Difference between revisions of "Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse"
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| + | |description=Top level sanctioned 'destructive research' on US prisoners, both to gather information and sew dragon's teeth. | ||
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==Official narrative== | ==Official narrative== | ||
These [[war crimes]] were confined to low level military, and were ''not'' officially sanctioned. | These [[war crimes]] were confined to low level military, and were ''not'' officially sanctioned. | ||
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| + | ==Bigger picture== | ||
| + | There seems to be little doubt that these [[war crime]]s were sanction from the highest level. The codeword '[[Copper Green]]' was used to refer to a systematic programme of abuse, [[torture]] and [[murder]], which may be a helpful lens through which to understand what was going on. See [[Operation Phoenix]] for an analgous programme carried out during the [[Vietnam War]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:24, 26 July 2016
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| Exposed by | Seymour Hersh, Sam Provance |
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| Interest of | CACI, Michael Hourigan, Lila Rajiva |
| Description | Top level sanctioned 'destructive research' on US prisoners, both to gather information and sew dragon's teeth. |
Official narrative
These war crimes were confined to low level military, and were not officially sanctioned.
Bigger picture
There seems to be little doubt that these war crimes were sanction from the highest level. The codeword 'Copper Green' was used to refer to a systematic programme of abuse, torture and murder, which may be a helpful lens through which to understand what was going on. See Operation Phoenix for an analgous programme carried out during the Vietnam War.
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