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WASHINGTON - President Bush vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks. (AP)
Germany issues CIA arrest orders MUNICH - Germany has ordered the arrest of 13 suspected CIA agents over the alleged kidnapping of one of its citizens. Munich prosecutors confirmed that the warrants were linked to the case of Khalid El-Masri, a German national of Lebanese descent. Mr Masri says he was seized in Macedonia, flown to a secret prison in Afghanistan and mistreated there. (BBC) RELATED: Italian judge orders first 'rendition' trial of CIA operatives
General orders ethics training in Iraq BAGHDAD - In the wake of the Haditha investigation, the U.S. general commanding coalition forces in Iraq on Thursday ordered his military commanders to conduct core values training on moral and ethical standards on the battlefield. (CBS/AP) PREVIOUS: Canadians following rules of war, O'Connor says White House: Haditha findings to be made public What happened in Haditha? Haditha massacre U.S. military probes civilian killings in Iraq |
LONDON - Investigators have confirmed the existence of clandestine CIA prisons in Romania and Poland housing leading members of al-Qaeda, contends a new report from the Council of Europe, the European human rights monitoring agency. (New York Times) PREVIOUS: 'High-value' detainees were held in secret CIA detention centres
Soldiers cleared in Iraqi abuse trial BULFORD, UK - A court martial dropped charges on Wednesday against five of seven British soldiers over the death of an Iraqi prisoner in a costly trial that has gone on for nearly half a year. Judge Stuart McKinnon ordered a military panel to acquit the five men, saying no evidence had been presented that could prove their guilt. (Reuters)
Bush confirms secret CIA prisons WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush on Wednesday said 14 of what he termed as the world's most notorious terrorists, held until recently at secret Central Intelligence Agency prisons overseas, have been transferred to the U.S. military camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and will be put on trial for war crimes against America. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Retroactive war crime protection proposed War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution |
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Rape, killings described in accused soldier's account BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier charged in the rape and slaying of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family in March confessed to army investigators how he and his comrades hatched the plot during a morning of drinking liquor, playing cards and hitting golf balls. (Seattle Times) |
Iraqi testifies at US troops' hearing Haditha evidence implicates Marines Ex-soldier charged with rape, killing of family War 101: The line between killer and murderer |
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Guantanamo suicides a 'PR move' Names of all Gitmo detainees divulged |
Pentagon Guantanamo list angers nations US releases more Guantanamo names Marine lawyer meets Khadr's family |
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Outsourcing interrogation 'Legal' NEW YORK - A senior Bush administration official says a secret CIA program to transfer suspected terrorists to foreign countries for interrogation is a legal alternative to the cumbersome and expensive process of holding them in U.S. facilities. (CBS) PREVIOUS: Outsourcing Torture |
More ABu Ghraib images of abuse More grisly photographs and videos have emerged that appear to show U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, some of whom were apparently forced to engage in sex acts. (CNN) MORE: US attacks Iraq abuse images leak Jury finds dog handler at Abu Ghraib guilty |
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No UK charges for Guantanamo four LONDON - British police have released without charge four Britons who arrived back in the UK after being held for nearly three years at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (CNN) MORE: UK police release Guantanamo four (BBC) |
US Government Documents on Torture The ACLU filed a request on Oct. 7, 2003 under the Freedom of Information Act demanding the release of information about detainees held overseas by the United States. A lawsuit was filed in June 2004 demanding that the government comply with the October 2003 FOIA request. (ACLU) |
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Jordan denies 'secret US prison' Jordan has strongly denied an Israeli newspaper report that senior al-Qaeda suspects are being held at a secret US interrogation facility in the country. Haaretz said about 11 top al-Qaeda men were being held in Jordan (BBC) US: Detained al-Qaeda suspects 'disappeared' CIA 'took detainees out of Iraq' CIA accused over 'ghost detainees Berlin's double standards in terror war CIA begins probe into leak on secret prisons Terror suspects held in secret CIA prison network |
Sampson says Canada wants no part in his case Celebrating a British court decision granting him the right to sue his alleged Saudi torturers, William Sampson says Ottawa has done nothing to help his case. (CTV) CBC Background: William Sampson Saudi Arabia statement on case of Canadian citizen William Sampson Canadian sues US military for alleged torture
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Releasing the bad prisoners with the good? Terrorism suspect's suit tells of US abuse Prisoner abuse: Patterns from the past ICRC explains position over detention report and treatment of prisoners |
Hundreds of US abuse cases opened New Yorker: The Grey Zone CIA interrogations 'too brutal' Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations .pdf Red Cross report on Iraq prisoner abuse .pdf Prison Abuse Report .pdf |
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Sadist in Chief gets ten years Soldiers charged in Iraqi's death |
US court halts hearing by military panel General: 'Failure in leadership' led to abuse US marines plead guilty to prisoner abuse Sivits found guilty in Iraq abuse trial |
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'Abuse' soldier 'obeyed orders' A UK soldier accused of abusing civilians in Iraq is a war hero who had been obeying orders, a court martial has been told. Cpl Daniel Kenyon, 33, denies several abuse charges at a court martial of three soldiers in Osnabruck, Germany. (BBC) PREVIOUS: Two soldiers guilty of Iraq abuse |
No charge in fake Iraq photo case LONDON - A Territorial Army soldier alleged to have faked photos purporting to show an Iraqi prisoner being abused will not face charges, it has been announced. (BBC) PREVIOUS: Editor sacked over 'hoax' photos Mirror apologises Mirror not first to be duped Bogus GI rape photos used as Arab propaganda Fake rape photos infuriate Arab world |
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Rumsfeld: prisoner abuse 'un-American US army probes deaths in custody Seven American service members reprimanded |
Officer suggests Iraq Jail abuse was encouraged Janis Karpinski, an Army Reserve general whose soldiers were photographed as they abused Iraqi prisoners said Saturday that she knew nothing about the abuse until weeks after it occurred and that she was "sickened" by the pictures.(NY Times) |
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Iraq prison abuse probe widens The Pentagon said it was pursuing five separate investigations Monday into allegations of abuse of Iraqi prisoners. One, launched in mid-April, delves into interrogation methods of U.S. military intelligence officers in Iraq. (Fox News) RELATED: Prisoner abuse not limited to Abu Ghraib |
Abuse of Iraqi POWs by GIs probed Last month, the U.S. Army announced 17 soldiers in Iraq, including a brigadier general, had been removed from duty after charges of mistreating Iraqi prisoners. It turns out photographs surfaced showing American soldiers abusing and humiliating Iraqis being held at a prison near Baghdad. (60 Minutes II) |
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Hearing: Article 15-6 Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade |
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