An excellent hour-long overview by Al Jazeera English, featuring details of war crimes and their cover up, killing of civilians, and torture, along with interviews with an outrageous and increasingly bizarre Pentagon spokesman (Geoff Morrell), as well as Julian Assange, Jeremy Scahill, an Iraqi MP, and others. Definitely worth seeing in full. Channel 4 UK:… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 23rd, 2010 | by Angus Stickler President Barack Obama’s government handed over thousands of detainees to the Iraqi authorities, despite knowing there were hundreds of reports of alleged torture in Iraqi government facilities. Washington was warned by the United Nations and many human rights organisations that torture was… [Read more…]
October 24, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 19th, 2010 | by Emma Slater On November 13 2005, U.S. forces discovered 173 incarcerated men in a secret detention centre run by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. Many showed signs of brutal torture. The discovery is recorded in the war logs: November 13 2005 Approx 95 x… [Read more…]
October 24, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
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Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 22nd, 2010 | by Angus Stickler When a U.S. military unit visited Diyala prison, north of Baghdad on May 25 2006, it discovered a man who had been held in an underground bunker. He had been tortured for approximately two months. May 25 2006 His hands were… [Read more…]
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October 26, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
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