“At least 10,000 firefighters, police officers and civilians exposed to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder, and in a kind of mass grieving, many of them have yet to recover, according to figures compiled by New York City’s three 9/11 health programs.” – Anemona Hartocollis, […]
8/8/2011
“A lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for U.S. forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move forward, a federal appeals court ruled Monday [August 8, 2011]. …Monday’s ruling rejected arguments that Rumsfeld should be immune from such lawsuits for work […]
8/6/2011
“On August 6 [2011], the Taliban exacted a kind of revenge [for the death of Osama bin Laden] when they shot down a Chinook transport helicopter, killing forty people aboard, including thirty-two U.S. military personnel. It was the largest death toll of Americans in a single day in the war and included seventeen SEALS–some of […]
8/4/2011
“A judge is allowing an Army veteran who says he was imprisoned unjustly and tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq to sue former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld personally for damages. The veteran’s identity is withheld in court filings, but he worked for an American contracting company as a translator for the Marines in […]
8/4/2011
“A top-secret document revealing how MI6 [British foreign intelligence service] and MI5 [British domestic security service] officers were allowed to extract information from prisoners being illegally tortured overseas has been seen by the Guardian. …Entitled ‘Agency policy on liaison with overseas security and intelligence services in relation to detainees who may be subject to mistreatment,’ […]
8/4/2011
“A top-secret document revealing how MI6 [British foreign intelligence service] and MI5 [British domestic security service] officers were allowed to extract information from prisoners being illegally tortured overseas has been seen by the Guardian. The interrogation policy–details of which are believed to be too sensitive to be publicly released at the government inquiry into the […]
7/30/2011
“A top US adviser on Iraq has accused the US military of glossing over an upsurge in violence, just months before its troops are due to be withdrawn. Iraq is more dangerous now than a year ago, said a report issued [on July 30, 2011] by the US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart […]
7/28/2011
“The United States has accused Iran of providing sanctuary to an al Qaeda network that provides help to jihadists moving between the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The U.S. Department of the Treasury Thursday [July 28, 2011] announced the designation of six members of the network, including its alleged leader Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, and […]
7/27/2011
“More than 40 Americans have been recruited and radicalised by Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in Somalia and have gone there to fight, it emerged today [July 27, 2011]. The U.S. government has said at least 21 Americans are believed to have travelled to Somalia to join the terror group al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab has expanded its focus over […]
7/24/2011
“A year-long military-led investigation has concluded that U.S. taxpayer money has been indirectly funneled to the Taliban under a $2.16 billion transportation contract that the United States has funded in part to promote Afghan businesses. The unreleased investigation provides seemingly definitive evidence that corruption puts U.S. transportation money into enemy hands, a finding consistent with […]