"Pakistan: U.S. Citizens Tortured, Held Illegally--FBI Participated in
Interrogations Despite Apparent Knowledge of Torture, Abduction,"
Human Rights Watch, May 24, 2005:


http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/05/24/pakist11005.htm


"Exclusive: Secret Memo--Send to Be Tortured," Michael Isikoff,
Newsweek, August 8, 2005 issue:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8769416/site/newsweek/


"Outsourcing Torture: The secret history of America's 'extraordinary
rendition' program," Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, Issue of February 14,
2005, posted February 7, 2005:


http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?050214fa_fact6


"CIA kidnapped terror suspects in the EU: lawmaker," Reuters, April
26, 2006:


http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?ty...toryID=11968389


Khalid El-Masri, an innocent German citizen, was abducted from
Macedonia and held by the U.S. military without charges from January
23 to May 28, 2004, during which time he was sodomized and tortured by
the U.S. military. He was taken by the U.S. military to Baghdad, Iraq
and then to the "Salt Pit" clandestine CIA torture center located
north of Kabul in Afghanistan.


"Khalid El-Masri," Wikipedia, June 25, 2006:


http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...&oldid=60497313


"Lawsuit Against CIA Is Dismissed: Mistaken Identity Led to
Detention," Jerry Markon, Washington Post, May 19, 2006; Page A13:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6/05/18/AR200...


In the Bagram, Afghanistan U.S. military base, U.S. government
officials publicly admit that they're murdering Afghan inmates there
by torturing them to death:


"Afghan prisoners beaten to death at US military interrogation base:
'Blunt force injuries' cited in murder ruling," Duncan Campbell, The
Guardian (U.K.), March 7, 2003:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/st...,909164,00.html


"Prisoners 'killed' at US base," BBC News, March 6, 2003:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2825575.stm


"Army Details Scale of Abuse of Prisoners in an Afghan Jail," Douglas
Jehl, New York Times, March 12, 2005:


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/12/politics/12detain.html


Included in the U.S. government's use of torture against innocent
people is the rape of women and male children:


"US military confirms existence of horrific pictures and video,"
Andrew Buncombe, Independent (U.K.), May 9, 2004:


http://www.rense.com/general52/erh.htm


Among other tortures, U.S. Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba's report details
homosexual anal rape committed by U.S. soldiers. Also detailed in U.S.
Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba's report and by other U.S. military sources,
Military Intelligence and the CIA ordered the torture at the Abu Ghaib
prison.


"U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse: Executive summary of
Article 15-6 investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade by
Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba," NBC News, May 4, 2004:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4894001/


"Green light for Iraqi prison abuse came right from the top:
Classified documents show the former US military chief in Iraq
personally sanctioned measures banned by the Geneva Conventions,"
Andrew Buncombe, Independent (U.K.), April 3, 2005:


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0403-03.htm


"Pentagon Report Set Framework For Use of Torture: Security or Legal
Factors Could Trump Restrictions, Memo to Rumsfeld Argued," Jess
Bravin, Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2004:


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0607-01.htm


As Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said to reporters on May 7, 2004
concerning the pictures and videos of U.S. military torture of Iraqis
that the U.S. government still refuses to release: "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.
We're talking about rape and murder and some very serious charges."
See:


"Rumsfeld: Worst Still To Come--Pentagon Boss Apologizes To Iraqis;
Says More Videos, Photos Exist," CBS News and Associated Press (AP),
May 7, 2004:


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/08/...ain616338.shtml


"Rueful Rumsfeld: 'Cruel' truth hurts: Rape and murder feared in Iraq
abuse," Noelle Straub, Boston Herald, May 8, 2004:


http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politic...g/53904eefc5e...


And as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on May 7, 2004 before
Congress concerning the pictures and videos of U.S. military torture
of Iraqis that the U.S. government still refuses to release: "Beyond
abuse of prisoners, there are other photos that depict incidents of
physical violence towards prisoners, acts that can only be described
as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhuman ... There are a lot more
photographs and videos that exist ... If these are released to the
public, obviously it's going to make matters worse. That's just a
fact. I mean, I looked at them last night and they're hard to
believe." See:


"In quotes: Rumsfeld faces Congress," BBC News, May 7, 2004:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3694995.stm


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