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Archive for March, 2003

Internet and War Imagery

[b]30 million Americans have seen war-related images online that mainstream news organizations deemed too graphic or disturbing to display.[/b] Washington, D.C. New research by the [b]Pew Internet Project [/b]shows that during some of the most turbulent weeks of the Iraq war nearly one quarter of Internet users (24%) went online to view some of [...]

KEANU REEVES TO RECEIVE STUNT AWARD

KEANU REEVES TO RECEIVE TAURUS AWARD AS BEST ACTION MOVIE STAR CARMEN ELECTRA NAMED CO-HOST RONNIE RONDELL HONORED FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AT TAURUS WORLD STUNT AWARDS
Keanu Reeves has been selected to receive a Taurus World Stunt Award for his outstanding work in action films, and veteran stunt professional Ronnie Rondell, whose work has contributed to [...]

PRISONER ABUSE: PATTERNS FROM THE PAST

National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 122
Cold War U.S. Interrogation Manuals Counseled "Coercive Techniques"Cheney Informed of "Objectionable" Interrogation Guides in 1992"Inconsistent with U.S. Government Policy"National Security Archive Posts CIA Training Manuals from 60s, 80s, andInvestigative memos on earlier controversy on human rights abuses
CIA interrogation manuals written in the 1960s and 1980s described "coercive techniques" [...]

Full text of the report by United States Army Major General Antonio M. Taguba

The report submitted by United States Army Major General Antonio M. Taguba has been released and can be read here (PDF format).
The report has brought to light a number of instances of abuse and torture by US forces based in Iraq (most particularly in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison).
The report can be read HERE.
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