Tag: torture
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22 years later, justice and information remain elusive for thousands of 9/11 victims and their families
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Twenty-two years ago, the unthinkable happened. Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked and crashed four passenger jets on U.S. soil in a coordinated suicide attack that killed 2,976 men, women and children in New York City, at the Pentagon and in a Pennsylvania field.
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Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit against multi-billion-dollar U.S. Army contractor at last headed for trial
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Twenty years after the U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq in the wake of 9/11, a lawsuit against a company that provided “interrogator services” for the U.S. Army at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison finally seems headed to trial.
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Fox TV host plays softball with Ron DeSantis about force-feedings of Gitmo detainees
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Responding for the first time to allegations that as a U.S Navy JAG officer in 2006 he oversaw the brutal forced feedings of Guantanamo detainees, Gov. Ron DeSantis sought to play down his involvement in an interview broadcast Thursday.
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Weston man sued under U.S. Torture Victim Protection Act for his role in the notorious 1985 siege of Colombia’s Palace of Justice
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org A retired Lt. Colonel in the Colombian army now living in Weston who spent nearly eight years in prison for his role in the deadly 1985 siege by M-19 guerillas at Bogotá’s Palace of Justice, has been sued under the U.S. Torture Victim Protection Act.