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April 19, 2012
Jamil el-Banna in 2007. The UK resident was seized in Gambia in 2002 and handed over to US authorities. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 April 2012 17.46 BST Article history The government is facing renewed pressure over its refusal to disclose Britain’s role in abducting terror suspects after the information tribunal ruled there [...]
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April 11, 2012
Tony Blair said he was sure the rendition of Abdel Hakim Belhaj to Libya would be investigated. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Tony Blair has ‘no recollection’ of Libyan dissident’s rendition Blair, who was PM when Abdel Hakim Belhaj was handed to Gaddafi’s regime, defends Britain’s co-operation with Libya Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 April 2012 14.28 BST [...]
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April 3, 2012
Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee captured after 9/11, was tortured at CIA black site prisons beginning in May 2002. Seven of the ten techniques he was subjected came from a manual just released by the Defense Department under the Freedom of Information Act. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)In May of 2002, one of several meetings [...]
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March 10, 2012
For decades there has developed an art or science in the investigation of different forms of torture. That of course follows a history of centuries o the use of the infliction of pain as a means to an end. As long as those who seek power at any cost [...]
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January 16, 2012
Iraqi demonstrators hold pictures of missing relatives during a weekly protest against corruption. Photograph: Ali Al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reports from Baghdad where families of innocent detainees face extortion from corrupt officials The walls of Um Hussein’s living room in Baghdad are hung with the portraits of her missing sons. There are four of them, and [...]
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January 1, 2012
Understanding the US Torture State by Anthony Gregory, October 28, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse edited by Marjorie Cohn (New York University Press: 2011), 342 pages. When I was a child in Reagan’s America, a common theme in Cold War rhetoric was that the Soviets [...]
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December 4, 2011
A Palestinian child, with hands chained, takes part in a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. (REUTERS/Sharif Karim) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — An Israeli military court at Ofer detention center has dismissed all charges against a Palestinian man detained since 2009 after it emerged his confession was obtained through torture. A [...]
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November 22, 2011
Here in Australia our slavish and sycophantic adoration of US world policies mean in the long run that we just as much as those in the US government who were responsible, believe just as passionately in torture as they do. It is a vicious circle that must be broken. The [...]
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November 19, 2011
. Westerners are taught to believe that torture is not a practice of a ‘civilised’ government and therefore does not take place within their military and security establishments [GALLO/GETTY] Following the fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, new allegations have emerged about the complicity of British and US officials in torture. Senior members of [...]
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November 9, 2011
Westerners are taught to believe that torture is not a practice of a ‘civilised’ government and therefore does not take place within their military and security establishments [GALLO/GETTY] Following the fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, new allegations have emerged about the complicity of British and US officials in torture. Senior members of the [...]
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October 30, 2011
A shackled detainee is taken from a vehicle for interrogation at Camp Delta, at the Guantanamo base in Cuba in 2006. Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP Ten years on from its creation, calls are mounting from legal and human rights experts for closure of the ‘torture’ centre on Cuba reddit this Ed Vulliamy in New York [...]
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October 19, 2011
A secret US memo authorised the killing of radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki for his alleged role in an al-Qaeda affiliate [EPA] The United States’ recent killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen has prompted renewed debate over the CIA’s predator drone programme. That the US government asserts the right to eliminate a terrorism suspect far from [...]
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September 13, 2011
Former MI5 chief urges terrorist talks Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former head of MI5, attacked anti-terrorist laws passed under Labour. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Getty Images Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller says dialogue with terror groups, including al-Qaida, requires courage but ‘is necessary’ reddit this Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian, Tuesday 13 September 2011 Article history The former head [...]
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August 6, 2011
Despite New Denials by Rumsfeld, Evidence Shows US Military Used Waterboarding-Style Torture Friday 5 August 2011 by: Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout | Report Former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. Rumsfeld has recently denied knowledge of any waterboarding by US military personnel taking place at Guantanamo Bay. (Photo: Gage [...]
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August 4, 2011
The US administration argues that Rumsfeld cannot be sued personally for his official conduct [EPA] A federal judge in the US has ruled that Donald Rumsfeld, the former defence secretary, can be sued by a former military contractor who was allegedly tortured and “unjustly” imprisoned in Iraq. Lawyers for the man, who is in his [...]
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August 4, 2011
The document referred to can be seen and read at http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/interactive/2011/aug/04/mi6-torture-interrogation-policy-document A number of men said they were questioned by MI5 and MI6 officers after being tortured at Guantánamo Bay. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images A top-secret document revealing how MI6 and MI5 officers were allowed to extract information from prisoners being illegally tortured overseas [...]
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August 4, 2011
Rumsfeld Iraq ‘torture‘ suit given go-ahead Former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been represented by the justice department Continue reading the main story Related Stories Bush ‘should face torture probe’ Rumsfeld defends US war in Iraq Profile: Donald Rumsfeld A US judge has ruled that a former American military contractor who claims he was tortured [...]
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July 31, 2011
Rights group outlines torture in Israeli detention Published Thursday 28/07/2011 (updated) 29/07/2011 13:45 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian detainees face torture and inhumane treatment in Israeli jails, a report by the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said Thursday. In a publication documenting violations of human rights against Palestinians by the Israeli army over two years, [...]
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July 31, 2011
Barack Obama has not slept for a week because of worries over the US budget. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images ( Seems life for a warmonger gets tougher by the minute, perhaps he should play with the dog. Even war criminals feel the heat and need a rest, forget about the countless numbers that have suffered [...]
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July 30, 2011
Progressives don’t need more reasons to be disappointed with President Barack Obama’s handling of the deficit talks, but here’s another failing that has not gotten much play: The administration has been so timid on defense cuts that some leading Republicans are now well to the president’s left on this issue. (Flickr/gregwest98) SHARE THIS STORY. [...]
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July 28, 2011
Prosecute Bush *And* Obama for Torture John Glaser, July 27, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum A couple weeks ago, Human Right Watch issued a report calling for a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials for the illegal regime of torture and detainee mistreatment implemented following the attack of September 11th. The [...]
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July 28, 2011
Protesters, both dressed in an orange overalls to depict detainees at the U.S. military detention center in Guantanamo, Cuba, demonstrates outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament, where President Obama was to give an address May 25. (Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo) The American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations have called on President Obama to [...]
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July 24, 2011
The imperial project as we have seen it unfold on the part of the US and other countries around the world has always come hand in hand with the destruction of any and all existing free, democratic or libertarian institutions that exist in the target countries. In order to strip these countries of the resources [...]
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July 23, 2011
US military weighs more Predator drones for Libya 22 Jul 2011 21:10 Source: Reuters // Reuters * NATO wants more aircraft in 4-month-old bombing campaign * U.S. again debating whether to arm rebels, official says By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – As the war in Libya drags on, the U.S. military is [...]
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July 21, 2011
How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East Washington’s Singular Accomplishment By Tom Engelhardt In the method, there is madness; in the comedy, nightmare; in the tragedy, farce. And despite everything, there’s still good news when it comes to what Americans can accomplish in the face of the impossible! No, not a debt-ceiling deal [...]
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July 21, 2011
The four Kenyans who were given the go-ahead at the high court to sue the British government over alleged colonial atrocities committed during the Mau Mau uprising. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Four Kenyans who claimed they were tortured at the hands of colonial officials during the Mau Mau insurgency in the 1950s have won the right [...]
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July 18, 2011
Emancipation Day for “Good Faith” Torturers? by Nat Hentoff This article appeared on Cato.org on July 13, 2011. PRINT PAGE CITE THIS Sans Serif Serif Share with your friends: ShareThis Both the Bush-Cheney and Obama administrations have strongly opposed the very idea of a comprehensive independent investigation of CIA “enhanced interrogations” at the agency’s [...]
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July 15, 2011
In Shadow of Death, Iraq and U.S. Tiptoe Around a Deadline Spencer Platt/Getty Images American soldiers stopped to talk with an Iraqi during a patrol this week in Babil Province. Lately, American combat deaths have been increasing in Iraq. By TIM ARANGO Published: July 14, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER COMMENTS SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE [...]
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July 15, 2011
United States: Investigate Bush, Other Top Officials for Torture Inquiry Into 2 Deaths in CIA Custody Insufficient JULY 11, 2011 George Bush © 2004 AP Images Donald Rumsfeld © 2004 AP Images Dick Cheney © 2006 AP Images George Tenet © 2004 Reuters RELATED MATERIALS: Getting Away with Torture MORE COVERAGE: Guardian UK: George W [...]
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July 14, 2011
Transcript DANNY WOOD, FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS: A report released today by Human Rights Watch says there are grounds for President Barack Obama to order criminal investigations of former president George W. Bush, vice president Dick Cheney, defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and CIA director George Tenet for ordering the use of torture, secret detention facilities, [...]
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July 14, 2011
Files showed that the Foreign Office, headed by Jack Straw, decided in 2002 that the transfer of British citizens to Guantánamo Bay was its preferred option. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian The government‘s motive for attempting to conceal evidence from Guantánamo Bay detainees became apparent last summer when a hoard of intelligence service [...]
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July 13, 2011
The Pentagon wants the White House to “hold off on ending the Afghanistan troop surge until the fall of 2012″ [GALLO/GETTY] Among multiple layers of deception and newspeak, the official Washington spin on the strategic quagmire in Afghanistan simply does not hold. No more than “50-75 ‘al-Qaeda types’ in Afghanistan”, according to the CIA, have [...]
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July 13, 2011
Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is also a fellow of the Transnational What follows is in the form of a letter by Phyllis Bennis the author of the article beside this one on this page. It summarises thoughts, actions, initiatives and the continuing [...]
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July 13, 2011
A Debate on Human Rights Watch’s Call for Bush Administration Officials to be Tried for Torture Human Rights Watch has released a new report calling on the U.S. government to launch a broad criminal investigation into alleged crimes of torture committed by former President George W. Bush and other top officials under his administration. It [...]
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July 13, 2011
In the coming weeks, Barack Obama, the US president, is set to decide on the size, scale and timing of an American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Last week the president’s military advisors reportedly argued against the prospect of a substantial withdrawal, saying that leaving too early would threaten hard-won gains. The president’s final decision will depend on judgements [...]
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July 12, 2011
Obama’s Bush-League World Is the Obama National Security Team a Pilotless Drone? By Tom Engelhardt George W. who? I mean, the guy is so over. He turned the big six-five the other day and it was barely a footnote in the news. And Dick Cheney, tick-tick-tick. Condoleezza Rice? She’s already onto her next memoir, and yet it’s as [...]
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July 12, 2011
Years Later: Human Rights Watch Announces That Bush and Cheney Tortured — What Gives? By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58454 Statutes of limitations for torture not resulting in death have passed. The DOJ has refused to prosecute 99 of 101 cases of torture-to-death that it looked at. Obama has long since publicly told the DOJ not to [...]
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July 12, 2011
George W Bush, whose administration is accused by Human Rights Watch of authorizing use of torture. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images A US human rights group has called on foreign governments to prosecute George W Bush and some of his senior officials for war crimes if the Obama administration fails to investigate a growing body of evidence [...]
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July 3, 2011
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – Britain will announce this week that it is to withdraw up to 800 troops by the end of next year, according to a report in the Sunday Times newspaper. The move comes after last month’s announcement that thousands of U.S. troops would start being withdrawn later this year as part [...]
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July 3, 2011
U.S. turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray By Craig Whitlock, Sunday, July 3, 9:54 AM The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its aerial and Central Asian supply routes to the war in Afghanistan, fearing that Pakistan could cut off the main means of providing American and NATO forces with fuel, food and equipment. Although Pakistan [...]
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July 3, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan – Despite U.S. reports of progress on the battlefield, American troops were killed in the first half of this year at the same pace as in 2010 — an indication that the war’s toll on U.S. forces has not eased as the Obama administration moves to shift the burden to the Afghans. While [...]
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July 3, 2011
Obama intends to withdraw 10,000 US troops by the end of this year, and to complete the withdrawal of some 30,000 troops by September 2012 [GALLO/GETTY] US President Barack Obama’s speech from the White House on June 22 concerning the “way forward” in Afghanistan struck many as highly unusual. Though billed in advance as a [...]
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July 3, 2011
Unwarranted Influence: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex By James Ledbetter • Yale University Press • 2011 • 268 pages • $26 Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex By William D. Hartung • Nation Books • 2011 • 296 pages • $25.95 Fifty years ago, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s [...]
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June 30, 2011
King George III Won: Happy Fourth of July! By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58333 Preface: It has always been a matter of concern that the US has for so long lived in an deluded state that it had gained its independence from the harsh and odious British rule to replace that with a Grand Dream of Republicanism. In this way the future [...]
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June 30, 2011
The Politics of Militarization and Corporatization in Higher Education War Colleges By HENRY GIROUX While there is an ongoing discussion about the increasing corporatization of higher education—extending from the attempted buying of faculty positions by right-wing billionaires such as the Koch brothers to the increasing casualization of faculty labor and the commodification of knowledge, what [...]
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June 29, 2011
Memoirs of Torturers By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58316 On September 18, 2009, seven former heads of the CIA publicly told President Barack Obama not to prosecute CIA torturers. On April 16, 2009, Obama had already publicly told Attorney General Eric Holder not to prosecute CIA torturers. On September 18th, Holder publicly reassured the CIA. The coast [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Central Intelligence Agency, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Interrogation, John Yoo, New York Times, United States
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June 28, 2011
As commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, David Petraeus made his opposition to torture crystal clear. Which is why it came as a surprise when Petraeus, nominated to lead the CIA, asked Congress on Thursday to clarify how far interrogators can go in inflicting pain on detainees in “special cases.” Petraeus referred to what’s known [...]
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June 27, 2011
Obama Soldiers On ‘Centering’ on Afghanistan: a speech that pleased no one by Justin Raimondo, June 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In his speech explaining why the US cannot withdraw from Afghanistan any earlier than 2014 – at the earliest — President Obama wasted no time in waving the bloody shirt [...]
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