faith in honest doubt (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
On top of the illegality and immorality of torture, it brings the worst of results according to a former senior interrogator for the US Air Force: I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. The large...
Photo Dude (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’m Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq — “I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. The large majority of suicide bombings in Iraq are still carried out by these foreigners. They are also...
The Debate Link (Free subscription) | yesterday
Speaking of things that kill Americans, perhaps Justice Scalia should read this piece by an American military interrogator about the fruits of American torture ( H/T ): I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda...
America's North Shore Journal (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... killed one armed militant and detained ten suspected militants, including the targeted Haqqani foreign fighter facilitator, during a combined operation in Paktia province. The targeted Haqqani militant is assessed to coordinate and assist with the movement of Islamic Jihadist Union (IJU) and other foreign fighters into Afghanistan. He is also believed to be direct contact...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
In a Washington Post op-ed today, a former Special Operations interrogator who worked in Iraq in 2006 sharply criticizes American torture techniques as ineffective and dangerous. “Torture and abuse cost American lives,” he writes: I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu [...]
the brain police (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
In an Op-Ed in today's Washington Post, a former Special Operations interrogator who worked in Iraq in 2006 sharply criticizes American torture techniques as ineffective and dangerous. " Torture and abuse costs American lives " he writes: "I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | yesterday
... more than just the location of a guerilla leader. We turned several hard cases, including some foreign fighters, by using our new techniques. A few of them never abandoned the jihadist cause but still gave up critical information. One actually told me, “I thought you would torture me, and when you didn’t, I decided that everything I was told about Americans was wrong. That’s why I...
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys. (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
KABUL, Afghanistan —Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters, including a targeted Taliban commander who was dressed as a woman, during an operation to disrupt the Taliban’s roadside bomb and foreign fighter networks in Ghanzni province, Friday. Coalition forces killed Haji Yakub, a Taliban commander in Qarabagh district, which is located approximately 290 km southwest...
Akkam's Razor (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
... Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq - washingtonpost.com - We turned several hard cases, including some foreign fighters, by using our new techniques. A few of them never abandoned the jihadist cause but still gave up critical information. One actually told me, “I thought you would torture me, and when you didn’t, I decided that everything I was told about Americans was wrong. That’s why...
Dangerous Intersection (Free subscription) | yesterday
... was listen (instead of torturing), then connect the dots: I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. The large majority of suicide bombings in Iraq are still carried out by these foreigners....
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2008 – Afghan and coalition forces killed 17 armed militants and detained 10 suspects yesterday during operations targeting the Haqqani and Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin terrorist networks in Paktia and Kabul provinces, military officials said. In Zadran district, Afghan and coalition forces killed one militant and detained ten suspects, including a targeted Haqqani foreign terrorist,...
Rhapsodyinbooks's Weblog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... in Iraq. He writes in today’s Washington Post: “I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. The large majority of suicide bombings in Iraq are still carried out by these foreigners. They...
Later On (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
ThinkProgress: In a Washington Post op-ed today, a former Special Operations interrogator who worked in Iraq in 2006 sharply criticizes American torture techniques as ineffective and dangerous. “Torture and abuse cost American lives,” he writes: I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu [...]
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the pragmatic side: Torture and abuse cost American lives. I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. The large majority of suicide bombings in Iraq are still carried out by these foreigners....
DVIDS RSS 2.0 Feed (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... killed one armed militant and detained ten suspected militants, including the targeted Haqqani foreign fighter facilitator, during a combined operation in Kabul province. The targeted Haqqani militant is assessed to coordinate and assist with the movement of Islamic Jihadist Union (IJU) and other foreign fighters into Afghanistan. He is also believed to be direct contact...
