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Archive for August 24th, 2008

An Interview from Hell

Larry King: “Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Larry King reporting to you live, from Hell. Our guest tonight is George W. Bush. Mr. Lucifer has given permission for this interview for two reasons; 1) to show the world that hell on earth is just as real as hell beneath the earth and 2) [...]

Torture Claim Credible, Court Finds

By RAYMOND BONNER

LONDON — A British court said on Thursday that a terrorism suspect being held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, had credible arguments that the United States had illegally spirited him away to Morocco and that he had been tortured there.

The United States has repeatedly rejected assertions by the suspect, Binyam Mohamed, that he [...]

Study blames Guantanamo guards for suicide

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) — A U.S. military study blames guard lapses and lenient policies for prisoner suicides at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Documents from a Naval Criminal Investigative Service probe suggest that three simultaneous suicides June 10, 2006, were the result of “lapses in guard protocol and of lenient policies toward compliant detainees,” The Washington Post [...]

Algerian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay says he was waterboarded

Ameziane, who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo since February 2002 without being charged with crimes, told his lawyer Wells Dixon that guards at the base placed a water hose between his nose and mouth and ran it for several minutes. Ameziane said they repeated the procedure several times, nearly suffocating him.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — [...]

Law lords right to stand against cowardly abuse

IF, LIKE me, you’re hooked on BBC One’s spy drama Spooks, you’ll know that the last series ended on a stomach-churning cliffhanger with two of our heroic MI5 intelligence officers, Adam and?Jo,?captured?by?a?group called Red-backs that specialises in torturing spies to extract intelligence.
The Red-backs’ Torquemada polishes his?suitcase?full?of?state-of-the-art information-extracting kit while a tape of the agonising screams [...]

Police face scrutiny over the arrest of radical jihadist who renounced violence

Media organisations will clash with Greater Manchester Police in court this week over moves to force them to hand over ‘evidence’
Andrew Norfolk

He was the poster boy for jihadist extremism who become one of its most vocal opponents, meeting a government minister and being offered Home Office funding to support his deradicalisation work among [...]

Psychologists on the Dark Side

by ACLU

By Jennifer Turner, Human Rights Researcher, ACLU Human Rights Program. Jennifer is in Guantánamo for the pre-trial hearings of Mohammed Jawad, Omar Khadr and Ali Hamza al-Bahlul.
Thursday’s hearing in Afghan national Mohammed Jawad’s case brought stunning testimony on serious abuse he suffered at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan as a teenager, as well as [...]

Soldier Sentenced For Desertion

FORT CARSON - A soldier who fled to Canada after learning he would soon deploy to Iraq has pleaded guilty and been sentenced.
Friday afternoon, a judge ruled PFC Robin Long, 24, will have his rank reduced to E-1 (Private), serve 15 months in confinement (minus 40 days he’s already served) and receive a dishonorable discharge [...]

Troops charged in death

Two 101st Airborne Division soldiers in Iraq are facing premeditated murder charges following the death of a an Iraqi detainee.
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One of the soldiers, Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner, was scheduled for an Article 32 hearing — the equivalent of a preliminary hearing in civilian court — Aug. 15, but that court appearance was pushed [...]

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