Not to mention in violation of any law known to God and man. Read Sangitha McKenzie Millar’s earth-shattering story, “Extraordinary Rendition, Extraordinary Mistake,” just posted on Foreign Policy in Focus. Excerpt: Mamdouh Habib, an Australian citizen, was living in Sydney with his wife and four children when he took a trip alone to Pakistan to […]
Tag Archives: Abu Ghraib
Nota Bene #27
Got hot links if you want ‘em! In his (London) Independent article, “No, Johnny, No: Chuck Berry joins chorus of musicians snubbing McCain’s campaign,” Leonard Doyle writes: “There was a groan at McCain headquarters as it suffered yet another musical derailment. An attempt to use Abba’s ‘Take A Chance On Me’ also bombed. We played […]
What is it with men and torture?
Hint: It’s not just upbringing and culture. Back in 2005 James Wolcott wrote of torture: “Women may take part — though I imagine it’s rare, and under duress — but only men could devise the intricate and cruel tortures and torture devices that have been inflicted over the centuries.” This is one generalization about women […]
ACLU obtains more info on Iraq prison abuse “cover-up”
The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a press release in which it says it has obtained new details of a possible cover-up of prisoner abuse in Iraq. Documents “suggest that senior military officials failed to act promptly on reports of abuse of prisoners held by U.S. Forces in Iraq,” the release states, adding that […]
Bush to the law of the land: not in my backyard…!
“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.” – George W. Bush, Dec. 19, 2000 Where to begin? We could pimp it Hollywood style: FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU ATTORNEYGATE – THEY THOUGHT THEY’D REIN HIM IN BY PASSING LAWS. BUT GEORGE […]
Taguba on torture: another frozen scandal
By Robert Silvey Major General Antonio Taguba, who directed the first investigation of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, has now retired from the US Army and spoken at length with Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker. His story of torture in Iraq and coverup in Washington is newly shocking. Since the release in March 2004 […]
S&R Honors
Click here to learn more about past honorees...- S&R Fiction: “The Treehouse,” by Aimee Stahlberg
- Republicans perpetuate myths to keep Cold War alive
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