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UN Expresses Concern Over Treatment of Iraqi Detainees as US Plans to Hand Over Control (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)

The U.N. mission in Iraq expressed "serious concern" Tuesday about overcrowded prisons and the treatment of detainees in Iraqi custody in its latest report on the human rights situation in the... More

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Submitted 2 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

US Army Sergeant to Face Court-Martial for Murder in Slayings of Iraqi Prisoners (www.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

Sgt. Michael P. Leahy Jr. will be court-martialed on charges of murder in the deaths of four Iraqi prisoners who were bound, blindfolded and shot before being dumped into a Baghdad canal.

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Submitted 22 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Iraqi Forces Arrest 220 al-Qaeda Suspects in Anbar Raid (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)

Iraqi forces hunting al Qaeda members arrested 220 people in a raid in western Anbar province, a former insurgent stronghold, the province's police chief and the U.S. military said on Friday.

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Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Torture Used as Punishment For Uncooperative Iraqi Detainees (news.yahoo.com)

The written testimony of two military officers troubled by the use of unconventional interrogation techniques was obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press ahead of the Senate Armed Forces Committee... More

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Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Court Orders Release of Pentagon Prisoner Abuse Pics (rawstory.com)

A federal appeals court on Monday ordered the Bush administration to hand over photos depicting abuse of prisoners held by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

The Dark Side Of The 'Surge': Cleansing, Partitioning, Imprisonment (www.aljazeera.com)

Barack Obama has been repeatedly chastised – even badgered – for opposing the “surge.” His attempts to refocus the debate more broadly on the wisdom of invading Iraq in the first place are... More

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Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

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