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31 min ago | Fort Collins Coloradoan

U.S. must formally call abuses wrong

Were you disgusted when you saw the photos of the prisoners our country abused and tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison? My first reaction, after disgust, was disbelief; the United States doesn't do this kind of thing.

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Related Topix: Prison

Thu Nov 26, 2009

CNN

Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kill 6, official says

Gunmen clad in Iraqi army uniforms stormed a house Wednesday north of Baghdad and killed six members of a family, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News,

Frontpage Mag

Navy SEALs Charged Over Alleged Abuse of Terrorist Mastermind a " by Stephen Brown

Posted by Stephen Brown on Nov 26th, 2009 and filed under FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry It makes one wonder how the West is ever going to win the war against radical Islam.

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Related Topix: Iraq, Middle East

Wed Nov 25, 2009

New York Times

In Iraq, 2 Attacks Raise Fears of Sectarianism

During the darkest days of the sectarian bloodletting that swept Iraq several years ago, few terrors equaled the rise of the death squads - men in the guise of the Iraqi security forces who killed with impunity.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News

Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Toronto Star

DiManno: Disdain for U.S. led to Afghan torture fiasco

But few of those clawing at their faces today in angst and shame over who-knew-what-when-generated hysteria with regard to mistreatment of Afghan detainees have paused to recall how this mess originated.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, Prison

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Orleans Star / Weekly Journal

Another scandal for Stephen Harper

No big blue cardboard cheques in sight. This one is more serious. It's about torture, and Canada is involved.

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, North America, Canada, World News, Asia, Afghanistan

Asbury Park Press Online

Innocent until proven guilty

Passionate arguments have been made on both sides of the question of whether it is a mistake to try self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators in a civilian court in Manhattan.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Sat Nov 21, 2009

New York Times

Iraq Province Holds Its Breath as U.S. Draws Down

Maj. Gen. Tariq al-Youssef caught a fleeting glimpse of the man who wanted him dead.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Prison in Afghanistan seeks to counter poor image of US justice

Eager to dispel its image as a rights abuser after earlier prison scandals, the US has opened an Afghan jail that critics say still falls short of basic legal standards.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Seattle Times

13 Sunnis executed near Iraq's Abu Ghraib

In a massacre that revived memories of Iraq's worst years of sectarian bloodshed, assailants dressed in Iraqi army uniforms savagely killed 13 men and boys late Sunday near the restive city of Abu Ghraib, according to Iraqi officials and villagers.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Prison, California, California Government

Boston Globe

Terror trial upholds US values

BY CHOOSING to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terrorists in a Manhattan federal courthouse rather than a military tribunal, the Obama administration hasn't just reaffirmed America's commitment to the rule of law.

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Related Topix: Prison, Opinion

BAGnewsNotes

British Army Accused of Sexual Abuse of Detainees in Iraq

BAGnews is pleased to introduce Pete Brook , our newest contributor. This piece is cross-posted from Pete's superb blog, Prison Photography .

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Cameras

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Christian Science Monitor

Abu Ghraib attack raises fears of resurgent Al Qaeda in Iraq

The murder of 13 in Abu Ghraib this weekend has some worried that Al Qaeda in Iraq may be exploiting gaps between withdrawing US forces and Iraqi troops not yet ready to stand alone.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East,

The Common Ills

Burials, memorials and deployments

Early Monday morning, men dressed in Iraqi Army uniforms killed at least 13 people, including a local cleric.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Boat Disaster, Life, Veteran Affairs, Prison

The Washington Post

Iraqi Kurds warn of election boycott in dispute over seats

People mourn next the a coffin of a man who was one of 13 people that were executed by insurgents, during a funeral in the village of al-Saadan near the town of Abu Ghraib on Baghdad's western outskirts, Iraq, on Monday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News

UPI

Does Britain have its own Abu Ghraib?

Britain's Defense Ministry is investigating claims of prisoner abuse by British troops in Iraq in a scandal that could turn into a second Abu Ghraib.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons

Tue Nov 17, 2009

CNN

Army tapes reveal motive in Iraq killings

U.S. soldiers interrogated by the Army in the 2007 murders of four Iraqi detainees blamed a military policy they said made it too hard to detain suspected insurgents, a CNN investigation has found.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Leavenworth, US Army, Prison, Iraq, World News, US Military Prisons

Boston Globe

Sunni politician, 12 others killed in Iraq

A Sunni politician and 12 other men, including some of his relatives, were killed execution-style over the weekend in a small village west of Baghdad.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News,

HendersonvilleNews.com

Attacks Threaten Fragile Security Gains in Cradle of Iraq Insurgency

Maj. Gen. Tariq al-Youssef caught a fleeting glimpse of the man who wanted him dead.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East,

MiamiHerald.com - Miami & Ft. Lauderd...

UK war criminal: We kicked and punched Iraqis

Iraqi civilians who were detained by British troops during the U.S.-led war have leveled some 33 allegations of rape and abuse against male and female soldiers, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Saturday.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

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