BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

As with the best of journalists, Victoria Brittain has spent a lifetime enabling us to see in the dark! Or more accurately, she has shined a bright light on those whose suffering has been hidden by being deliberately situated in one or another shadow land of governmental and societal abuse, whether local, national, or geopolitical in its animus. These patterns of abuse are hidden because whenever their visibility cannot be avoided, the liberal mythologizing of the decency of the modern democratic state suffers a staggering blow.

Human Terrain: When Academics Join the War on Terror

by Hugh Gusterson on 24-01-2013

In Iraq and Afghanistan, anthropologists are involved in activities such as gathering information on genealogical relationships and development projects, finding out why insurgents cluster in particular areas, briefing commanders before tactical operations, and advising on psychological warfare.

ACADEMICS AFGHANISTAN COUNTERINSURGENCY HUMAN RIGHTS IMPERIALISM IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - INTERNATIONAL LAW IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - ACADEMICS OCCUPATION USA US NATO WAR WAR ON TERROR ANTHROPOLOGISTS

US battles Iraq and Afghanistan over detention without charges

by Glenn Greenwald on 24-11-2012

It is ironic indeed that the US is demanding that the practice of due-process-free indefinite detention be continued in Afghanistan and Iraq, two countries it invaded and then occupied while claiming it wanted to bring freedom and democracy there.

ACCOUNTABILITY AFGHANISTAN ASSASSINATION CHILDREN DETENTION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - PRISONERS

Does Petraeus’ love life really matter? Why does nobody mention that he is the “King of Death Squads”?

by A.K.Gupta and Michael Hastings on 13-11-2012

Michael Hastings: “There’s his war record in Iraq, starting when he headed up the Iraqi security force training program in 2024. He’s more or less skated on that, including all the weapons he lost, the insane corruption, and the fact that he essentially armed and trained what later became known as “Iraqi death squads.” On his final Iraq tour, during the so-called "surge," he pulled off what is perhaps the most impressive con job in recent American history. He convinced the entire Washington establishment that we won the war.