Musicians Complain About Their Songs Being Used for Torture

 Prominent rock bands have joined forces with a legal charity to campaign against the use of music as an instrument of torture by US military interrogators.  According to British organization Reprieve, the...

'No real alternative' to Khadr handling: PM

" Explosive new documents suggest Canada was aware of the harsh treatment that Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr was being subjected to in Guantanamo Bay at the hands of U.S. military interrogators. """This really shows the assurances the U.S. government...

Historical Amnesia: The Guantanamo "Training Chart"

Interrogation methods used by the United States on prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have increasingly become the center of world attention and criticism. In several documents disclosed at a Senate...

David Gray warns on torture music in Guantanamo

The US singer David Gray has spoken out about the use of his songs played at extremely loud volumes as a form of torture, and has said it is no laughing matter.""Only the novelty aspect of this story gets it...

The World Uncovered Daylight Robbery in US

When the US goes to war Wall Street and corporate America goes too. More than seventy whistleblower cases threaten to reveal the scandals behind billions of dollars worth of waste, theft and corruption during the last five years of war"Panorama investigates claims that as...

Leaked Online: Guantánamo Prison Manual

Leaked rules detail rewards and penalties at Guantánamo.Military claims its out of date, but still should not have been released, for fear it might "give the 'enemy' an advantage"."The inner workings of the Guantánamo detention camp, ranging from items allowed in cells to...

Al-Qaida 'planted information to encourage US invasion'

"A senior al-Qaida operative deliberately planted information to encourage the US to invade Iraq, a double agent who infiltrated the network and spied for western intelligence agencies claimed last night. The claim was made by Omar Nasiri, a pseudonym for a Moroccan who says...

US seeks to shield its war interrogators: report

Looks like the value of a patronage appointment just went up if torture is your bag:"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel would not face prosecution for humiliating or degrading wartime prisoners under amendments to a war...

The Mystery of the Abu Ghraib Tattoo

One photograph that stands out from all the other photographs.

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