You have to watch this: http://www.channel4.com/guantanamo I’ve been sitting here for the past two hours watching a documentry/film about the 3 british Guys who were detained at Guantanamo for months. It tells the story of their capture, why they were there, how they were captured and above all the relentless abuse and torture they suffered […]
Source: Yahoo News The notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is to close and its prisoners housed elsewhere, according to US military sources. The US military are expected to close Abu Ghraib prison within three months. They plan to transfer some 4,500 prisoners to other jails in Iraq, a military spokesman said. The prison in […]
From BBC News A court in the US has been asked to ban the practice of force-feeding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The case is being brought on behalf of Mohammed Bawazir, a Yemeni who has been held there since 2002. The action is the first test for a new law explicitly outlawing torture of […]
It will be interesting to see how the administration tries to downplay this report: United Nations inquiry has called for the immediate closure of America’s Guantanamo Bay detention centre and the prosecution of officers and politicians “up to the highest level” who are accused of torturing detainees. The UN Human Rights Commission report, due to […]
Scooter Libby has been indicted on 5 counts as follows: 2 counts of perjury 2 counts of making false statements 1 count of obstruction of justice According to the New York Daily News, Dave Addington is coined to replace Scooter Libby. Addington was the official who authored the memo justifying torture and holding terrorist prisoners […]
This week our President started his historic five week vacation at the ranch in Crawford, Texas. The term historic is used in a rhetorical sense considering this is the longest vacation any President has taken, and only 6 months into his second term, he is quickly on his way to break the record of total […]
First it was “we need an extension†now it is “we will be done on timeâ€ÂÂ. This came out of the council in Iraq that is authoring the new constitution. If they can’t agree on how much time is needed to complete the constitution, then how can we expect them to agree on an actual […]
We continue to hear stories of torture from Guantanimo Bay. The administration continues to denounce the claims. They do admit to some “extreme†interrogation tactics that result in good intelligence however. The big question is; If the intelligence is so good then why must we “rig†the trials? Leaked emails from two former military prosecutors […]