Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

The Roots of Prisoner Abuse

Posted on July 31, 2005 by Team VCS

The Roots of Prisoner Abuse This week, the White House blocked a Senate vote on a measure sponsored by a half-dozen Republicans, including Senator John McCain, that would prohibit cruel, degrading or inhumane treatment of prisoners. Besides being outrageous on … Continue reading →

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Senate Clears Emergency Veterans Budget

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Team VCS

Senate Clears Emergency Veterans BudgetBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 29, 2005, Filed at 12:45 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate sent President Bush a $1.5 billion increase to the budget for veterans health care programs Friday as it cleared … Continue reading →

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Iraq: The Human Toll

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Team VCS

Iraq: The Human Toll by DAVID CORTRIGHT, The Nation, July 24, 2005 Living conditions for the people of Iraq, already poor before the war, have deteriorated significantly since the US invasion. This is confirmed in a new report by the … Continue reading →

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Milestone: Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualties Hit 2,007

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Team VCS

Milestone: Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualties Hit 2,007 http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf (official DoD casualty site is updated every morning) Low-balling the Cost of War: CBO Assumes No Casualties http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.cfm?Page=Article&ID=74 (article reprinted from October 2002, well before the invasion of Iraq) by Charles Sheehan-Miles, October … Continue reading →

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General Meyers Blocks Release of Pictures Depicting U.S. Torture of Enemy Prisoners

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Team VCS

General Meyers Blocks Release of Pictures Depicting U.S. Torture of Enemy Prisoners Defense Department Files Secret Arguments in Further Attempt to Suppress Abu Ghraib Photos FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: media@aclu.org NEW YORK — The Defense Department has filed heavily redacted papers … Continue reading →

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CIA officials used a sledgehammer handle to beat various prisoners in Iraq

Posted on July 28, 2005 by Team VCS

Guardsman: CIA beat Iraqis with hammer handles By Arthur KaneDenver Post Staff WriterJuly 27, 2005 CIA officials used a sledgehammer handle to beat various prisoners in Iraq, and one official, whose name is classified, would often brag about his abuse … Continue reading →

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Army General Advised Using Dogs at Abu Ghraib, Officer Testifies

Posted on July 28, 2005 by Team VCS

Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller told top officers during an advisory visit to Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison that they needed to get military working dogs for use in interrogations, and he advocated procedures then in use at the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Pentagon Blocks Release of Abu Ghraib Images: Here’s Why

Posted on July 26, 2005 by Team VCS

So what is shown on the 87 photographs and four videos from Abu Ghraib prison that the Pentagon, in an eleventh hour move, blocked from release this weekend? One clue: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress last year, after viewing … Continue reading →

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Vets, Conservative Lawmakers Call for Changes in Detainment Policy

Posted on July 26, 2005 by Team VCS

Yesterday, over 2,000 US military veterans joined the growing chorus of people calling for an independent investigation into instances of abuse and torture committed at US-run detention facilities around the world. Also yesterday, three Republican senators introduced separate measures aimed … Continue reading →

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GOP Senators Push Detainee Treatment Rules

Posted on July 26, 2005 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republicans pushed ahead Monday with legislation that would set rules for the treatment and interrogation of terrorism suspects in U.S. custody, despite a White House veto threat. The Bush administration, led by Vice President Dick Cheney, … Continue reading →

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