Tag Archives: torture

Editorial Column: CNN, The Pentagon’s ‘Military Analyst Program’ and Gitmo

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Team VCS

May 9, 2008 – The Pentagon has posted to its website the roughly 8,000 pages and audio tapes it was forced to provide to the New York Times regarding its “military analyst” program. Anyone who reads through them, as I’ve … Continue reading →

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Federal Judge Orders CIA To Turn Over Torture Memo For Court Review

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Team VCS

May 8, 2008, New York – A federal judge today ordered the CIA to produce, for the court’s review, a memo specifying brutal interrogation methods for use on prisoners held in U.S. custody overseas. The judge demanded the government make … Continue reading →

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Pentagon Drops Post in Pakistan for Top General

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Team VCS

May 9, 2008, Washington, DC – When the Pentagon announced in March that Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood would become the senior American officer based in Pakistan, it reflected the military’s aim to put a crisis-tested veteran in a critical … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Abu Ghraib Whistleblower Blows Whistle on New Torture Film

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Team VCS

Editor’s Note: Former Army Sgt. Sam Provance was the only uniformed military intelligence officer at Abu Ghraib who broke the code of silence surrounding the infamous prisoner abuses. He spoke out during the Army’s internal investigation, at a congressional hearing … Continue reading →

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Sen. Webb’s GI Bill to be Added to Iraq War Spending Bill

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Team VCS

May 6, 2008, Washington, DC – Defying President Bush, House Democrats are preparing to forge ahead with a war spending measure that would include extended unemployment assistance and new educational benefits for returning veterans. After a meeting Monday evening of … Continue reading →

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May 3 Editorial Column: President George W. Bush Admits He Approved Torture

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Team VCS

May 1, 2008, Washington, DC – The American people have heard President Bush and his spokespeople say many times that the U.S. government does not engage in torture. Whether Bush was believed or not is another story — especially in … Continue reading →

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VCS Call To Action: Honor the Legacy

Posted on August 9, 2004 by Team VCS

Over the weekend, an article in the Oregonian (http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=1861) accompanied by graphic photographs described a very disturbing incident which took place in Iraq on June 29, one day after the handover to the Iraqi interim government. According to the article, … 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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Rape, Kidnap, and Persecution of Women Rise in Iraq under U.S. Occupation

Posted on December 22, 2003 by Team VCS

  So This Is Liberation?   All the shades are drawn in Raba’s house on a wide residential street in one of Baghdad’s more affluent neighborhoods. Small daughters and nieces streak through a well-appointed living room, leaving giggles and shrieks … Continue reading →

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