“Lt. Col. Stephen Jordan, the former head of the interrogation center at Abu Ghraib [prison in Iraq]… was charged with dereliction of duty, lying to investigators, failure to obey lawful orders, and mistreatment of prisoners. [On August 28, 2007] Jordan was acquitted of all serious charges, and the one conviction for failure to obey orders […]
8/28/2007
“Referring to Iran as ‘the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism’ in a late August [28, 2007] speech, [President] Bush said the Islamic Republic ‘threatens to put a region already known for instability and violence under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust,’ and vowed ‘to confront this danger before it’s too late.’” – Craig Unger, […]
8/25/2007
“…immediately after the fall of Baghdad the U.S. insisted on aggressive de-Baathification, in effect barring Sunnis from top jobs in the government and military. Now the [Bush] administration is insisting that [Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri] al-Maliki relax de-Baathification rules to bring Sunnis back into the government. …The New York Times on August 25, 2007, reported […]
8/22/2007
“In an August [22] 2007 interview with the El Paso Times, the director of national intelligence, Admiral Mike McConnell, said that the number of NSA [National Security Agency] eavesdropping targets inside the United States was ‘100 or less. And then the foreign side, it’s in the thousands.’ ” – Matthew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry, […]
8/19/2007
On August 19, 2007, “seven 82nd Airborne soldiers placed an opinion piece in the New York Times that called the [troop] surge a failure. ‘We see that a vast majority of Iraqis feel increasingly insecure and view us an occupation force that has failed to produce normalcy after four years and is increasingly unlikely to […]
8/16/2007
Terrorist cohort Jose Padilla was “tried in Miami and convicted on August 16, 2007, of terrorist conspiracy and of material support for terrorists. Padilla’s sentence of more than seventeen years in prison was less than the prosecution had sought, reflecting the judge’s concern about the harsh treatment Padilla had received while in confinement.” – Julian […]
8/15/2007
In Iraq, “His [Iraqi theologian and political leader Moqtada al-Sadr’s] militia the Mehdi Army has also observed a ceasefire since August 2007 that is widely credited with reducing sectarian tensions and contributing significantly to the fall in violence.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – “Profile: Moqtada Sadr,” BBC News, […]
8/15/2007
According to information from the Congressional Budget Office in August 2007: “The Iraq war has bankrupted the United States, consuming up to $11 billion a month.“ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Ahmed Rashid, Descent Into Chaos, Page Ivii […]
8/15/2007
“In August 2007, Coalition forces [in Iraq] consisted of 168,786 regular American troops and 182,000 private military contractors.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 302 […]
8/13/2007
“President Bush signed a secret Presidential Finding that authorized the CIA to create paramilitary teams which could obtain or eliminate terrorists almost anywhere in the world. Thus the Executive Branch was not only aware of, but actively directing the program. As stated by [journalist] Jane Mayer [in The New Yorker on August 13, 2007]: ‘Accurately […]