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Red Cross report: CIA “tortured” victims
Washington Post 03/16/09 The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration’s treatment of al-Qaeda captives ‘constituted torture,’ a finding that... ...
Obama’s “humane” Guantanamo is a bitter joke
Future of Freedom Foundation by Andy Worthington 02/23/09 The ‘war on terror’ prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the majority of the remaining 242 prisoners have been held for seven years without... ...
Prisoners Tortured to Death - Terrorist threat “exploited to curb civil liberties”
By Stephen C. Webster The American Civil Liberties Union has released previously classified excerpts of a government report on harsh interrogation techniques used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo... ...
Guantanamo Bay is tainted by coercion
Arm Your Mind for Liberty by George Donnelly 01/27/09 What Guantanamo fans don’t understand is that the torture, the ‘extraordinary renditions,’ the failure to respect the Geneva Convention and the utter... ...
Transition or Coup D'Etat?
Kevin Berends, Truthout: "During the transition period there is a silent coup d'etat occurring inside the federal government in the form of last-minute firings and dubious personnel placements. The easy... ...
There is no end to the centuries of savagery in Afghanistan
Robert Fisk's World Geneva Conventions were supposed to end the mass destruction of human life. http://tinyurl.com/6 5ukc2 From Information Clearing House http://freepage.t woday.net/search?q=Afghani stan http://freepage.twoda y.net/search?q=Geneva+Conv entions http://freepage.tw oday.net/search?q=Robert+F isk ...
The Decline of the Roman Empire Began Like That
Wealth Gap Creating a Social Time Bomb John Vidal, The Guardian UK: "Growing inequality in US cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality, says a new United Nations report on... ...
The Torture Time Bomb
Philippe Sands, The Guardian UK: "The Bush administration allowed the US military and the CIA to embrace abusive techniques of interrogation - including waterboarding, in the case of the CIA - which violate... ...
US Interrogator: Abuses in Iraq Violated International Law
Pamela Hess, The Associated Press: "A military interrogation expert, Air Force Col. Steven Kleinman, told Congress on Thursday that prior to the abuses at Abu Ghraib, he witnessed interrogations of Iraqi... ...
The impeachment hearing
CounterPunch by Dave Lindorff Time is short, but even at this late date, it would be a simple matter to impeach the president on some issues. As several of Friday’s witnesses pointed out, President Bush... ...