by Keith Barratt ("Welshman") 25 February 2006
The United States and Iran share an expression of public opinion, one that still causes considerable distress to the majority of British:
[In 1997] the people of Hartford, Connecticut, dedicated a monument to Bobby Sands and the other Irish Republican Army hunger strikers.... The monument stands in a traffic circle known as “Bobby Sands Circle,” at the bottom of Maple Avenue near Goodwin Park. The Iranian government named a street in (...)
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The Sanitized Horrors of Guantánamo Bay The U.S. has adopted the practice of force-feeding detainees
26 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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UN Human Rights Chief in Iraq: US is "Aware" of Torture in Iraqi Prisons
22 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsThe US is "aware" of torture taking place in Iraqi prisons, according to the outgoing Maltese UN human rights chief in Iraq.
"Yes, torture is happening now, mainly in illegal detention places. Such centres are mostly being run by militia that have been absorbed by the police force," says John Pace, who retired last week as human rights chief for the UN assistance mission in Iraq.
In a frank interview with The Times, Dr Pace says photos and forensic records have proved that torture was (...) -
Imagine, if you will... "extraordinary rendition"
21 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsImagine, if you will — being in a flight from North Africa for 10+ hours, after spending a family vacation there.
Imagine, if you will — being detained by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization officials at a U.S. airport while trying to a catch a connecting flight to Canada.
Imagine, if you will, being interrogated by the U.S. officials for well over a week. You’re connecting flight is now a distant memory.
Imagine, if you will, that those U.S. officials are convinced that you have (...) -
One Thousand A Month Tortured To Death In Iraq
21 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentDr. John Pace drops a bombshell that translates as a whisper through obscure Maltese paper
Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | February 21 2006
Proving that Abu Ghraib and Gitmo are the tip of the iceberg, the outgoing UN human rights chief dropped a bombshell when he told an obscure Maltese newspaper that as many as a thousand detainees a month are being tortured to death in Iraq.
Dr. John Pace told the obscure Times of Malta newspaper,
"The Baghdad morgue received 1,100 (...) -
7862 IRAQI PRISONERS MURDERED IN US CUSTODY
20 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Signs of the Times February 18, 2006 Two days ago, online magazine Salon.com announced that they had obtained files and other electronic documents from an internal Army investigation into the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal.
The files, from the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command contained a total of 1,325 new images of suspected detainee abuse, 93 video files of suspected detainee abuse, 660 images of adult pornography, 546 images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees, 29 images of (...) -
Have the US and Britain have committed war crimes in Iraq?
19 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Have the US and Britain have committed war crimes in Iraq?
Selection Votes
Absolutely not. 5% 34
Most definitely yes. 93% 582
I can’t make up my mind. 2% 10
626 votes total
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Freedom Rider Halliburton Detention Centers
19 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsBy Margaret Kimberley
Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country and become unapologetically paranoid. Paranoia should now be the normal state of mind for thinking people. Sneers and dismissive remarks about "conspiracy theorists" must be ignored. We don’t want to end up like the proverbial frog who boils to death because the heat was turned up slowly.
The Bush administration is becoming ever more brazen in its effort to snoop on the American people. The (...) -
Abu Ghraib leaked report reveals full extent of abuse
19 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
3 comments· 1,325 images of suspected detainee abuse · 93 video files of suspected detainee abuse · 660 images of adult pornography · 546 images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees · 29 images of soldiers in simulated sexual acts
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington Friday February 17, 2006 The Guardian
Nearly two years after the first pictures of naked and humiliated Iraqi detainees emerged from Abu Ghraib prison, the full extent of the abuse became known for the first time yesterday with a leaked (...) -
10-year-old boy prisoner of Guantanamo Bay — found innocent after two years of detainment
19 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
25 commentsFrom: Eric Smith> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 02:10:46 +0900 To:
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You’re kidding, right? That’s it?
After holding Brits in our extralegal dungeons for two years, one day we just let ’em go?
We’ve still got more than 600 people imprisoned in our Halliburton-built prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where for more than two years we’ve been interrogating them, denying them lawyers, denying them any kind of judicial review, hinting quite bluntly that they (...) -
Records of torturing and killing of IRAQIS
18 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Fifteen years ago, and exactly on 13 Feb. 1991, USA air forces bombed civilian shelter in Baghdad. The shelter was used to give peaceful place for children, women and elderly people in Al-Aameria district in Baghdad during the 1991 war against Iraq. The bombing was deliberate since, two special rockets were used; one made an opening in the reinforced concrete ceiling while the other penetrated through to give huge amount of fire into the shelter. The results was the brutal killing of (...)