Tag: abuse of detainees

Now that President Bush has agreed to back John McCain’s torture ban, house rep. Duncan Hunter has some problems with it, leading to another hurdle. Hunter apparently wants some sort of assurances put into the bill that will protect soldiers from criminal and civil penalties if they do engage in torture. This sounds like an […]

Seems like Rumsfeld is pretty upset about the new allegations that have come out regarding our troops burning Taliban bodies according to Reuters. VILNIUS (Reuters) – Accusations that U.S. soldiers burned the corpses of two Afghan guerrillas to taunt the Taliban have damaged the American military, whether or not they are true, Secretary of Defense […]