AP – The brutal treatment of prisoners by the military at Guantanamo Bay, Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and Afghanistan was systematic and a direct result of the CIA’s early use of harsh interrogation tactics, according to a Senate report. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The CIA’s harsh interrogations of Al-Qaeda detainees provided “valuable” information but are not needed to keep America safe, the US intelligence chief said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The top US military commander Admiral Michael Mullen met American soldiers deployed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, kickstarting his second visit to the war-torn country in just weeks, an official said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The top US military commander Admiral Michael Mullen arrived in Afghanistan Wednesday on a three-day visit to meet US soldiers deployed in the south and east of the country, an official said. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff began a review Wednesday of a new community-based defense program recently deployed to combat rising violence in a province on the doorstep of Kabul. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The top US military commander warned Wednesday that Americans cannot expect a swift victory over the Taliban and Al-Qaeda despite the imminent deployment of 21,000 extra troops to Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Time.com – The Senate Armed Services Committee reveals how Rumsfeld’s DoD adapted methods used to train U.S. personnel to withstand pressure for false confessions Read the rest of this entry »
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