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US Major General who led Abu Ghraib investigation accuses authorities of “war...
In 2004, it was Major General Antonio Taguba’s damning report – then still a classified document – that triggered the prosecution of a number of the soldiers who had committed abuses at the Abu Ghraib...
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British MPs sceptical of UK government denials over Iraq torture
The Observer reports that a committee of MPs has cast doubt on UK government denials over the use of torture in Iraq. Evidence heard during the trial of soldiers implicated in the killing of an Iraqi...
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Un-named UK cabinet minister admits lying to the public
The BBC recounts a refreshing admission from an un-named UK cabinet minister about his conduct in public office. “There just comes a point where you say, ‘I can’t go on lying”, he is reported to have...
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Stephen Colbert on “truthiness”…
“That’s where the truth lies – right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. Now, I know some of you are going to say,...
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Veteran journalist Seymour Hersh on US atrocities in Iraq
From UC Berkeley News In the evening’s most emotional moment, Hersh talked about a call he had gotten from a first lieutenant in charge of a unit stationed halfway between Baghdad and the Syrian...
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Groupthink, Self-serving bias, Space Cadets and the Stanford Prison...
Earlier this week I had a very enjoyable afternoon discussing “Don’t Get Fooled Again” at University College School’s “Beyond Words” book festival, and looking at some of the more eye-catching bits of...
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Sceptic of the week: Muntazer al-Zaidi
From The Times: “This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq,” he shouted before being overpowered by security guards and...
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Lizzy Siddal reviews Don’t Get Fooled Again
From Lizzy’s Literary Life We all know that you shouldn’t believe everything that you read in the press , or hear on the news, don’t we? What’s the definition of lying? Inventing stories,...
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Douglas Card on Lincoln and Obama
Douglas Card, eloquent bane of the Holocaust denialists commenting on this blog, has just had an interesting piece published on the historical parallels between Lincoln’s opposition to the US invasion...
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Bush administration admits torture, UK government admits “war on terror” was...
A couple of gobsmackers from today’s Guardian: US lawyers battling against torture and other abuses at Guantánamo Bay are braced for George Bush issuing last-minute pardons to protect those in his...
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