military
US overseas detention system numbers
Some statistics from AP on the US-run global gulag… A look at the U.S. overseas detention system that has developed since 2001: NUMBERS OF DETAINEES Iraq (Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper, Fort Suse) – 13,390 Afghanistan (Bagram air base) – Estimated 500 Guantanamo Bay – 455 NATIONALITIES Iraq – U.S. command last year counted 325 “foreign …
US interrogation manuals
Following up on the previous posting, the new US army manual has been issued finally yesterday, supposedly “banning torture” and other inhumane treatment of prisoners in the army’s, but not the CIA’s custody. Here’s a report from Al-Jazeera website: Updated US Army manual bans torture, mock executions and electric shocks Thursday 07 September 2006 A …