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Abu Ghraib
An Abu Ghraib guide, with links, news, and comments. Beginning in 2004, accounts of abuse, torture, sodomy and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (also known as Baghdad Correctional Facility) came to public... [more]
An Abu Ghraib guide, with links, news, and comments. Beginning in 2004, accounts of abuse, torture, sodomy and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (also known as Baghdad Correctional Facility) came to public attention. The acts were committed by some personnel of the 372nd Military Police Company of the United States Army together with additional American governmental agencies. These additional agencies have been referred to as the OGA (Other Government Agencies), which is an often used euphemism for the Central Intelligence Agency.
Sexual abuse was routinely practised by the Joint Forward Intelligence Team (JFIT) between 2003 and 2007, it is claimed, when the unit ran the Divisional Temporary Detention Facility based at the Shaibah Logistics Base near Basra. ...
- Alberto Gonzales, Esq., on cool times and Abu Ghraib (news.google.com)
The Latin American artist's collection of paintings and drawings that shows the horrors of prisoner abuse is now on display at the Berkeley Art Museum.
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- Sat, January 2 - Fernando Botero the Abu Ghraib Series (events.kqed.org)
- Fri, January 1 - Fernando Botero the Abu Ghraib Series (events.kqed.org)
- Thu, December 31 - Fernando Botero the Abu Ghraib Series (events.kqed.org)
British officials were aware of possible violence against Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison almost a year before revelations of torture and abuse finally emerged, the head of MI6 has revealed. Related StoriesBrown urges both sides to negotiate in BA disputeMinister plans more 20mph speed zonesYouth unemployment hits record highAndrew Grice: Not with a bang but a whimperMI6 chief reveals advance warning of Abu Ghraib problems
From independent.co.uk
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- MI6 chief reveals advance warning of Abu Ghraib problems (news.google.com)
In Mark Buchanan's essay "How People Turn Monstrous" he argues that given enough social pressure anyone could easily do something horrific; this refers to Staff Sgt. Ivan Fredrick II and his use of torture on prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.Contributor: Robert CarrPublished: Nov 30, 2009
From associatedcontent.com
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- May 5, 2004: Bush Reassures Arab Media that Abu Ghraib Abuses Will Be... (historycommons.org)
- Armed attack kills 4 policemen (alsumaria.tv)
Writing for Newsweek magazine’s feature on the top ten “startling scoops” of the past ten years, ex-CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather identified the most shocking: “Abu Ghraib has opened our eyes, serving as a dark icon that reminds us our fiercest enemies – hubris, cruelty, and ignorance – wage war from within.”
Rather went on to proclaim that the prisoner abuse scandal “is still the subject of debate and the source of despair, a shadowy...
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From newsbusters.org
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ABU GHRAIB, Iraq – Word arrived to brigade officials Monday: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was visiting Baghdad, and he wanted to tour the main marketplace in the western Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib.
Protecting the United States’ top uniformed service member during his 45-minute walk was no small task.
From thenewstribune.com
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- Abu Ghraib, Restive Again (news.google.com)
- Shades of Abu Ghraib - American Conservative Magazine (search.msn.com)
London Mayor Boris Johnson today put himself on a collision course with the Government over Tube costs. Related StoriesMI6 chief reveals forewarning of Abu Ghraib problemsMI6 chief reveals advance warning of Abu Ghraib problemsScarlett will be asked to justify reliability of 45-minute claimConfidence falls on fears of 'double-dip' recessionGovernment seizes the initiative on non-doms
From independent.co.uk
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- Video: The Abu Ghraib Of The Great Society Andrew Breitbart On ACORN (freerepublic.com)
The Louisiana Board that licenses psychologists is facing a growing legal fight over torture and medical care at the infamous Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prisons. In 2003, Louisiana psychologist and retired colonel Larry James watched behind a one-way mirror in a U.S. prison camp while an interrogator and three prison guards wrestled a screaming near-naked [...]
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From dissidentvoice.org
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BAGHDAD — In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's worst years of sectarian bloodshed, assailants dressed in Iraqi army uniforms savagely killed 13 men and boys late Sunday near the restive city of Abu Ghraib, according to Iraqi officials and villagers.
From mcclatchydc.com
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- Assailants massacre Sunni men, youths in Iraq's Abu Ghraib (McClatchy... (rss.news.yahoo.com)
The nauseating component in current claims and reactions about Canada's role in turning Afghan detainees over for torture does not lie in the betrayal of some mythic Canadian role as an idealistic actor on the world stage -- as opposition questions implied in the House of Commons yesterday. We have always played an ambiguous, often duplicitous, role in international conflict. It began with our original peacekeeping foray at Suez in Lester...
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- Britain faces its own Abu Ghraib as torture allegations surface (rss.dw-world.de)
- War News Updates: Iraq Fears Of Iranian Influence Grows As U.S. ... (blogsearch.google.com)
