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Iraqi Press Under Attack from Authorities in Iraq
A photographer for a Baghdad newspaper says Iraqi police beat and detained him for snapping pictures of long lines at gas stations. A reporter for another local paper received an invitation from Iraqi police to cover their graduation ceremony and … Continue reading
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A refuge for homeless female veterans
The military gave Sharon Boyd all the things that life in Pottstown, Montgomery County, couldn’t: economic stability, career advancement, and the chance to travel. But after 18 years in the service, Boyd was sleeping in her Oldsmobile Royale, battling post-traumatic … Continue reading
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Detainee Questioning Was Faked, Book Says
The U.S. military staged the interrogations of terrorism suspects for members of Congress and other officials visiting the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to make it appear the government was obtaining valuable intelligence, a former Army translator who worked … Continue reading
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Lawmakers shift tone on accountability for prison abuse scandal
A year ago, when the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, several U.S. senators warned that top military officers and civilian policy-makers must share the blame for lower-ranking soldiers who abused prisoners. That hasn’t happened. Instead, while the scandal has widened … Continue reading
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Return of Our Fallen
Return of Our Fallen For More Information Contact:Ralph Begleiter, University of Delaware (302) 831-2687 Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel, National Security Archive (202) 994-7000Thomas Blanton, Director, National Security Archive (202) 994-7000Daniel Mach, Counsel, Jenner & Block (202) 637-6313 Washington, D.C., April … Continue reading
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Chalabi Named Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
Thwarted in his bid to be Iraq’s leader, one-time Pentagon favorite Ahmad Chalabi has nevertheless captured a key position in the new government _ a deputy prime minister’s spot and temporary control of the lucrative oil ministry. With his nephew … Continue reading
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Unready for combat
When Dustin W. Peters, an Air Force supply technician, arrived in Kuwait in January 2004, all he and his fellow airmen knew was that they would be supporting US troops in Iraq. But when their unit received its assignment, they … Continue reading
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U.S.: Abu Ghraib Only the “Tip of the Iceberg”
The crimes at Abu Ghraib are part of a larger pattern of abuses against Muslim detainees around the world, Human Rights Watch said on the eve of the April 28 anniversary of the first pictures of U.S. soldiers brutalizing prisoners … Continue reading
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The Myth of U.S. Cultural, Religious, Political, and Social Superiority
The concept of Manifest Destiny describes the 19th century conviction that God intended the continent of North America to be under the control of Christian, European Americans. The ideology of Manifest Destiny was the backbone of U.S. government efforts to … Continue reading
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Rebels improve bomb schemes in Iraq
WASHINGTON — Iraqi insurgents keep finding new ways to conceal and detonate deadly improvised explosive devices, making the Pentagon’s countermeasures that much more difficult to develop, confidential military documents say. “Enemy sophistication continually improves,” said a recent U.S. military briefing to … Continue reading
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