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U.S. Military: Gitmo Suicides Acts of ‘Warfare’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 The commander of the Guantanamo detention center said the three detainees who killed themselves were "committed" and had carried out "an act of asymmetric warfare waged against us." Rights groups, however, said the men were driven by despair. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Three Gitmo Inmates Commit Suicide

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 The detainees hanged themselves with nooses made of sheets and clothes, sparking renewed calls to close the detention facility. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Did the N.Y. Times Misidentify Abu Ghraib Detainee?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 Salon.com presents exclusive evidence that The New York Times incorrectly identified--in a Page 1 story!--the hooded detainee shown in one of the most iconic abuse photos from the notorious Iraqi prison. (Hat tip: Huff Po) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Death Squads and Prison Abuse in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2006 In a big story that is receiving scant media attention, the U claims that Iraqi police forces are acting as "death squads" to wipe out Sunnis At the same time, the Iraq parliament is condemning the U for the newly released pictures of prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Media Outlets Censor Tape of Kidnapped Reporter

Blair Golson / Truthdig Jan 31, 2006 Jill Caroll, 28, appears pleading and weeping in a newly released tape. | storyTruthdig says: Al Jazeera won't let us hear Carroll's voice because it would be too "upsetting" to viewers. CNN CNN's "The Situation Room" won't even show a clip. What exactly is going on here? Why not let us, the viewers, decide what's too "upsetting"? How is this any different from Bush's censorship of coffins returning home from Iraq? We've watched jetliners packed with innocents crash into our Twin Towers. We've watched Iraqi civilians bombed in real time by our own forces. Since when did we become unable to judge for ourselves what we need to see to make sense of the world around us? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abductors Threaten to Kill American Journalist

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 The 28-year-old female stringer for the Christian Science Monitor appears in a video broadcast on Al Jazeera. | storyThe AP has more info. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )