Missing Weapons Go Far Beyond al-Qaqaa

New details have emerged in the week after nearly 380 tons of powerful explosives were reported missing from the al-Qaqaa munitions facility south of Baghdad, supporting Iraqi interim government assertions that someone looted the site following the U.S. capture of the...

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FBI Glossed Over Abu Ghraib Abuses

An FBI memorandum released Oct. 15 demonstrates a lack of consistency regarding agents' knowledge of permitted interrogation techniques used at Abu Ghraib prison. Several Bureau special agents and translators told inspectors during an internal inquiry in May that,...

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Refusing Reservists’ Fates Uncertain

The defiance of 17 U.S. Army Reservists who refused a fuel delivery mission Wednesday prompted the military to promise long-awaited armor for their military vehicles, even as the military refused to acknowledge claims from family members that the platoon's convoy was...

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Torture and Rape Rampant in Iraq Prisons

HUNTINGTON WOODS, MICH. - American legal investigators have discovered evidence of abuse, torture and rape throughout the U.S.-run prison system in Iraq. A Michigan legal team meeting with former detainees in Baghdad during an August fact-finding mission gathered...

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Former Exiles Dominate Iraqi Puppet Govt

In what had been touted as Iraq's first democratic election, last week's tumultuous Iraqi National Conference closed with a four-judge panel selecting a list of candidates for the Interim National Council, leaving the hundreds of delegates invited to the conference to...

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US Silent on Torture of Children

Just as the U.S.-led forces refused to release thousands of adult prisoners after the June 28 handover of partial sovereignty to Iraq, U.S. and UK authorities continue to incarcerate children. The Pentagon says around 60 teens, "primarily aged 16 and 17,"...

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US Ignores Iraqi Courts

Hours after U.S. officials declared Iraq a "sovereign" state, the case of a single Iraqi prisoner stood as a reminder that the question of which government now has jurisdiction over Iraqi detainees – the United States or the Interim Government of Iraq – is...

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