Tag Archives: Guantanamo

To Torture or Not?

Posted on October 5, 2004 by Team VCS

Chris Hondros / Getty Images To Torture or Not?President Bush backs ‘rendering’ suspects—then backs offA U.S. detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba   Oct. 5 – President Bush today distanced himself from his administration’s quiet effort to push through a law … Continue reading →

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Bush Knew of Rumsfeld’s Torture Plans

Posted on May 16, 2004 by Team VCS

THE GRAY ZONE How a secret Pentagon program came to Abu Ghraib. Issue of 2004-05-24Posted 2004-05-15 The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year … Continue reading →

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My Hell in Camp X-Ray

Posted on March 12, 2004 by Team VCS

My Hell in Camp X-Ray A British captive freed from Guantanamo Bay today tells the world of its full horror – and reveals how prostitutes were taken into the camp to degrade Muslim inmates. Jamal al-Harith, 37, who arrived home … Continue reading →

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ACLU Requests Information About Prisoners Held in Cuba

Posted on October 11, 2003 by Team VCS

Rights Groups Seek Information on Detainees’ Treatment Several civil liberties and veterans groups plan to file a formal request with the federal government today seeking information on whether prisoners in U.S. custody in the war on terrorism have been tortured … Continue reading →

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US Plans Executions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Posted on May 27, 2003 by Team VCS

“US Plans Death Camp” The US has floated plans to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp, with its own death row and execution chamber. Prisoners would be tried, convicted and executed without leaving its boundaries, without a jury and … Continue reading →

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Halliburton Reaps Profits from Gulf War II

Posted on February 24, 2003 by Team VCS

(translated from the Turkish): When the US intervened in Somalia in 1992, Kellogg Brown and Root (owned by Halliburton) undertook projects worth $62 million. In 1995, they received $133 million for meeting the needs of the American soldiers who intervened … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Watch: Investigate Claims of U.S. Torture

Posted on December 28, 2002 by Team VCS

In a letter to President George W. Bush, Human Rights Watch said it was “deeply concerned” by allegations made in the Washington Post that detainees had been subjected to torture or other forms of mistreatment while in U.S. custody in … Continue reading →

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Gulf War II Censorship Begins

Posted on November 20, 2002 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON – When Army Times writer Sean Naylor linked up with the 101st Airborne Division in Kandahar to cover the Afghanistan fighting, he found that instead of the traditional practice of being housed with the troops, reporters were ”quarantined” in … Continue reading →

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