Tag Archives: Abu Ghraib

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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Cheney Working to Block Legislation on Detainees

Posted on July 26, 2005 by Team VCS

Vice President Dick Cheney is leading a White House lobbying effort to block legislation offered by Republican senators that would regulate the detention, treatment and trials of detainees held by the American military. In an unusual, 30-minute private meeting on … 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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Pentagon Defies Order to Release Photos; Veterans Demand Commission

Posted on July 25, 2005 by Team VCS

For Immediate Release:July 25, 2005 Contacts: Charles Sheehan-Miles, 202.558.4553 or charles@veteransforcommonsense.org Pentagon Defies Order to Release Photos;2,000 Veterans Call for Independent Investigation Washington – Veterans for Common Sense (VCS), a nonpartisan veterans’ organization with 12,000 members, called for a commission … Continue reading →

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Report cites ‘degrading’ Guantanamo treatment

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Guantanamo Bay interrogators degraded and abused a key prisoner but did not torture him when they told him he was gay, forced him to dance with another man and made him wear a bra and perform dog … Continue reading →

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In Gitmo

Posted on July 10, 2005 by Team VCS

In Gitmo   This week in New Yorker magazine, Jane Mayer writes about the United States military detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and raises new questions about the treatment of detainees. Here, with Amy Davidson, Mayer talks about interrogation … Continue reading →

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England to Plead Not Guilty in Second Trial

Posted on July 8, 2005 by Team VCS

FORT HOOD, Tex., July 7 — Attorneys for Lynndie R. England, the Army private who appeared in iconic photos of inmate abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, said Thursday that she will plead not guilty when the Army reopens her … Continue reading →

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Torture and Accountability

Posted on July 2, 2005 by Team VCS

Torture and Accountability by ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, The Nation, July 18, 2005 Although the terrible revelations of torture at Abu Ghraib hit the front pages in April 2004, no senior officials in the US military or the Bush Administration have yet … Continue reading →

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Safer Vehicles for Soldiers: A Tale of Delays and Glitches

Posted on June 28, 2005 by Team VCS

When Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld visited Iraq last year to tour the Abu Ghraib prison camp, military officials did not rely on a government-issued Humvee to transport him safely on the ground. Instead, they turned to Halliburton, the oil … Continue reading →

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