Tag Archives: War Crimes

Sudanese Journalist : Seven Years at Guantanamo was ‘Living Hell’

Above, supporters of Sami Al’Hajj unfurl banner during Al’Hajj’s 2008 hunger strike. Below, Al Jazeera interviews Sami Al’Hajj at the Doha International Airport in Quatar, May 30, 2008. Photo by omar_chatriwala / Flickr.Journalist Al’Hajj describes Guantanamo detentionBefore international war crimes … Continue reading

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Dick Cheney : Assassination Nation

Dick Cheney: More tales from the dark side Peter Berger, a security analyst at the American Enterprise Institute thinks that, judging from Congressional reaction, the program must have involved much more than killing some Al Qaeda people. By Sherman DeBrosse … Continue reading

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Juan Cole on Cheney’s Criminal Irrelevance – II

Truth Commission Needed to Examine Cheney, Assassination Squads, Cover-UpsBy Juan Cole / July 13, 2009 It turns out that the secret CIA program that Leon Panetta cancelled, and which former VP Richard Bruce Cheney ordered hidden from Congress, was in … Continue reading

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Evidence of War Crimes in Afghanistan Coming to Light

Juan Cole says it as well as it can be said: “I can tell by various web metrics that you guys are not interested in the Afghanistan story. You should be and I am going to parse it today anyway. … Continue reading

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John McMillian : Mac the Knife: The Passing of a War Criminal

Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, speaks at Harvard on March 3, 2004. J. Errol Morris’ Academy Award-winning documentary, ‘The Fog of War,’ plays on the monitor as McNamara (left) and Ernest May address … Continue reading

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The Amnesty International Report on the Gaza War: Where Is World Outrage?

Gaza report video. © Amnesty International.Impunity for war crimes in Gaza and southern Israel a recipe for further civilian sufferingJuly 2, 2009 Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which … Continue reading

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Juan Cole on Dick Cheney’s Criminal Irrelevance

Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images.Cheney Worries about Wasting the Sacrifices made in Iraq on behalf of Big OilBy Juan Cole / July 2, 2009 Dick Cheney reacted to the cessation of unilateral US patrols of major cities in Iraq, saying that … Continue reading

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Drone Attacks ‘Violated International Humanitarian Law’ in Gaza War

Israeli drones fly over the Gaza Strip in January 2009, as seen from Gaza City. According to the US-based Human Rights Watch, Israeli armed drones killed scores of Palestinian civilians during the Gaza war despite their cutting-edge targeting technology. Photo: … Continue reading

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Another ‘Mistake’ in Amerikkka’s War of Terror

Abu Zubaida pictured shortly after he was captured in Pakistan. He appears to be bloodied and on some type of stretcher. Source: ABC News.CIA Mistaken on ‘High-Value’ Detainee, Document ShowsBy Peter Finn and Julie Tate / June 16, 2009 An … Continue reading

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Canada Convicts Rwandan War Criminal

If this can happen, then surely we can also bring people such as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to justice. Genocide in Rwanda or genocide in Iraq are of equal weight – both are heinous crimes under international law … Continue reading

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Noam Chomsky : The Torture Memos and Historical Amnesia

Photo from Foreign Policy.The torture memos and historical amnesia Unexceptional Americans: Why we can’t see the trees or the forest By Noam Chomsky / May 19, 2009 The torture memos released by the White House elicited shock, indignation, and surprise. … Continue reading

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Sy Hersh : Children Sodomized at Abu Ghraib as Mothers Watched

Updated May 18, 2009 Journalist Seymour Hersh says there were ‘horrible things done to children of women prisoners, as the cameras run.’ Hersh gave a speech. . . to the ACLU making the charge that children were sodomized in front … Continue reading

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