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CIA accused of link to Iraq prison torture


The US Army Reserve general whose soldiers were photographed as they abused Iraqi prisoners said she suspected the reservists were acting with the encouragement of military intelligence units that ran the special cell block used for interrogation and that CIA employees often joined in the interrogations. The magazine The New Yorker says in its latest issue that military police at the prison were urged by officers and CIA agents to "set physical and mental conditions for favourable interrogation of witnesses". According to the magazine, the army report offered accounts of gruesome abuse that included the sexual assault of an Iraqi detainee with a chemical light stick or broomstick.


Sydney Morning Herald [Australia], 3 May 2004 click for article


Shock new details of torture by US troops in Iraq


Chilling new evidence of the torture and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers emerged last night in a secret report accusing the US army leadership of failings at the highest levels. Detainees were subjected to 'sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses', according to a military investigation suggesting that last week's photographs of US soldiers humiliating their naked captives may only have been the tip of the iceberg.


The Observer [UK], 2 May 2004 click for article


No soldiers charged despite 7 Iraqi deaths in UK custody


Amid the furore caused by yesterday's publication of photographs showing British troops abusing Iraqi prisoners were claims by the Ministry of Defence and General Sir Michael Jackson, the Chief of the General Staff, that the photographs were of an isolated incident caused by the "ill discipline of a few soldiers". But it is a year and two days since Ather Karen al-Mowafakia died in British custody in Basra. During the next five months another six men died while in the custody of British soldiers.


The Independent [UK], 2 May 2004 click for article

Who is responsible for the torture in US prisons of Iraqi POW?
The New Yorker [US], 03 May 2004

US assaults against free press in Iraq and beyond
The Toronto Star [Canada], 02 May 2004

The images from Iraq they didn't want you to see
TFF [Sweden], 30 April 2004

Iraq POW abuse whistleblower in his own words
CBS [US], 30 April 2004

Will Myanmar's opposition oblige the military junta?
The Daily Times [Pakistan], 30 April 2004

Was North Korea's train blast disaster an assassination attempt?
The Globe & Mail [Canada], 29 April 2004

US elections: The chickenhawk cs the veteran
VUK [US], 28 April 2004

Why are Iraqi pipeline attacks going unreported?
UPI [US], 27 April 2004

The question the 9/11 commission won't ask
Green Left Weekly [Australia], 29 April 2004

Support the troops in Iraq: bring them home
Yellow Times [US], 21 April 2004

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DISSIDENT DISPATCH


Isa F. Atkins

Spying on Americans
The 'War on Terrorism' at Home

[ 29 April 2004 ] Last month, Drake University was subpoenaed by the FBI's anti-terrorism branch for hosting an antiwar forum. Days later, military intelligence officers probed an academic conference on gender and the Islamic law at the University of Texas. These are just two of the dozens of recent instances where law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been caught spying on lawful political activity. News Insider Deputy Editor Isa Atkins feels the chill. click to continue


AGAINST THE TIDE


Cheryl Seal

Iraq's Black Market
The Bloody New War Zone

[ 23 February 2004 ] Today, while the Bush Justice Department goes relentlessly after Muslim mom and pop businesses suspected of laundering terrorist money, it seems to be turning a blind eye to the terrorist money chains that may lead to western corporations. Are corporate-connected black marketers ruthless enough to engage in terrorism and murder? Corporate black marketers don't have to get their own hands bloody: someone else takes care of untidy details. click to continue


LETTERS FROM THE EMPIRE


John Stanton & Wayne Madsen

John Kerry Is Not Like Bush
He's More Like Nixon

[ 24 March 2004 ] John Kerry recently chided the incoming Spanish government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero for promising to fulfill a campaign promise to bring back to Spain its troops and support personnel deployed in Iraq. Agence France Press reported that Kerry's view was that if Spain did bring its soldiers home at this point in the US occupation, "it would leave behind a failed state that inevitably would become a haven for terrorists." With this statement, he seems to have some Richard Nixon in him. click to continue


Asia



North Korea accuses US of aerial espionage
Yonhap News [South Korea], 3 May 2004 click for article


North Korea replaces chief delegate to inter-Korean talks
The People's Daily [China], 30 April 2004 click for article


North America



California puts the brakes on unreliable computer voting
The Independent [UK], 1 May 2004 click for article


Central and South America



Dictator's son elected Panama president
The Washington Post [US], 2 May 2004 click for article


Mexico recalls ambassador from Cuba
The Guardian [UK], 3 May 2004 click for article


Europe and Russia



Confrontation worsens between Georgia and dissident province
The Guardian [UK], 3 May 2004 click for article


Protesters clash with police near EU summit
Reuters [US], 2 May 2004 click for article


Unpopularity, corruption causes Polish PM's resignation
The Associated Press [US], 2 May 2004 click for article


UK increasing measures against nuclear explosion
The Hindu [India], 3 May 2004 click for article


Middle East



Israelis kill 5, wound 13, demolish 23 Palestinian homes since Thursday
Palestine Media Center [Palestine], 3 May 2004 click for article


US asks all citizens in Saudi Arabia to leave
The Hindu [India], 2 May 2004 click for article
The Occupation of Iraq



UK troops in Iraq swapped 100s of abuse pictures
The Scotsman [UK], 2 May 2004 click for article


UK soldiers say POW abuse pictures are 'tip of the iceberg'
The Independent [UK], 3 May 2004 click for article


Two former Fiji soldiers killed in Iraq
ABC Radio [Australia], 3 May 2004 click for article


Eleven US troops killed in Sunday Iraq attacks
CBS News [US], 2 May 2004 click for article


US policy reversal on Falluja prompts criticism
The Financial Times [UK], 3 May 2004 click for article


Angry Iraqi ex-detainees tell of abuse in US prisons
The Washington Post [US], 3 May 2004 click for article


US military intelligence now at center of POW abuse probe
msnbc, 1 May 2004 click for article


Officer suggests Iraq jail abuse was encouraged
The New York Times [US], 2 May 2004 click for article


Earlier Headlines



Fallujah accord leaves US policy in disarray
The Scotsman [UK], 30 April 2004 click for article


US military in Iraq torture scandal
The Guardian [UK], 30 April 2004 click for article


Israel refuses to debate its nuclear capability
The Daily Times [Pakistan], 30 April 2004 click for article


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