Abu-Ghraib

Not coincidentally, a number of the U.S. soldiers accused of abominable behavior at Abu-Ghraib are career law enforcement officers and prison guards in the United States.

Daniel Bruno Sanz: The Gates Affair: Why We Care 2009

This is why Abu-Ghraib is such a scandal and Gitmo is a conundrum.

Daniel Bruno Sanz: The Gates Affair: Why We Care 2009

In Iraq today, there is a detention nightmare, very much reminiscent of Abu-Ghraib under US authority, and very similar to the type of torture chambers that this very occupation claimed to wage war against!

Zaineb Alani: My Speech at the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations Conference. 2009

Moreover, the Bush administration made its push for democracy in the Middle East at a time when U.S. policies in the region were at a low-ebb of popularity in the wake of the Iraq war, and a deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories, and when the U.S. had no credibility as a global leader on human rights given its own well-publicized human rights failings at Abu-Ghraib, Guantanamo and elsewhere.

Human Rights First: Fix it, Don't Nix it 2009

Moreover, the Bush administration made its push for democracy in the Middle East at a time when U.S. policies in the region were at a low-ebb of popularity in the wake of the Iraq war, and a deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories, and when the U.S. had no credibility as a global leader on human rights given its own well-publicized human rights failings at Abu-Ghraib, Guantanamo and elsewhere.

Neil Hicks: Fix it, Don't Nix it 2009

Like his decision to banning the release of the pictures of Abu-Ghraib which was inconsistent with his previous statements throughout his campaign.

Omid Memarian: What Should President Obama Tell the Muslim World in Cairo? 2009

"Long before U.S. Army Reserve Corporal Charles Graner brought pain, humiliation, and torture to Iraqi people detailed in Abu-Ghraib outside Bagdad, he was giving the blues to prisoners in Pennsylvania, where he was known as a brutal, sadistic, racist guard," Abu-Jamal writes.

Speaking Truth To Power 2009

Over the past years, a litany of sordid policies and practices has sullied our image: the abuses at Abu-Ghraib; the kidnapping of innocent civilians for torture in other countries, such as Syria and Egypt; the maintenance of a miserable prison at Guantanamo Bay; and President Bush's refusal to disavow waterboarding and other abhorrent forms of "interrogation."

The ordeal of Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Hajj 2008

McCain's tone is disrespectful, cruel and reminder of the cold-blooded people in Abu-Ghraib and Guantanamo, whose behavior brought embarrassment and shame for America, not proud, people who are not, unquestionably, representative of United States of America.

Omid Memarian: McCain's Cigarette Gaffe: A Cold Blood Commander-In-Chief? 2008

This is the same strategy the Bush administration has used to justify many of its actions during the past eight years, from waging an unjustifiable war in Iraq, to using torture in Guantanamo and Abu-Ghraib, to supporting anti-Iran terrorist groups in Northern Iraq, to taking side with dictators like General Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan and King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

Omid Memarian: Assassination Remark and Hillary's "Moral Authority" Problem 2008