Tag Archives: Guantanamo

Just Shut It Down

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Team VCS

Shut it down. Just shut it down. I am talking about the war-on-terrorism P.O.W. camp at Guantánamo Bay. Just shut it down and then plow it under. It has become worse than an embarrassment. I am convinced that more Americans … Continue reading →

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Inmates Alleged Koran Abuse

Posted on May 26, 2005 by Team VCS

Detainees told FBI interrogators as early as April 2002 that mistreatment of the Koran was widespread at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and many said they were severely beaten by captors there or in Afghanistan, according to FBI … Continue reading →

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A Genuine Inquiry into Abuses

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Team VCS

How did a short item in Newsweek reporting that U.S. interrogators had desecrated a Koran at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, spark massive riots in several Muslim countries last week, leading to the deaths of least 16 people? And who, exactly, should … Continue reading →

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The Unknown Unknowns of the Abu Ghraib Scandal

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Team VCS

It’s been over a year since I published a series of articles in the New Yorker outlining the abuses at Abu Ghraib. There have been at least 10 official military investigations since then – none of which has challenged the … Continue reading →

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Red Cross told U.S. of Koran incidents

Posted on May 21, 2005 by Team VCS

The International Committee of the Red Cross documented what it called credible information about U.S. personnel disrespecting or mishandling Korans at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and pointed it out to the Pentagon in confidential reports during 2002 and early … Continue reading →

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Islam as interrogation tool: need for limits?

Posted on May 17, 2005 by Team VCS

Army Sgt. Erik Saar couldn’t wait to get to Guantánamo Bay to help ferret information from the terrorists being held there. When the intelligence linguist arrived, however, he was startled to hear the Muslim call to prayer. Why, he wondered, … Continue reading →

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Four Dead, Scores Hurt in Afghan Riot Over Reported US Koran Abuse

Posted on May 12, 2005 by Team VCS

Afghan troops were deployed on the streets of an eastern city after four people died and scores were injured in riots sparked by reports that US soldiers had desecrated the Koran at Guantanamo Bay. Police in Jalalabad opened fire Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Detainee Questioning Was Faked, Book Says

Posted on May 1, 2005 by Team VCS

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

Posted on April 30, 2005 by Team VCS

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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U.S.: Abu Ghraib Only the “Tip of the Iceberg”

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Team VCS

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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