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Torture and Secrecy

By Steven Aftergood

The explosive report on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba may mark a turning point in the U.S. war in Iraq. By now it must be one of the most widely disseminated internal military documents ever prepared. Yet it also is a “classified” document that was supposed to remain “secret.” Why? Even… return to article

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    The US has to admit that the Abu Ghraib scandal was a form of private show that had to come into the limelight because war crimes comitted by Americans have been backed up through out the centuries

    United Kingdom Posted by Frank Oben on Aug 25, 2004 at 3:43 AM
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