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Yearly Archives: 2008
Senior Officials Authorized ‘Aggressive’ Interrogation
December 11, 2008 – Senior U.S. officials authorized the use of aggressive interrogation techniques resulting in the abuse of military detainees in U.S. custody, according to a report released by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. The authorization was … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo
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VA Employee Gets Probation After Machine Gun Threats
December 12, 2008 – An employee of a Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in San Francisco has been placed on three years of probation after threatening to buy a machine gun and kill everyone there, court records show. Felicisimo … Continue reading
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Afghanistan Airdrops Pose Risks
December 11, 2008 – U.S. forces have sharply increased the number of airdrop supply missions in Afghanistan in the past three years, as roads have become more dangerous and allied troops have established remote outposts. The number of airdrops has … Continue reading
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For Troops in the Military System Trying to Help Them, Traumatic Brain Injury is New Territory
December 10, 2008, Franklinton, NC – The first thing that 1st Lt. Mike McMichael felt when he regained consciousness was a stinging sensation. It was the hot coffee he had been carrying in a thermos, which split when the roadside … Continue reading
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U.S. Joins Effort to Bar Claims on Iraqi Coffers
December 10, 2008 – George Charchalis says he has never really recovered from the ordeal he endured after Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. He hid for more than a month in Kuwait City but was ultimately arrested, … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties Articles & News, Gulf War, terrorism, torture
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Obama’s Human Rights Opportunity
December 10, 2008 – The advancement of human rights around the world was a cornerstone of foreign policy and U.S. leadership for decades, until the attacks on our country on Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, while Americans continue to espouse … Continue reading
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Justice, of a Sort, for Blackwater
December 8, 2008 – For more than five years, the Bush administration’s mercenary force of choice, Blackwater Worldwide, has operated on a US government contract in Iraq in a climate that has wed immunity with impunity. Today the Justice Department … Continue reading
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The Count: The War in Iraq to Date
December 11, 2008 – As of Tuesday, day 2,091 of the war in Iraq – 5 Blackwater guards were named Monday in a federal indictment for what a sixth guard, who pled guilty to manslaughter, described as the unprovoked shooting … Continue reading
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Military Leaders Knew of Deadly Roadside Bomb Threat in Iraq But Did Nothing
December 8, 2008 – The Marine Corps left troops in Iraq vulnerable to deadly roadside bombs by failing to answer an urgent request from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, according to an internal Pentagon investigation obtained by The Associated Press. … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: An Action Memo for VA
December 9, 2008 – Action Memo to: President-elect Barack Obama & Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Gen. Eric Shinseki. RE: Why We Need to Re-Name the VA — to the Department of Veterans Advocacy. America’s military veterans have every reason to be … Continue reading
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