President Carter: Many Children Were Tortured Under Bush

TruthOut, The Peoples Voice by Ralph Lopez | Aug. 4, 2009 (News Analysis)

President Jimmy Carter wrote that the Red Cross, Amnesty International and the Pentagon "have gathered substantial testimony of torture of children, confirmed by soldiers who witnessed or participated in the abuse." In "Our Endangered Values" Carter said that the Red Cross found after visiting six U.S. prisons "107 detainees under eighteen, some as young as eight years old." And reporter Hersh, (who broke the Abu Ghraib torture scandal,) reported 800-900 ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Torture, Bush Administration, Law Enforcement, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 4, 2009 - 7:45 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 4, 2009

Lopez provides specific and numerous instances of children and women being tortured and raped under the direction of the Bush administration. The response of Holder is evaluated.

This story should be read, to keep in mind why we need to keep pressing for prosecution of the sociopaths we elected.

“The American public needs to understand, we’re talking about rape and murder here. We’re not just talking about giving people a humiliating experience. ... More »

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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Aug. 5, 2009
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