April 28, 2005
Human Rights Watch Calls Abu Ghraib "Tip-of-the-Iceberg"
The abuses at Abu Ghraib are part of a larger pattern of U.S. rights violations of detainees in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, New York-based Human Rights Watch said.
The group said it was concerned the United States had not stopped the use of what it called illegal coercive interrogation.
It said nine detainees were known to have died in U.S. custody in Afghanistan. At least 11 al Qaeda suspects have also "disappeared" in U.S. custody, with no evidence of where they are being held.
The CIA has also transferred up to 150 prisoners to countries in the Middle East known to practice torture routinely, the group added.
(~If anyone's wondering how many people the CIA may have kidnapped and 'disappeared' during the Bush Administration.)
The former U.S. commander in Iraq, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, was cleared of wrongdoing by an army panel last week. The head of the military police unit at Abu Ghraib received a letter of reprimand and was relieved of her command.
~More "hostile information": we should thank Jesus this information isn't "illegal" as well?
abu ghraib detainees in poses that helped their guards 'blow-off-steam'
~Is it too soon to begin collecting funds for "Operation Iraqi Freedom" War Memorials?
Do you think there's room on the Washington Mall for a statue dedicated to "The Unknown Detainee(s)?