In a White House speech on terrorism on September 6, 2006, President Bush said: ” ‘I want to be absolutely clear with our people and the world. The United States does not torture. It’s against our laws, and it’s against our values. I have not authorized it, and I will not authorize it.’ ” – […]
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9/6/2006
“In a September [6] 2006 interview with CBS News correspondent Katie Couric, President Bush himself confessed that ‘one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.’ ” – Jeffrey Record, Wanting War, Page 65 […]
9/6/2006
In a White House speech on terrorism on September 6, 2006, President Bush said: ” ‘As we move forward with the prosecutions [of detained terrorists at Guantanamo], we will continue to urge nations across the world to take back their nationals at Guantanamo, who will not be prosecuted by our military commissions. America has no […]
9/6/2006
“On September 6, 2006, President George W. Bush admitted the existence of a secret CIA program to abduct, detain, and interrogate people outside of America as part of his war on terror. In a carefully worded statement, intended to portray himself as a strong leader, Bush referred to the CIA interrogation techniques as tough, lawful, […]
9/6/2006
In a White House speech on terrorism on September 6, 2006, President Bush said: ” ‘…one of the reasons we have not been able to close Guantanamo is that many countries have refused to take back their nationals held at the facility. Other countries have not provided adequate assurances that their nationals will not be […]
9/6/2006
“Al-Qaeda, he [President Bush] explained in [September 6, 2006], had failed to strike the United States a second time ‘because our government has changed its policies–and given our military, intelligence, and law enforcement personnel the tools they need to fight this enemy and protect our people.’ “ – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 245 […]
9/6/2006
In a White House speech on terrorism on September 6, 2006, President Bush said: ” ‘I know Americans have heard conflicting information about Guantanamo. Let me give you some facts. Of the thousands of terrorists captured across the world, only about 770 have ever been sent to Guantanamo. Of these, about 315 have been returned […]
9/5/2006
According to information in a New York Times article on September 5, 2006: “Across Afghanistan, roadside bomb attacks are up by 30 percent and suicide bombings have doubled. The opium harvest this year [2006] reached the highest level ever recorded–an increase of 50 percent from last year, according to the UN’s office on Drugs and […]
9/5/2006
"In September [5] 2006, Pakistan had signed a treaty ceding full control of the FATA's [Federally Administered Tribal Areas] North Waziristan region to Taliban-linked tribal chiefs, creating a kind of Wild West for al Qaeda and the Taliban insurgents attacking the U.S. forces in Afghanistan." – Bob Woodward, Obama’s Wars, 3 […]
9/5/2006
“The Deputy Defense Secretary [Gordon England] and professional military lawyers prevailed again on September 5, 2006, when he issued a Department of Defense [DOD] Directive setting forth new DOD policy applicable ‘during all armed conflicts, however such conflicts are characterized, and in all other military operations.’ The new DOD Directive, applicable to military personnel and […]