Abu Ghraib Videos

Journalist Mark Danner was nearly killed during the Haitian coup of 1987. He witnessed the aftermath of the marketplace massacre in Sarajevo. He also released vital information on the authorization of torture during the Iraq war. Today, Danner discusses episodes of violence and what it teaches us about the world we live in.

John Yoo wrote legal briefs for the Bush-Cheney regime to justify torturing prisoners who were held for years without charges. According to the International Red Cross, over 100 prisoners died in these secret torture sessions. Some people defend John Yoo s position as a professor of law at UC Berkeley on grounds of free speech and academic freedom .

David Cole, editor of Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable, on what may be one of the darkest moments in the last half century of US history, possibly longer: the authorization of torture by high level officials in the Bush administration. Cole's new book lays out the case against the architects of US torture policy. But will they be prosecuted?

BBC: England says the abuse is ?nothing? compared to ?what they would do to us."

On December 17 2008 Joshua Casteel's play "Returns" was performed in the Peacock Abbey, Dublin, as part of the Abbey Theatre's 'Bearing Witness - 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' series.I interviewed Joshua about his time in Abu Ghraib as a military interrogator, about his play and his thougths on military action now.This interview was first published on http://www.culch.ie

Looking back, we feel a bit of pity for former President Bush especially since we were some of his harshest critics throughout the course of his administration. After 9/11, the country suffered a tragedy never known before and the president was responsible for doing something about it. Initially, President Bush had the world at his deposal to root out the primary culprits and bring them to international justice. Had he been smart, clever and strong enough to use the goodwill and proper rules of military engagement, we would not be in this ugly predicament of justifying torture and trying to cover up members of congress to boot today.

Philip Gourevitch on politics and torture.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Adam Lankford, author of Human Killing Machines: Systematic Indoctrination in Iran, Nazi Germany, Al Qaeda, and Abu Ghraib published by Lexington Books. Adam Lankford is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at The University of Alabama. He has also taught at Marymount University and The Corcoran College in Washington, D.C. From 2003 to 2008, he helped coordinate Senior Executive Anti-Terrorism Forums for high-ranking foreign military and security personnel in conjunction with the U.S. State Departmentâs Anti-Terrorism Assistance program. During this period, ATA hosted delegations from India, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Georgia, Armenia, Tunisia and Morocco. Dr. Lankford received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Justice, Law and Society from American University and his B.A. in English from Haverford College. Visit his website.

Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison reopened, with a new name and official promises Saturday of humane treatment in a lockup notorious as a center for abuse. (Feb. 21)

When asked by a journalist what's most likely to blow a government off course, the British Prime Minister of the 1960s Harold MacMillan supposedly replied 'Events, dear boy, events.' The same might be said for a presidency. Today on KUOW, as the dust settles on the Bush era, we revisit some iconic moments from the eight year reign of George W. Drawn from the KUOW archives, produced by Dominic Black and edited by Marcie Sillman Mission Accomplished.

Download | Play Download | Play Duncan Hunter went on Hardball and criticized the New York Times editorial on detainee abuse as "left wing rubbish". Janice Karpinski would disagree with Hunter's assertion that the blame for the abuse did not go all the way to the top.

We followed three busloads of prisoners from Abu Ghraib to Tikrit.

Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Eid Sa'eed, and whatever else you may celebrate. This week we're taking a look back at 2006, and a year of video about Iraq, by Iraqis. First we'd like to thank our tireless correspondents in Baghdad, Omar Abdullah, Isam Rasheed, Marwan Ghassan, Basheer Rasheed. We would also like to thank Rafat Jaiosy and Shadi Al-Kasim, who were there from the beginning in Jordan. Of course we must thank our translators Wisam and Neghem, as well as Qasem, Sami, Linda, Mhyar, Ahmed, Bassem, and many others who have supported our work. We'd also like to thank supporters from outside of the Middle East, Justin Alexander, Robert Baker, Joe Carr, The CPT, Jay Dedman, Dave Enders, JD, Justin Kownacki, Robert Millis, Freeman Murray, Jeff Rae, Eowyn Rieke, Paul F. Roberts, Ben Varadi, Michael Verdi, the staff of blip.tv, and our moms.Since we began Alive in Baghdad in 2005, it has been a wild ride. Finally in late 2006 real recognition has started to come our way. We've seen that independent media producers utilizing the internet and harnessing the power of RSS distribution can produce stories CNN and big media companies only dream of.As 2007 approaches, we plan on expanding and continuing our work in Iraq, as well as expanding to Mexico, and perhaps other countries and regions in the year to come. However, we still depend entirely on the support of our viewership and are again urging you to make a tax deductible donation of money or equipment to help continue the Alive in projects. If you received a new still or video camera this christmas, or a laptop, or other media equipment, consider donating your old equipment to help make media in other parts of the world.To learn more about how you can help, email us at aliveinbaghdad@gmail.com or make a donation here: http://aliveinbaghdad.org/donate/

whorecast 013: What We Are At War Three original non-fiction pieces, originally performed at "Bombshell: Queers on Sex, War, and Homewrecking," as past of SFinXile at Jon Sims Center, San Francisco, recorded during a storm and dark moon and set to the music and news in my head for the past few months. Word "What We Are At War" (February 2006) "Amends for An A-K" (July 2003) "The Luxury of Violence (fragment)" (February 2006) Soundtrack Aegis, "Cells Spy (My Love" (music.podshow.com) Disparation, "The Library of Babel" (music.podshow.com) Shadow C, "The Message" (ccmixter.com) Samples Rep. John Murtha on Meet the Press (November 20, 2005) SBS Dateline, Abu Ghraib (February 2006) "Come Join the Fun," Prelinger Archives Remix (2004) (archive.org) Subscribe: (rss) * (itunes) * (odeo) Vote: (itunes) *(podcast alley) * (yahoo) whorecast 2006, some rights reserved for my creative commons license, and archives of these podcasts, go to sacredwhore.org 206 33 WHORE WHORECAST @ GMAIL.COM this has been a work in sex by melissa gira