The real reason behind Obama’s reversal of a decision to release the torture photos has been almost completely ignored by the corporate media - the fact that the photos show
both US and Iraqi soldiers raping teenage boys in front of their mothers.
In response, the ACLU charged that Obama “has essentially become complicit with the torture that was rampant during the Bush years by being complicit in its coverup.” The Obama administration has also sought to protect intelligence officials involved in torture from prosecution at every turn.
A Guardian analysis of government records has found that the vast majority – 77% – of...
In 1850, Andrew Benjamin Tarbutton enslaved 25 people in central Georgia. A year later, he purchased...
Arab and Islamic countries jointly condemned remarks by the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who...
