One of the most informed journalists on Guantanamo Bay and those kidnapped by the Bush Administration in its “War on Terror”, Andy Worthington, interviewed by Democracy Now (DN!) and AntiWar Radio. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘detainees’
Two Detainees: One Recently Released Because His Detention ‘Defied Common Sense’ and Another Tortured to Link al-Qai’da to Iraq (mp3/Video)
Posted: 2 July 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al-Janko, Abdul Rahim al-Ginco, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Amy Goodman, Andy Worthington, AntiWar radio, Bagram, Bush Administration, Cheney, China, Chinese Muslims, CIA, Democracy Now, detainees, enemy combatants, fascism, George Bush, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, human rights, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, law, liberty, Libya, Middle East, Newspeak, Obama, Omar Deghayes, Saddam Hussein, Scott Horton, Taliban, terrorism, Uighurs, US, War, War on Terror
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Ex-Detainees Describe Abuse at ‘The Other Guantanamo’ (Video)
Posted: 24 June 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, Bagram, Bagram Air Base, BBC, Bush Administration, detainees, fascism, George Bush, Gitmo, human rights, international law, law, Middle East, Obama, terrorism, torture, torture photos, US, War, War on Terror
Obama’s Wars: Jeremy Scahill on Bill Moyers Journal (Video)
Posted: 10 June 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, air strikes, Bill Moyers, Blackwater, Cairo Speech, Cheney, Chris Chambliss, corporatism, detainees, drones, fascism, George Bush, Gitmo, habeas corpus, Halliburton, human rights, international law, Iraq, Jeremy Scahill, KBR, Lara Logan, law, Middle East, military industrial complex, Newspeak, Obama, private military contractors, Stanley McChrystal, terrorism, Triple Canopy, UN, US, War, Xe
Jeremy Scahill discusses international affairs with Bill Moyers on PBS last Friday night saying, “It’s time to take off our Obama T-shirts…. The fact is that this man is governing over a policy that is killing a tremendous number of civilians.” (more…)
Gitmo: A Concentration Camp
Posted: 9 April 2009 by Stefan Molyneux in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: anarchism, anti-Statism, black sites, detainees, fascism, George Bush, Gitmo, Gulag, human rights, imperialism, international law, kidnapping, libertarian, liberty, McCain, media, Middle East, military industrial complex, Newspeak, Nuremburg Trials, Obama, Philosophy, religion, Soviets, suicide, terrorism, torture, US, USSR, War
Freedomain Radio host Stefan Molyneux’s response to yesterday’s post: “Obama, Corruption and Guns” (23:37): (more…)
Transparency on Bagram Detentions Needed from Obama Administration
Posted: 10 March 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, Amnesty International, Bagram, detainees, fascism, Gates, George Bush, Gitmo, human rights, international law, Iraq, Middle East, Newspeak, Obama, prison, terrorism, UK, UN, US, War
Amnesty Int’l calls for Obama administration to abide a court ruling in providing more public information on ‘the other Guantanamo’. (more…)
Glenn Greenwald on Obama and the Law (Audio)
Posted: 25 February 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, anti-Statism, Bagram, Bidn, Cheney, CIA, Clinton, Constitution, detainees, George Bush, Gitmo, Glenn Greenwald, habeas corpus, Hague, Holder, human rights, international law, interrogation, justice, libertarian, liberty, Middle East, Newspeak, Obama, Panetta, state secret privilege, terrorism, torture, US, War, waterboarding
Scott Horton of AntiWar Radio interviews Glenn Greenwald who “discusses the Obama administration’s impact on civil liberties, the failure of Obama’s government to reverse a single Bush-era legal position, how the Bagram prison in Afghanistan is replacing Guantanamo as the new extralegal detention facility, the spectacular claim that a global war on terror makes the whole world a battlefield and all its inhabitants potential enemy combatants, the history of the state secrets privilege from its original limited exemptions to the current claims of total immunity and why non-prosecuting truth and reconciliation committees should be reserved for third-world countries.” (more…)
The ‘Other Guantanamo’
Posted: 21 February 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International AffairsTags: ACLU, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Amnesty International, Angela Birt, Bagram, Cuba, detainees, Dilawar, fascism, Frakt, George Bush, Gitmo, habeas corpus, HRW, human rights, international law, Middle East, Mohammed Jawad, Obaidullah, Obama, prison, terrorism, torture, US, War
A US detention center in Afghanistan receives a large boost in funding shortly after the president signs an order to shut down Gitmo — Bagram Air Base a.k.a. “The Other Guantanamo”. (more…)
Olbermann: Cheney Cynically Abets Terrorism
Posted: 6 February 2009 by Little Alex in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, anti-Statism, Cheney, Constitution, detainees, fascism, Fort Dix, George Bush, Gitmo, Guantanamo, habeas corpus, human rights, international law, Iraq, libertarian, liberty, McCarthyism, Middle East, MSNBC, Newspeak, NSA, Obama, Olbermann, Rassam, terrorism, torture, US, War, war crimes, waterboarding, Zabida
Keith Olbermann’s 6 Feb 09 Special Comment on Fmr. VP Dick Cheney’s fearmongering ‘diatribe’, the hypocrisy in his claims, and its cynical motives. (more…)
The Other Detainees in the “War on Terror”
Posted: 24 December 2008 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: 10000, 20000, 250, 500, Abu Ghraib, detainees, Gitmo, GTMO, Guantanamo, Iraq, Israel, Newspeak, Palestine, prisoners, support, Zionism
10,000 people are detained in Iraq without evidence.
Sure, the sexy topic of the day are the 250 or so detainees in Guantantano (GTMO) and the argument now is that there’s no place for the GTMO population. What’s left out of these arguments is that over 500 people have already been released and by the ratio of those released to those who’ve been tried, experts estimate that around 230-240 of the current GTMO detainees are being held without enough evidence to go to face trial?
The sexy topic of torture is related to GTMO, while the bulk of the “enhanced interrogation techniques” to be investigated have occured overseas.
We all remember Abu Ghraib and were outraged by the conditions.
What about the 10,000+ currently detained in Iraq? If human rights will be protected by the incoming Obama administration, what about Mr. Obama’s Zionism, establishment-cabinet, and pledged support for Israel detaining 10,000+ Palestinians?
Why are the human rights of the 250 in Cuba more worth discussing than the 20,000+ detainees in Israel and Iraq?
