ACLU, el-Masri SUING CIA for Flight to Prison, Torture
CIA prisons and CIA flights are a growing front-page story, and Khaled el-Masri is a good example of why we all should oppose such extrajudcial flights and prisons. El-Masri is the first to sue the CIA for "rendition," or kidnapping-to-torture. The ACLU in New York will assist. This article presents the kind of information they will use. He can’t sue the CIA? He can, and there are individuals he can sue, including top officials (...)
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ACLU, el-Masri SUING CIA --- Suits Could Kill CIA Flights
4 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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The death and torture flights of CIA should be stopped! Bush and his gang should be judged!
3 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
23 commentsby Yildiz Onen Coordinator of the Global Peace and Justice Coalition of Turkey
As the Global Peace and Justice Coalition we had a press conference in İstanbul on 30 of November about the death and torture flights of CIA and its using Turkish airspace and Sabiha Gökçen airport.
Last week, there was some news about that CIA has been carrying some people, who had been captured by CIA through secret operations, to the secret prisons which was built in the other countries. In the news it (...) -
Twist To Terror Suspects Row As Logs Show 80 CIA Planes Visited UK
1 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
Twist To Terror Suspects Row As Logs Show 80 CIA Planes Visited UK Stephen Grey and Luke Harding in Berlin Thursday December 1, 2005
The transatlantic row over the secret transfer of terror suspects by the Bush administration took a new twist yesterday when it emerged that more than 300 flights operated by the CIA had landed at European airports. According to flight logs seen by the Guardian, Britain was second only to Germany as a transit hub for the CIA, which stands accused of (...) -
Report: Cheney advocated U.S. torture: Bush Delusional
26 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsWASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) — The U.S. practice of using torture on terror detainees was rooted in Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, a former senior State Department official claims.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Larry Wilkerson, who served as former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff, made the allegation to CNN, and said it was possible the practice was still going on.
"There’s no question in my mind where the philosophical guidance and the flexibility in order to do so (...) -
RODRIGUEZ APPROVES CIA TORTURES—US Lawyers Front for CIA
25 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentWe describe CIA treatment of prisoners so you can judge for yourself. Each escalation of maltreament reportedly comes ONLY after an inquiry to, and approval from, JOSE RODRIGUEZ, the CIA’s Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) at the McLean, VA, headquarters. We describe how the torture works and how agents work it with Mr. Rodriguez (and allegedly with his predecessors, Stephen Kappes and James Pavitt).
The CIA shuttles the prisoners around the world on civilian aircraft, (...) -
AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATE JOSEPH LIEBERMAN
25 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
8 commentsAn open letter to senator Liebermann
Dear senate Liebermann
I saw your press conference with the Iraqi prime minister, from which I understand that:-
1-You are concerned about the future of Iraqis. If so, please visit the detainees in Abu-Graib and Bucca prisons, where number exceeded 14,000. More than 98% of them are there without any charges, no access to lawyers. The red cross and Iraqi crescent are not allowed to visit them. Moreover, the Iraqi security forces, backed by the USA (...) -
Powell aide: Torture ’guidance’ from VP
24 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsFormer staff chief says Cheney’s ’flexibility’ helped lead to abuse
WASHINGTON - A former top State Department official said Sunday that Vice President Dick Cheney provided the "philosophical guidance" and "flexibility" that led to the torture of detainees in U.S. facilities.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Larry Wilkerson, who served as former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff, told CNN that the practice of torture may be continuing in U.S.-run facilities.
"There’s no question (...) -
British-trained police in Iraq ’killed prisoners with drills’
22 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy Francis Elliott, Raymond Whitaker and Kim Sengupta
British-trained police operating in Basra have tortured at least two civilians to death with electric drills, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.
John Reid, the Secretary of State for Defence, admits that he knows of "alleged deaths in custody" and other "serious prisoner abuse" at al-Jamiyat police station, which was reopened by Britain after the war.
Militia-dominated police, who were recruited by Britain, are believed to (...) -
International outcry greets allegations of police abuse
18 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 comments– Ministers launch inquiry after detainees found Shia paramilitaries now control force, say Sunnis
by Ewen MacAskill and Rory McCarthy in Beirut Michael Howard
Seif Saad, an Iraqi guard, showed no remorse yesterday for the detention and alleged abuse of 173 prisoners in Baghdad. "We placed sacks on their heads and tied their hands behind their backs," he said of their arrests, but, as far as he was concerned, they were suspected terrorists.
He was standing in a watchtower overlooking (...) -
CHART, TABLE: CIA Secret Prison-Torture Planes—What the MSM Won’t Tell
15 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
QUESTION: WILL CIA AGENTS BE TREATED AS "FOREIGN COMBATANTS" BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHEN THEY OPERATE OUTSIDE THE LAW? Should they tush be subjec to Guantanamo type treatment? There is plenty of evidence in the news of illegal (under international and non-US laws) CIA operations.
The European Commission JUST ANNOUNCED (Nov. 15) it will NOT investigate published reports that the CIA set up secret jails in Eastern Europe to detain high-profile terrorism suspects. However, it strongly (...)