U.S. Torture of Detainees Caused Severe Pain, Long-Term Suffering
US spy base to be built in Western Australia
Australian defence support for United States military operations in the Middle East will be boosted by construction of a new top-secret US military communications base in Western Australia.
http://tinyurl.com/4kg8q2
Spain and SA 'backed coup plot'
Spain and South Africa both "gave the green light" for a failed coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a British mercenary has told a court in Malabo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7461884.stm
U.S. Torture of Detainees Caused Severe Pain, Long-Term Suffering
A team of doctors and psychologists convened by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) to conduct intensive clinical evaluations of 11 former detainees held in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay has found that these men suffered torture and ill-treatment by U.S. personnel, which resulted in severe pain and long-term disability. The men were ultimately released from U.S. custody without charge or explanation.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/6/prweb1033954.htm
Guantanamo detainees were tortured, medical exams show
Medical examinations of suspected militants formerly held by the U.S. military at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba showed evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and mental disorders, according to a human rights group.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/06/18/guantanamo-report.html
Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross
The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/41394.html
CIA Gave Torture Tips to Pentagon
Documents released by a Senate committee investigating the Pentagon's torture-based interrogation methods reveal that CIA advisers had a larger role in shaping the program than previously thought.
http://tinyurl.com/4q9t8w
Waterboarding, slapping, sensory deprivation: all on US tactics list
It also emerged at the hearing that US officials "hid" Guantanamo prisoners who had been harshly interrogated from the international committee of the Red Cross, the body empowered to monitor compliance with Geneva Convention rules on treatment of military prisoners.
http://tinyurl.com/6bu8e7
From Information Clearing House
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The semantics of Bush’s torture policy
Consortium News
by Jason Leopold
06/18/08
The Bush administration built a legal framework — relying on semantics and secrecy — to subject detainees at Guantanamo Bay to brutal interrogation techniques and then to hide the reality from human rights observers, according to internal government documents...
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/061808a.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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US POWs during the Korean War
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10050
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=waterboarding
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Australian defence support for United States military operations in the Middle East will be boosted by construction of a new top-secret US military communications base in Western Australia.
http://tinyurl.com/4kg8q2
Spain and SA 'backed coup plot'
Spain and South Africa both "gave the green light" for a failed coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a British mercenary has told a court in Malabo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7461884.stm
U.S. Torture of Detainees Caused Severe Pain, Long-Term Suffering
A team of doctors and psychologists convened by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) to conduct intensive clinical evaluations of 11 former detainees held in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay has found that these men suffered torture and ill-treatment by U.S. personnel, which resulted in severe pain and long-term disability. The men were ultimately released from U.S. custody without charge or explanation.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/6/prweb1033954.htm
Guantanamo detainees were tortured, medical exams show
Medical examinations of suspected militants formerly held by the U.S. military at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba showed evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and mental disorders, according to a human rights group.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/06/18/guantanamo-report.html
Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross
The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/41394.html
CIA Gave Torture Tips to Pentagon
Documents released by a Senate committee investigating the Pentagon's torture-based interrogation methods reveal that CIA advisers had a larger role in shaping the program than previously thought.
http://tinyurl.com/4q9t8w
Waterboarding, slapping, sensory deprivation: all on US tactics list
It also emerged at the hearing that US officials "hid" Guantanamo prisoners who had been harshly interrogated from the international committee of the Red Cross, the body empowered to monitor compliance with Geneva Convention rules on treatment of military prisoners.
http://tinyurl.com/6bu8e7
From Information Clearing House
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The semantics of Bush’s torture policy
Consortium News
by Jason Leopold
06/18/08
The Bush administration built a legal framework — relying on semantics and secrecy — to subject detainees at Guantanamo Bay to brutal interrogation techniques and then to hide the reality from human rights observers, according to internal government documents...
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/061808a.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
--------
US POWs during the Korean War
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10050
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detainee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detention
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interrogation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=waterboarding
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=deprivation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Geneva+Convention
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jason+Leopold
rudkla - 19. Jun, 15:05
