AltWeeklies Wire
Torturous Truthnew
Senator Richard Durbin was not misunderstood. It wasn't the Nazi reference that got him in trouble -- it was telling the truth.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
07-11-2005 |
Commentary
What Has Happened to Our Country?new
Nothing the Bush administration has done has damaged America as much as the torture and murder of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay.
Illinois Times |
Rod Helle |
02-05-2005 |
Commentary
Top of the Bottom of 2004new
A TV anchorman with a two-month-long case of hiccups and an elderly woman who collapsed and died while in line for the flu vaccine are among the missteps of 2004 deemed worthy of further reflection.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
01-03-2005 |
Commentary
National Archives Offer New Proof of Vietnam War Atrocitiesnew
Hundreds of U.S. military investigative files that were classified for decades but are now available in the National Archives back up the young John Kerry's Senate testimony and put the lie to his critics, including Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Incidents of mutilation and torture are cited.
The Village Voice |
Nicholas Turse |
09-21-2004 |
Politics
Lebanese-American Peace Activist Tells What He Learned in Iraqnew
"Most of the people I know in Iraq believe the US will impose a government on them and they will then either have to accept it or fight it," says Ramzi Kysia, who was in Iraq before and since the U.S. invasion.
Monterey County Weekly |
Andrew Scutro |
08-07-2004 |
International
Tags: violence, oil, torture, military, Fallujah, Detroit, Saddam Hussein, Red Cross, Michigan, Iraqis, international, United Nations, 2003 invasion, Americans, Baathists, Education for Peace in Iraq Center, Iraqi Governing Council, Moqtada Sadr, NGO, Oil for Food program, Paul Bremer, Royal Oak, sanitation, suburb, Voices in the Wilderness
Private Contractors Played Key Role in Abuse of Iraqi Prisonersnew
Among those involved in the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib were private contractors - who may never be accountable for their acts.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A.C. Thompson and Pratap Chatterjee |
08-07-2004 |
War
Photos Spur News Media to Change from Chroniclers to Diggersnew
The horrors at Abu Ghraib have finally changed how the media report on the war — and on the president who started it. George W. Bush could be in for some of the rough treatment that generally goes with the job.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
08-07-2004 |
Media
Government's Assurances of Humane Treatment Can't Be Trustednew
Just last month, the Supreme Court heard three cases concerning the rights of "enemy combatants" being held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and in U.S. Naval brigs off the American coast. One issue at stake is whether the government -- specifically President Bush -- should be trusted to handle prisoners in an appropriate manner.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate and Carl Takei |
08-07-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Photos Are Souvenirs of Torture in Vietnamnew
A former UPI correspondent in Vietnam comes across some pictures taken by a young—and naive—Sean Flynn, son of Errol Flynn, showing typical torture of Viet Cong prisoners in Vietnam.
