List of Torture & War Crimes articles
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AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-SECURITY Afghanistan’s U.S.-Funded Torturers and Murderers
The United States continues to fund and support a network of abusive Afghan strongmen in the name of security. It's time to stop.
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400671 17: Marines transport a detainee behind layers of fencing and razorwire in Camp X-Ray February 6, 2002 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Some of the 156 Al-Qaeda or Taliban detainees are transported periodically for interrogations and other events. U.S. President George W. Bush determined February 7 that the Geneva Convention applies to the conflict in Afghanistan and Taliban soldiers, but not al-Qaeda fighters and other terrorists, the White House said. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Nine Former Gitmo Detainees Return to Battle in Last Six Months
According to the U.S. government, 17.9 percent of detainees at Guantánamo Bay have returned to the fight.
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afghan The United States Is Mostly Out of Afghanistan, but Torture of Detainees There Continues
A new report finds that 35 percent of detainees in Afghan-run detention facilities interviewed by the U.N. had been tortured or mistreated.
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495200403 Pentagon Intel Chief: Prisoners in Bergdahl Swap Could Return to Battle
The Defense Department's intelligence chief said there was a 20 percent chance one of the prisoners swapped for Bowe Bergdahl could return to the battle field.
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BAHRAIN-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-JUSTICE Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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nettleton Gtmo cdr relieved in NCIS probe
Sounds like something from the TV.
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493339405 Obama Raises the Stakes With the GOP Over Guantánamo
Sen. John McCain turned on the White House this week, pulling his support to close Guantánamo Bay prison. On Thursday, President Obama fired back.
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US-POLITICS-GUANTANAMO McCain Dashes Obama’s Plan to Close Guantánamo
The Obama administration was relying on McCain to get Republicans to loosen -- not tighten -- restrictions on detainee transfers.
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US-ENVIRONMENT-OIL-KA Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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158375981_960 Soft Power Outage
The revelations about the United States' brutal torture program have damaged the country's best asset abroad.
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bo141223bors No One Expects the Bush Administration!
Torquemada Cheney does the Sunday talk shows.
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Screen Shot 2014-12-22 at 8.18.49 PM Exclusive: Obama’s Point Man for Closing Guantanamo to Step Down
The departure comes amid the Obama administration’s renewed push to try and close the controversial facility after a lengthy series of delays and false starts.
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crop+157825058 A Christmas Pardon
How Obama can solve all his torture report problems in one fell swoop.
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US-GUANTANAMO-JUSTICE Opening Cuba and Closing Gitmo?
Havana will be pushing hard to shut the naval station at Guantanamo Bay -- but Washington shouldn’t give in.
