Browsing All posts tagged under »torture«
Just Released: The New Imperialism, Vol. 1: Militarism, Humanism, and Occupation
The New Imperialism is the title of an annual seminar which I offer at Concordia University to advanced undergraduates. It is an unusual course, and given the content of past student evaluations, one that is extremely popular with participants who unanimously rated it as excellent on all levels. Part of the reason might be that there […]
Torturing the Whistle Blowers: The Case of Vance and Ertel in Iraq, Substantiated by Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs
November 5, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Full credit for this story goes to Ishtar Enana, an Iraqi citizen journalist and blogger who has undertaken the monumental task of translating the Wikileaks Iraq War Logs into Arabic. Through her in depth digging through the logs, Ishtar reported (here, here, and here) that she found evidence in the war logs to substantiate the case brought […]
Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: The U.S. Government’s Crisis of Legitimacy
October 31, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Further to the Pentagon’s response to the Wikileaks Iraq War logs, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and senior military adviser to President Obama, apparently had no qualms about posting the following in Twitter–posted without remorse, apology, or disgrace over the release of documentation (from his own troops) of multiple U.S. war […]
Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: UN High Commissioner Calls for Investigation Into War Logs Allegations
October 29, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 27th, 2010 | by admin The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay has called for an investigation into allegations of abuse and murder of Iraqis within detention centres, following the publication of the Iraq war logs. The High Commissioner also called for all […]
Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: U.S. Troops Hand Over Detainees to Interrogation Squad
October 29, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 27th, 2010 | by Yuba Bessaoud A series of reports contained in the leaked U.S. logs reveal that troops handed over detainees to a feared Iraqi police interrogation squad, despite knowing the torturous methods they employed. A number of files make reference to U.S. interactions with the […]
Wikileaks: The Iraq War Logs Documentaries
October 26, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
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: […]
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November 24, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
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