Tag Archives: Abu Ghraib

US bolsters Iraq prison security

Posted on August 18, 2005 by Team VCS

The US has announced it is sending 700 paratroops to Iraq to boost security at its prisons there. An infantry battalion from the 82nd Airborne Division will be deployed over the next two months. It is not clear if they … Continue reading →

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ACLU Chief Calls Government Secrecy a Further Attempt to Avoid Accountability at Highest Levels

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Team VCS

ACLU Chief Calls Government Secrecy a Further Attempt to Avoid Accountability at Highest Levels NEW YORK — In legal papers unsealed today, the American Civil Liberties Union urged a federal court to order the release of photographs and videos that … Continue reading →

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Losing the Iraq War

Posted on August 8, 2005 by Team VCS

Another request in my in-box, asking if I’ll be interviewed about Iraq for a piece “dealing with how writers and intellectuals are dealing with the state of the war, whether it’s causing depression of any sort, if people are rethinking … Continue reading →

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Letter from an Iraq War Veteran

Posted on August 7, 2005 by Team VCS

Letter from an Iraq War Veteran “I participated in the invasion, stayed for a year afterward, and what I witnessed was the total opposite of what President Bush told the American people.” Aug. 6, 2005  |  I am a concerned … Continue reading →

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Retired Army General Roiled by Army’s Interrogations

Posted on August 4, 2005 by Team VCS

For much of his Army career David Irvine  preached a kinder, gentler interrogation style: Legal under international military law, effective against the most stubborn enemy, and – above all – moral.    Satisfied that his instruction to would-be interrogators was consistent … Continue reading →

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White House Redefines The Meaning Of “Torture”

Posted on August 1, 2005 by Team VCS

Last week, we wrote of the Bush Faction’s increasingly successful drive to establish the principle of unlimited presidential authority — beyond the reach of any law or constitutional restriction — as the new foundation of a militarist American state. This … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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U.S. military dog handlers face Abu Ghraib hearing

Posted on July 26, 2005 by Team VCS

FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – Two U.S. dog handlers in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison used unmuzzled dogs to threaten prisoners and competed to see who could make inmates urinate on themselves, according to testimony at a military hearing on Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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