List of Torture & War Crimes articles
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trumpgitmo Guards and Detainees Alike Left in Limbo at Trump’s Guantánamo
Under orders for years to shut the prison down, commanders at Gitmo are now bracing for the new president’s “bad dudes.”
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guantanamo Trump Finalizes Executive Order to Put ISIS Detainees in Guantánamo
The draft directive backtracks on torture and black sites — but the shift in counterterrorism strategy carries new risks.
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An Iraqi boy, whose family fled the violence due to the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadists of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, eats while waiting on November 3, 2016 at a Kurdish checkpoint, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Mosul. Some civilians were leaving Gogjali and others the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of Samah, in what may be a rare breach for civilians trapped inside the city. More than 21,000 people have fled to government-held areas since October 17, while thousands more may have been seized by IS for use as human shields, according to the United Nations. / AFP / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) The Kurdish Government Is Torturing Boys
Boys as young as 11, accused of fighting for the Islamic State, are being detained and brutally tortured in prisons.
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GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA - OCTOBER 22: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by the U.S. Military prior to transmission.) Razor wire lines the fence of the "Gitmo" maximum security detention center on October 22, 2016 at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The U.S. military's Joint Task Force Guantanamo is still holding 60 detainees at the prison, down from a previous total of 780. On his second day in office in 2008 President Obama issued an executive order to close the prison, which has failed because of political opposition in the U.S. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) SitRep: POTUS Says Torture “Works;” DoD and CIA Chiefs Blindsided by Executive Order; Safe Zone in Syria
Secret White House Budget in the Works; North Korea Teetering; Trump’s Unsecure Phone; And Lots More
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a visit to the Department of Homeland Security January 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. While at the department, Trump signed two executive orders related to internal security and to begin the process of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Drafts of Trump Orders on Gitmo and Interrogation Spark Fear of Return to 9/11-Era Mindset
The new president is reportedly considering moves to declare Guantanamo open for business and consider a return to “black sites” and enhanced interrogation for new detainees.
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gtmo Obama Makes Last-Minute Move to Get Detainees Out of Gitmo
The Obama White House transfers its last detainees from Guantánamo in a dramatic midnight-hour move before President Trump throws away the key.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Enlisted justice: You know, no one talks about it, but this is the real military. And the important thing is, it always will be.
It rains on the just and unjust alike. Today is their day, just like any day on patrol might be your day. That’s enlisted justice.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 President-elect Trump at the New York Times on waterboarding and Gen. Mattis
I was interested that Trump, by his account, went out of his way to ask General Mattis about the efficacy of torture.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 House Bill to Ban Guantanamo Transfers Sets Up Showdown with Obama — and Clinton
The faceoff could put the Democratic nominee, who supports closing Guantanamo, on the spot as Republicans stress public anxiety over terrorism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Enlisted justice: You know, no one talks about it, but this is the real military. And the important thing is, it always will be.
Best Defense is in summer reruns. Here is an item that originally ran on June 9, 2016.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Makes Biggest Move Yet to Empty Guantanamo
The Pentagon transferred 15 detainees to the UAE in the single-largest move under the Obama administration. Little noticed: Six were cleared just this year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ludacris Said George W. Bush Was America’s Worst President. Now He’s Performing at Gitmo.
Nothing says Fourth of July like a free Ludacris concert at Guantanamo Bay.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 CIA Chief: We Won’t Torture, Even If Ordered To
John Brennan says he'll never go along with waterboarding.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Enlisted justice: You know, no one talks about it, but this is the real military. And the important thing is, it always will be.
It rains on the just and unjust alike. Today is their day, just like any day on patrol might be your day. That’s enlisted justice.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Released Gitmo Detainees Kill Americans; Two U.S. Carriers In The Med.
Deadly Chinese Drones; Baghdad Hit Again; and Lots More
