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These articles deal with abuse of prisoners and detainee's by US forces
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Uncommon Thought News Torture Links from the news
Uncommon Thouhgt News Government Secret Operations links from the daily news.
4/04/05 Sanchez Memo sanctioning abuse Memo of Sept. 14, 2003
3/26/05 British Foreign Affirs Committee Human Rights Report - 2004
this UTJ linkDepartment of Justice memo on torture guidelines, 12/30/04.
Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations 8/24/04
AR 15-6 Investigation of Intelligence Activities At Abu Ghraib - The Fay Report
Memos and Reports Released on 6/22/04
From the 6/22/04 DoD Press Release
Document 1: Status of Taliban and Al Qaida, Dated:19 January 2002 <> DoD Doc 1
Document 2: Status of Taliban and Al Qaida message from Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff to Unified Commands and Services, Dated: 21 January 2002 <> DoD Doc 2
Document 3: Memo for Commander Joint Task Force 170, Dated: 11 October 2002 <> DoD Doc 3
Document 4: SOUTHCOM's endorsement of the CJTF-170's request, Dated: 25 October 2002
<> DoD Doc 4
Document 5: Secretary of Defense memorandum ref: approving counter resistance techniques, Dated: 02 December 2002 <> DoD Doc 5
Document 6: Secretary of Defense memorandum for Commander, SOUTHCOM ref: Counter Resistance Techniques Dataed:15 Jan 2003 <> DoD Doc 6
Document 7: Memorandum for the Department of Defense General Counsel Ref: Detain interrogations Dated:15 Jan 2003 <> DoD Doc 7
Document 8: Working Group Report ion detainee operations Dated:04 April 2003 <>
DoD Doc 8
Document 9: Memo for Commander, SOUTHCOM: Counter Resistance Technique in the War on Terrorism Dated:16 Apr 2003 <> DoD Doc 9
5/20/04 DoD Briefing Transcript
Text of Bush order on prisoner treatment
Full Text of General Taguba's Report of Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse and Torture
ICRC Abuse Report 2/04 (pdf)
Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations in the Global War on Terrorism: Assessment of Legal, Histroical, Policy , and Operational Considerations (3/06/03)
Tokyo War Crimes indictment against George W. Bush International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan (CRG, 3/01/04)
DoJ Memo on Torture
4/30/04 Borger, Guardian/UK, US military in torture scandal
5/10/04 Hersh, New Yorker, TORTURE AT ABU GHRAIB
'I asked for help and warned of this but nobody would listen', Guardian/UK, 5/01/04
Link to video of a 5/01/04 report
Muslim 'torture' backlash, Langdon, This is London, 4/30/04
Outrage at US abuse of Iraqi prisoners, Al Jazeera, 5/01/04
4/30/04 DemocracyNow, Abu Ghraib: New Warden, Same Prison
4/30/04 Mejendie, Reuters, Iraqi Prison Photos Mar U.S. Image
4/30/04 Borger, Guardian/UK, US military in torture scandal
5/01/04 WSWS, 'Bush and the Democrats are responsible for torture in Iraq'
5/06/04 Johnston & Lewis, NYT, U.S. Examines Role of C.I.A. and Employees in Iraq Deaths
5/05/04 Schmitt & Lewis, NYT, White House and Pentagon Scurry to Draft Responses
5/04/05 Dunham, Reuters, 25 Prisoners Died While Held by U.S. Forces
5/05/04 Buncombe, Independent/UK, Iraqi prisoner scandal grows
5/05/04 Jehl & Schmitt, NYT, Army Discloses Criminal Inquiry on Prison Abuse
5/04/04 News.com, Bremer 'knew of abuse in November'
5/04/04 Reuters, US specialists sent to Iraq to train guards-report
Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, Article 15-6 Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade
5/08/04 Spinner, Wa. Post, Soldier: Unit's Role Was to Break Down Prisoners
5/07/04 Chatterjee & Thompson, CorpWatch, Private Contractors and Torture at Abu Ghraib, Iraq
5/07/04 Tanner, Reuters, Soldiers Back in U.S. Tell of More Iraqi Abuses
5/07/04 WSJ, Red Cross Saw 'Widespread Abuse' in Iraq - WSJ
5/07/04 Borger, Guardian/UK, 'Cooks and Drivers Were Working as Interrogators'
5/06/04 Johnston & Lewis, NYT, U.S. Examines Role of C.I.A. and Employees in Iraq Deaths
5/05/04 FAS Project on Government SecrecyTorture Report many have Broken Classification Rules
5/05/04 Graham & Babington, Wa. Post, Probes of Detainee Deaths Reported
5/04/04 News.com.au, Bremer 'knew of abuse in November'
About CENTCOM - United States Central Command
U.S. Military Chain of Command - Fox News