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...
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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.
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Guest blogged by Jon Ponder, Pensito Review. The myth of the "liberal media" has become such an article of faith these days that attempting to refute it is futile. But if evidence against liberal bias were being collected, on top of the pile would go the scant coverage the liberal media are giving two stories about the approval of torture and prisoner abuse by the conservatives currently holding the offices of president and vice president of the United States. Earlier this month, a... Read Full Story
Senate Panel Condemns Torture, Blames Rumsfeld Last week, The Senate Armed Services Committee issued a report that blames Donald Rumsfeld and other top Bush Administration officials for torturing suspected terrorists at Guantanamo and the detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. The 25-member Senate panel, without one dissent among the 12 Republican members, unanimously approved the resolution. The Committee Reported: "The fact is that senior officials in the United States government... Read Full Story
REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior U.S. officials share much of the blame for detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq , and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , according to portions of a report released on Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee . The report's executive summary, made public by the committee's Democratic chairman Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan and its top Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, said Rumsfeld... Read Full Story
Since it invaded Iraq in 2003, the U.S. has detained thousands of juveniles—some of whom were tortured and sexually abused, according to published reports. Figures of the number of children behind bars vary. Some estimates put the number as high as 6,000.While the criminal abuse of male prisoners at Abu Ghraib is well known, child and women prisoners held there have also been tortured and raped, according to Neil Mackay of Glasgow’s "Sunday Herald." Abu Ghraib prison is located about 20... Read Full Story
How's your life going? Having a good day? If so, good. If not, I am sorry. However, whether you are up or down I have a movie that is sure to take you either off your happy pedestal or even further down in the trenches. Standing Operating Procedure is certainly a well made film, I know this because it was consistently depressing. Depressing for five minutes shy of two hours. This film depicts the detestable acts that occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison involving torture, humiliation and abuse... Read Full Story
'But for the collapse of the financial markets, last week's devastating revelation that Tony Blair lied to Parliament at the height of the Ecclestone affair would have had a far more deadly impact. While prime minister, Mr Blair shamefully misled MPs by claiming the decision to exempt Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One motor sport from the Government ban on tobacco advertising was made through normal Whitehall processes - when the truth was that the decision was made by Blair personally within... Read Full Story
San Francisco's non-profit Meridian Gallery will host an exhibit Art of Democracy: War and Empire , from September 4 to November 4, 2008 where more than 40 artists will be featured. Among the artists represented will be Colombian master Fernando Botero who will present several pieces from his Abu Ghraib collection of paintings and drawings depicting Iraqi prisoners being tortured in Abu Ghraib prison at the hands of American servicemen and women. Botero is mostly known for his paintings of... Read Full Story
