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Abu Ghraib is geen uitwas, Guantanamo is geen uitwas. Onze bondgenoot die wij steunen in de zogeheten 'war on terror' martelt al decennialang tegenstanders van de Westerse versie van de democratie en de vrije markt. Democracy Now interviewde een Amerikaanse deskundige op dit gebied: 'Professor McCoy Exposes the History of CIA InterrogationFrom the Cold War to the War on TerrorProfessor Alfred McCoy talks about his book “A Question of Torture”, a startling expose of the CIA development of psychological torture from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib. CIA mercenaries attempted to assassinate McCoy more than 30 years ago. We now take a look at what lies behind the shocking images of torture at Abu Ghraib by turning to the history of the CIA and torture techniques. The International Committee of the Red Cross, Amnesty International and other human rights groups say the recently released images of abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib show a clear violation of international humanitarian law. The U.S. made a pledge against torture when Congress ratified the UN Convention Against Torture in 1994 - but it was ratified with reservations that exempted the CIA’s psychological torture method. So what were the results? Alfred McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Author of “A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, From the Cold War to the War on Terror” and also “The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade.”' Lees en luister: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/17/1522228&mode=thread&tid=25 Of:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11965.htm Voor meer beelden van Abu Ghraib:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11923.htm De Australische documentaire over de Abu Ghraib folteringen kunt u hier zien: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11944.htm Over de School of the America's waar buitenlandse militairen door Amerikaanse militairen opgeleid worden in het martelen: http://www.soaw.org/new/