Tag: Donald Rumsfeld
Posted on Tue Mar 18, 2008 at 04:39:16 PM EST
Tags: Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib, Donald Rumsfeld (all tags)
Lynndie England, the poster woman for the torture at Abu Ghraib, finished her three year jail sentence a year ago after serving 1 1/2 years. (It wasn't easy time.) She's just given a long interview to the German magazine, Der Stern, which has an English version up.
The headline: Rumsfeld knew.
[England] tells the magazine that when her unit arrived at the prison outside Baghdad in September, the prisoners were already naked, were forced to wear women's underwear, and were being put in stress positions. "The company that we relieved was doing the exact same stuff," she is quoted as saying. "We just took over from them."
I wonder if he also knew non-medical personnel were performing amputations at Abu Ghraib?
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Posted on Fri Oct 26, 2007 at 02:07:58 PM EST
Tags: Donald Rumsfeld, torture, detainees, Abu Ghraib (all tags)
The Center for Constitutional Rights and other human rights groups filed a complaint in Paris against Donald Rumsfeld last night alleging he ordered and authorized torture.
Rumsfeld is in Paris to give a talk on foreign policy.
“The filing of this French case against Rumsfeld demonstrates that we will not rest until those U.S. officials involved in the torture program are brought to justice. Rumsfeld must understand that he has no place to hide. A torturer is an enemy of all humankind,” said CCR President Michael Ratner.
“France is under the obligation to investigate and prosecute Rumsfeld’s accountability for crimes of torture in Guantanamo and Iraq. France has no choice but to open an investigation if an alleged torturer is on its territory. I hope that the fight against impunity will not be sacrificed in the name of politics. We call on France to refuse to be a safe haven for criminals.” said FIDH President Souhayr Belhassen.
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Posted on Fri Dec 15, 2006 at 07:13:29 PM EST
Tags: Donald Rumsfeld (all tags)
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld got a big Pentagon send-off today.
Combative to the last, Rumsfeld took a slap at advocates of withdrawing U.S. troops from the war, now in its fourth year with more than 2,900 Americans dead.
"It may well be comforting to some to consider graceful exits from the agonies and, indeed, the ugliness of combat," Rumsfeld said, choking up slightly as he capped a roster of speakers at his pomp-filled goodbye ceremony. "But the enemy thinks differently."
Memo to Mr. Rumsfeld: Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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