Suit by Iraqis and Afghans claims Rumsfeld ordered torture
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The Justice Department has asked the judge to throw out the ACLU-supported case against the former defense secretary.
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Iraqi authorities routinely torture prisoners, a leading human rights group said Tuesday, citing examples of abuse which will sound all too familiar to those who suffered under Saddam Hussein.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has accused the US military of using interrogation methods that amount to torture at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
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A high-level panel investigating US military detention operations has concluded that top Pentagon officials and the military command in Iraq contributed to an environment in which detainees were abused at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a defense official said
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A group of U.S. pilots tortured in  the first Gulf War by Iraqis has hit an unexpected obstacle in  its legal fight for compensation: Bush administration lawyers  argue Iraq is no longer a pariah and should not be forced to  pay.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The US military said yesterday it was investigating the deaths of two Afghan civilians in US custody in 2003, following a newspaper's report that Army Green Berets tortured some prisoners.
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Four former detainees sued Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday along with 10 others in the military chain of command overseeing the American interrogation prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, alleging that the officials are personally responsible for
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BERLIN -- A group of American civil rights lawyers filed a criminal complaint in a German court yesterday against top US officials, including Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, for acts of torture committed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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PARIS (Associated Press via International Herald-Tribune) - American and European rights groups filed a legal complaint in France accusing former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for torture in Iraq and at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the groups said Friday. The complaint was filed with the Paris prosecutor's office as Rumsfeld arrived in France for a visit, according to the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, the Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and two Paris-based groups, the International Federation of Human Rights and the League of Human Rights. The rights groups say their complaint could go forward because people suspected of torture can be prosecuted in France if they are on French soil.
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WASHINGTON, DC - American soldiers tortured Iraqi prisoners by strangling them, beating them and placing lit cigarettes in their ears, even after the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal came to light in April 2004, according to new allegations.
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A commanding officer was as responsible for the alleged abuse of Iraq detainees as his men, a court hears.
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Members of a US special operations task, involved in Abu Ghraib abuse scandal in Iraq, threatened Defense Intelligence Agency personnel who saw the abuses, said a US government memos released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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A confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) charges that the American military has intentionally engaged in methods âtantamount to tortureâ against prisoners
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Lawyers acting for a U.S. advocacy group  will Tuesday file war crimes charges in Germany against senior  U.S. administration officials for their alleged role in torture  at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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BERLIN -- A group of American civil rights attorneys filed a criminal complaint in German court yesterday against top US authorities, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, for acts of torture committed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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A US-based human rights group has challenged Americaâs treatment of 11 al-Qaeda suspects, saying some have âdisappearedâ in US custody while others may have been tortured.
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Fresh allegations of serious abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Guantanamo emerge in newly released US documents.