Rumsfeld: Prisoner abuse 'un-American'

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Senate to Quiz Rumsfeld on Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

Senate to Quiz Rumsfeld on Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 05/06/2004 07:20 AM
AP - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday to discuss the abuse of prisoners in Iraq. Meanwhile, the number of prisoner deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan under U.S. criminal investigation or already blamed on Americans rose to as many as 14. And new focus was put on the question of possible deeper problems within the military police unit running the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Rumsfeld Faces Congress on Iraqi
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Faces Congress on Iraqi
Prisoner Abuse (Reuters) 05/07/2004 12:36 AM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld goes before Congress on Friday in a bid to win the confidence of lawmakers furious over abuses of Iraqi prisoners as he testifies in hearings that may determine whether he keeps his job.

Rumsfeld: Abusive Soldiers 'Un-American'
(AP)

Rumsfeld: Abusive Soldiers 'Un-American'
(AP) 05/04/2004 07:47 PM
AP - The deaths of 10 prisoners and abuse of 10 more in Iraq and Afghanistan are under criminal investigation, the Army disclosed Tuesday as U.S. commanders in Baghdad announced interrogation changes and the White House reached out to the Arab world to try to blunt a widening and increasingly damaging controversy.

Rumsfeld hidews prisoner from Red Cross

Rumsfeld hidews prisoner from Red Cross 06/17/2004 11:51 AM
Pentagon officials tell NBC News that late last year, at the same time U.S. military police were allegedly abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered that one Iraqi prisoner be held “off the books” — hidden entirely from the International Red Cross and anyone else — in possible violation of international law.

Rumsfeld 'backed prisoner abuse'

Rumsfeld 'backed prisoner abuse' 05/16/2004 02:13 AM
The US defence secretary authorised a programme that encouraged the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, a report says.

Report: Rumsfeld OK'd Prisoner Program
(AP)

Report: Rumsfeld OK'd Prisoner Program
(AP) 05/15/2004 09:47 PM
AP - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the expansion of a secret program that encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners to obtain intelligence about the growing insurgency in Iraq, The New Yorker reported Saturday.

MSNBC - Rumsfeld ordered prisoner held
off the books

MSNBC - Rumsfeld ordered prisoner held
off the books 06/17/2004 03:44 AM
Do I have plausible deniability for authorizing a war crime? Jinkies no! Rumsfeld is _so_ busted .. Rumsfeld Ordered Prisoner To Be Hidden From Red Cross .. This could be it .. More

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Rumsfeld Acknowledges Hiding Iraqi
Prisoner (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Acknowledges Hiding Iraqi
Prisoner (Reuters) 06/17/2004 02:58 PM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged on Thursday he ordered the detention of an Iraqi terrorism suspect who was held for more than seven months without notifying the International Committee of the Red Cross, but said the man was "treated humanely."

Rumsfeld Says No 'Wiggle Room' on
Prisoner Torture (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Says No 'Wiggle Room' on
Prisoner Torture (Reuters) 06/14/2004 09:16 PM
Reuters - The Bush administration sees no "wiggle room" on the definition of torture, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday, even as a classified Justice Department memo stated some "cruel, inhuman or degrading" acts may not amount to torture.

Bush to go on Arab TV over prisoner
abuse

Bush to go on Arab TV over prisoner
abuse 05/05/2004 11:25 AM

U.S. Stops Abuse of Prisoner (but only
in Iraq)

U.S. Stops Abuse of Prisoner (but only
in Iraq) 05/15/2004 01:12 PM

NY Times: Top Commander Bars Coercive Tactics in Interrogation of Iraqis. Mr. Rumsfeld has said that the American military in Iraq was abiding by the Geneva Conventions, and that the mistreatment was the work of a terrible few. But at a Senate hearing on Thursday, Mr. Rumsfeld's deputy, Paul D. Wolfowitz, acknowledged that hooding prisoners or forcing them to crouch naked for 45 minutes — tactics available to interrogators with General Sanchez's approval under the old policy — was inhumane. The International Red Cross had warned American officials for months that Iraqi prisoners were being abused in American-run prisons.

A good shift in policy. But as the Times also reporte d recently, it's abuse-as-usual in U.S. jails. When will that change?

U.S. Reports 94 Cases of Prisoner Abuse
(AP)

U.S. Reports 94 Cases of Prisoner Abuse
(AP) 07/22/2004 11:14 AM
AP - The U.S. military has found 94 cases of confirmed or alleged abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan since the fall of 2001, the Army's inspector general said Thursday in a long-awaited report made public at a hastily called Senate hearing.

U.S. reports 94 cases of prisoner abuse

U.S. reports 94 cases of prisoner abuse 07/22/2004 12:53 PM

Prisoner Abuse Probe Widened

Prisoner Abuse Probe Widened 05/03/2004 06:54 AM
atrocities committed

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Bush to Go on Arab TV Over Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

Bush to Go on Arab TV Over Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 05/05/2004 02:54 AM
AP - Trying to contain an increasingly damaging controversy, President Bush planned two interviews with Arab television to underscore his aversion to photographs of naked detainees and gloating U.S. soldiers at a prison in Iraq.

Red Cross Said It Warned of Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

Red Cross Said It Warned of Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 05/07/2004 10:27 AM
AP - The international Red Cross said Friday it had warned U.S. officials of abuse of prisoners in Iraq more than a year ago.

Prisoner Abuse in Afghanistan
Investigated (AP)

Prisoner Abuse in Afghanistan
Investigated (AP) 07/03/2004 07:00 AM
AP - The U.S. military is investigating a new allegation of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, a spokesman said Saturday, adding to concern about its secretive jails, where several inmates have died.

More Afghan Prisoner Abuse Investigated
(AP)

More Afghan Prisoner Abuse Investigated
(AP) 07/03/2004 12:06 PM
AP - The U.S. military is investigating a new allegation of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan, a spokesman said Saturday, adding to concern about its secretive jails, where several inmates have died.

The prisoner-abuse scandal at home

The prisoner-abuse scandal at home 05/19/2004 07:41 AM
The stories sound familiar: Muslim prisoners beaten and sexually humiliated by American guards. But it happened in Brooklyn, not Baghdad.

US acts after Iraq prisoner abuse

US acts after Iraq prisoner abuse 04/29/2004 11:11 PM
A US general and six other officers face disciplinary action after TV showed Iraqi inmates being abused.

Bush 'sorry' for prisoner abuse

Bush 'sorry' for prisoner abuse 05/06/2004 02:43 PM
For the first time President Bush apologises for the abuse inflicted on Iraqi prisoners by US troops.

"Still More Pictures of Iraqi Prisoner
Abuse"

"Still More Pictures of Iraqi Prisoner
Abuse" 05/22/2004 02:19 AM

"Breaking: New Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
Scandal"

"Breaking: New Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
Scandal" 05/22/2004 02:19 AM

Red Cross sought action on prisoner
abuse

Red Cross sought action on prisoner
abuse 05/06/2004 08:35 AM

Mandela denounces Iraq prisoner abuse

Mandela denounces Iraq prisoner abuse 05/10/2004 10:02 AM

Red Cross Sought Action on Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

Red Cross Sought Action on Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 05/06/2004 07:20 AM
AP - The international Red Cross said Thursday that it had repeatedly asked U.S. authorities to take action over alleged prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison before recent revelations about the way detainees were treated.

Soldier Pleads Guilty to Prisoner Abuse
(AP)

Soldier Pleads Guilty to Prisoner Abuse
(AP) 09/11/2004 08:58 AM
AP - A U.S. Army specialist pleaded guilty Saturday to abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison, the first Military Intelligence soldier to stand trial in the scandal that has so far focused on prison guard reservists.

Lawmakers Seek Answers on Prisoner Abuse
(AP)

Lawmakers Seek Answers on Prisoner Abuse
(AP) 05/04/2004 10:49 AM
AP - Stunned by the U.S. military's abuse of Iraqi prisoners, lawmakers demanded answers Tuesday to how it happened. One senator said he feared the abuses may be more widespread than first reported.

Lawmakers seek answers on prisoner abuse

Lawmakers seek answers on prisoner abuse 05/04/2004 12:20 PM

Bush: Iraqi Prisoner Abuse 'Abhorrent'
(AP)

Bush: Iraqi Prisoner Abuse 'Abhorrent'
(AP) 05/05/2004 11:18 AM
AP - President Bush told a skeptical Arab world on Wednesday that the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by some members of the U.S. military was "abhorrent" and does not represent "the America that I know." He stopped short of apologizing.

U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse

U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse 05/05/2004 08:10 AM

U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse

Complete text of Article 15-6 Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba

[...]

6. (S) I find that the intentional abuse of detainees by military police personnel included the following acts:

a. (S) Punching, slapping, and kicking detainees; jumping on their naked feet;

b. (S) Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees;

c. (S) Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing;

d. (S) Forcing detainees to remove their clothing and keeping them naked for several days at a time;

e. (S) Forcing naked male detainees to wear women’s underwear;

f. (S) Forcing groups of male detainees to masturbate themselves while being photographed and videotaped;

g. (S) Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them;

h. (S) Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box, with a sandbag on his head, and attaching wires to his fingers, toes, and penis to simulate electric torture;

i. (S) Writing “I am a Rapest” (sic) on the leg of a detainee alleged to have forcibly raped a 15-year old fellow detainee, and then photographing him naked;

j. (S) Placing a dog chain or strap around a naked detainee’s neck and having a female Soldier pose for a picture;

k. (S) A male MP guard having sex with a female detainee;

l. (S) Using military working dogs (without muzzles) to intimidate and frighten detainees, and in at least one case biting and severely injuring a detainee;

m. (S) Taking photographs of dead Iraqi detainees.

[...]

8. (U) In addition, several detainees also described the following acts of abuse, which under the circumstances, I find credible based on the clarity of their statements and supporting evidence provided by other witnesses (ANNEX 26):

a. (U) Breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoric liquid on detainees;

b. (U) Threatening detainees with a charged 9mm pistol;

c. (U) Pouring cold water on naked detainees;

d. (U) Beating detainees with a broom handle and a chair;

e. (U) Threatening male detainees with rape;

f. (U) Allowing a military police guard to stitch the wound of a detainee who was injured after being slammed against the wall in his cell;

g. (U) Sodomizing a detainee with a chemical light and perhaps a broom stick.

h. (U) Using military working dogs to frighten and intimidate detainees with threats of attack, and in one instance actually biting a detainee.

via Cryptome

And on a related note...

David Weinberger

Aw, shoot, now torture may not be worth the paperwork

Associated Press

...the new head of the prison, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller... said that some interrogation techniques, such as sleep deprivation or stressful positions, will require a commander's approval.

Excuse me, but we are ok with torturing prisoners so long as it doesn't leave any marks?

Top U.S. General Tries to Calm Furor
Over Prisoner Abuse

Top U.S. General Tries to Calm Furor
Over Prisoner Abuse 05/02/2004 04:46 PM
While Gen. Richard B. Myers deplored the abuse as "appalling," he could not absolutely assert that it was the end of the problem.

Prisoner Abuse Probe Widened
(washingtonpost.com)

Prisoner Abuse Probe Widened
(washingtonpost.com) 05/01/2004 11:01 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, May 1 -- The deputy commander of the U.S. Army's intelligence force is leading an investigation into interrogation practices at an Army-run prison where Iraqi detainees were allegedly beaten and sexually abused, officials announced Saturday. The move came amid allegations that military guards abused prisoners at the behest of military intelligence operatives.

Army finds 94 cases of prisoner abuse

Army finds 94 cases of prisoner abuse 07/22/2004 11:40 AM

"U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner
abuse"

"U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner
abuse" 05/12/2004 09:37 AM

AP: Videos Show Guantanamo Prisoner
Abuse (AP)

AP: Videos Show Guantanamo Prisoner
Abuse (AP) 02/01/2005 08:25 PM
AP - Videotapes of riot squads subduing troublesome terror suspects at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay show the guards punching some detainees, tying one to a gurney for questioning and forcing a dozen to strip from the waist down, according to a secret report. One squad was all-female, traumatizing some Muslim prisoners.

Lawmakers Pursue Prisoner Abuse Issue
(AP)

Lawmakers Pursue Prisoner Abuse Issue
(AP) 07/15/2004 05:30 AM
AP - The U.S. military's prisoner abuse scandal is coming to the fore again as lawmakers press still unanswered questions on the extent of the wrongdoing and whom to hold accountable.

Iraqi Prisoner Details Abuse by
Americans (AP)

Iraqi Prisoner Details Abuse by
Americans (AP) 05/02/2004 06:16 PM
AP - Dhia al-Shweiri spent several stints in Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, twice under Saddam Hussein's rule and once under American. He prefers Saddam's torture to the humiliation of being stripped naked by his American guards, he said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press.

Bush: Iraqi prisoner abuse 'abhorrent'

Bush: Iraqi prisoner abuse 'abhorrent' 05/05/2004 11:25 AM

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