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It seems as if all Muqtada al-Sadr’s hard work in Iraq may be paying off – the Penetagon seems to be beginning to regard him as a possible useful proxy: To achieve its vital...

So today I read that notorious religious bigot Senator James Inhofe said that it was probably okay to torture Iraqi prisoners because they probably deserved it. Apparently, all the fuss is being manipulated by...

The journal Science published a retraction from a group of Johns Hopkins scientists who’d discovered that a bottle they thought contained Ecstasy was in fact filled with methamphetamine, commonly known as speed. The mix-up...

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I [President Bush] further urge governments to [support] the efforts of non-governmental organizations to end torture and assist its victims. The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had repeatedly urged the...

June 26, 2003 The United States declares its strong solidarity with torture victims across the world. Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere. We are committed to building a world where human...

By Land, Sea, and Air Here’s a great website tracing the influence of Buddhism as it spread throgh Asia’s Medieval trade routes. One thing that impressed me was the extent and cosmopolitan character of...

So CACI, one of the mercenary companies subcontracted to torture Iraqi prisoners, is advertising on its jobs page: Interrogator/Intel Analyst Team Assists the interrogation support program team lead to increase the effectiveness of dealing...

US soldiers who detained an elderly Iraqi woman last year placed a harness on her, made her crawl on all fours and rode her like a donkey, Prime Minister Tony Blair’s personal human rights...

George Bush, April 30th, 2004:”There are no longer torture chambers or mass graves or rape rooms in Iraq.”