https://bellaciao.org/en/ en SPIP - www.spip.net http://www.bellaciao.org/en/local/cache-vignettes/L120xH89/siteon0-dc90f.gif?1742057185 https://bellaciao.org/en/ 89 120 http://www.bellaciao.org/en/The-Psychodynamics-of-Occupation-and-the-Abuse-at-Abu-Ghraib-An-Interpretation http://www.bellaciao.org/en/The-Psychodynamics-of-Occupation-and-the-Abuse-at-Abu-Ghraib-An-Interpretation 2005-04-11T02:51:19Z text/html en Wars and conflicts International Prison USA Stephen Soldz <p>by Stephen Soldz <br class='autobr' /> There are various explanations for what went on at Abu Ghraib. The official US position is that a "few bad apples" among the reservist military police (MPs) there went out of control, violating orders to treat the prisoners humanely — "Animal House on the night shift," as former defense secretary James Schlesinger described it.(1) The MP defendants claim that they were following orders to soften up the prisoners as a prelude to interrogation. Investigative journalists have (…)</p> - <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/contributions" rel="directory">contributions</a> / <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Wars-and-conflicts" rel="tag">Wars and conflicts</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/International" rel="tag">International</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Prison" rel="tag">Prison</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/USA" rel="tag">USA</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Stephen-Soldz" rel="tag">Stephen Soldz</a> http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Iraq-What-Went-Wrong http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Iraq-What-Went-Wrong 2004-07-27T19:59:06Z text/html en Wars and conflicts International USA Stephen Soldz <p>by Stephen Soldz <br class='autobr' /> [Talk delivered July 22, 2004 to Roslindale Neighbors for Peace and Justice] <br class='autobr' /> After invading Iraq, the leader of the conquering army proclaimed: <br class='autobr' /> "Our armies do not come in your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators ... I am commanded to invite you to participate in the management of your own civil affairs." <br class='autobr' /> Was this George Bush, Tony Blair, Paul Bremer, or Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez? No, it was conquering British General Stanley Maude, in 1917.1,2 (…)</p> - <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/contributions" rel="directory">contributions</a> / <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Wars-and-conflicts" rel="tag">Wars and conflicts</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/International" rel="tag">International</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/USA" rel="tag">USA</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Stephen-Soldz" rel="tag">Stephen Soldz</a> http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Abuse-at-Abu-Ghraib-the-Psychodynamics-of-Occupation http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Abuse-at-Abu-Ghraib-the-Psychodynamics-of-Occupation 2004-05-03T12:46:30Z text/html en Wars and conflicts International Prison USA Stephen Soldz <p>Stephen Soldz <br class='autobr' /> May 2, 2004 "ICH" — This week, CBS' 60 Minutes II published the now infamous pictures of abuse and torture by US soldiers at the Abu Ghraib detention facility in Iraq (some of the pictures can be viewed on the New Yorker web site at http://www.newyorker.com/online/slideshows/pop/?040510onslpo_prison <br class='autobr' /> Seymour Hersh has documented in the May 10, 2004 New Yorker (Torture at Abu Ghraib: http://informationclearinghouse.info/article6124.htm ) that the abuse shown in these photos (…)</p> - <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/contributions" rel="directory">contributions</a> / <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Wars-and-conflicts" rel="tag">Wars and conflicts</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/International" rel="tag">International</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Prison" rel="tag">Prison</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/USA" rel="tag">USA</a>, <a href="http://www.bellaciao.org/en/Stephen-Soldz" rel="tag">Stephen Soldz</a>