Abu Ghraib
Documents prove Australian complicity in Iraq war crimes
By James Cogan, July 13, 2011
Defence department records released this week show that the Australian government covered up the torture committed by American forces at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in late 2003.
Photos released of atrocities by US “kill team” in Afghanistan
By Jerry White, March 22, 2011
The German news magazine Der Spiegel published three photographs on Monday depicting atrocities carried out by members of a US Army unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Obama and Guantánamo
By Barry Grey, March 10, 2011
President Obama’s order Monday resuming the drum-head military tribunals at Guantánamo and institutionalizing indefinite detention is but the latest demonstration of the continuity between his policies of militarism and authoritarianism and those of his predecessor.
Donald Rumsfeld publishes memoirs of an unrepentant war criminal
By Tom Eley, February 10, 2011
The publication of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s memoirs has provided occasion for the American media to whitewash the career of a war criminal and falsify the history of the US war on Iraq.
US transfer of Iraqi prisoners: an ongoing war crime
By Bill Van Auken, September 14, 2010
The US military’s transfer of some 10,000 detainees to an Iraqi regime known to carry out systematic torture is a war crime that continues and deepens the atrocities of Abu Ghraib.
Koran-burning provocation sparks US fears over Afghanistan
By Bill Van Auken, September 9, 2010
A Christian cult’s plan to mark September 11 by burning the Koran has triggered official condemnations reflecting Washington’s fear that it will fuel the growing opposition to the US occupation of Afghanistan.
British government rejects inquiry into new allegations of Iraq abuses
By Robert Stevens, November 23, 2009
The Brown government has ruled out a public inquiry into fresh allegations of abuse by British soldiers in Iraq.
“Law & Order” episode makes case for prosecution of Bush administration torturers
By Patrick Martin, October 2, 2009
The season premiere of NBC’s crime drama “Law & Order” was a rarity for American television: an unsparing and essentially honest examination of the crimes being committed by the American government, in the name of the “war on terror.”
Obama’s Abu Ghraib solution
By Bill Van Auken, August 13, 2009
Attorney General Holder has reportedly determined that only so-called rogue interrogators who went beyond the criminal methods approved by the Justice Department will be investigated for the systematic torture directed from the Bush White House.
Torture photos: US soldiers raped, sodomized Iraqi prisoners
By Tom Eley, May 29, 2009
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph published Wednesday, former US General Antonio Taguba said that photographs the Obama administration is seeking to suppress show images of US soldiers raping and sodomizing Iraqi prisoners.
Senate torture report confirms Bush, top officials guilty of war crimes
By Bill Van Auken, December 13, 2008
A Senate Armed Services Committee report provides official confirmation that the infamous acts of torture at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo and other detention centers were planned, ordered and orchestrated by the highest ranking officials in the US government.
Memos show Bush administration sanctioned torture
By Tom Eley, July 26, 2008
Justice Department and CIA memos recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union confirm once again that high-ranking members of the Bush administration sanctioned torture.
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