Full dossier of Abu Ghraib probe files published 




Full dossier of Abu Ghraib probe files published
For the first time, the full dossier of photographic evidence compiled by the Army in the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse investigation can be seen at Salon.com.

Included are 279 photographs and 19 videos, along with the "Army's own analysis of the story behind the photos."

  • More than 80 dead in apparent reprisals
    Authorities said at least 86 bodies were found in the Iraqi capital during a 30-hour period ending midday Tuesday, sparking fears that sectarian reprisal killings are continuing at a grisly pace.

  • A Stumble a Day ...
    Every second-term presidency tends to get tired and falter a bit. But these days, when so many big things are going so very wrong, smaller errors seem like an echo of overall ineptitude. And since President Bush has convinced Americans that we live in a permanent state of threat from evildoers abroad, the bumbling takes on a more ominous note.

  • LEONARD PITTS JR.: Dear anti-gay Bible literalists: Turn the page on your outrage
    This is a great article that was sent to me by my Rog.

  • Names of the Dead
    The Department of Defense has identified 2,302 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the death of the following American yesterday:

    FIGUEROA, Kristen K., 20, Lance Cpl., Marines; Honolulu; First Marine Division.

    LONG, Bunny, 22, Lance Cpl., Marines; Modesto, Calif.; Second Marine Division

  • US postwar Iraq strategy a mess, Blair was told
    Senior British diplomatic and military staff gave Tony Blair explicit warnings three years ago that the US was disastrously mishandling the occupation of Iraq, according to leaked memos.

    John Sawers, Mr Blair's envoy in Baghdad in the aftermath of the invasion, sent a series of confidential memos to Downing Street in May and June 2003 cataloguing US failures. With unusual frankness, he described the US postwar administration, led by the retired general Jay Garner, as "an unbelievable mess" and said "Garner and his top team of 60-year-old retired generals" were "well-meaning but out of their depth".
 

Posted: Wed - March 15, 2006 at 10:26 AM           |

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