Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Exclusive Investigation Reveals Pentagon Directly Involved in Iraqi Torture Centers

Click here to access article by Livia Bergmeijer from Muftah. (Note: We must also acknowledge the great contributions by whistle-blowers like Bradley Manning and Julian Assange who have sacrificed so much to bring such revelations to light. We must continue to do whatever we can to support them.)
The use of torture in Iraq had destructive consequences for the country’s future, and teaches us one thing: sectarian warfare was not the ‘natural’ result of Iraq’s diverse population. Rather, it was the product of divide-and-rule practices, whether carried out by the country’s despotic ruler or by invading foreign armies seeking to impose their own brand of governance.