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The Congressional report on torture confirms that Al Qaeda was not involved in the attacks of September 11

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 15 December 2014

Publicly released excerpts of the report of the Senate Committee on the CIA’s secret torture program reveal a vast criminal organization. Thierry Meyssan has read for you the 525 pages of this document. He found evidence of what he has been saying for years.

Torture as a source of information

Abu Zubaydah Poses a Real Threat to Al Qaeda

by Kevin Ryan

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 19 January 2013

Still imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay, Abu Zoubeida is the main source of Western intelligence on Al Qaeda. He gave under torture the names of other leaders of the terrorist organization, who were arrested in turn and provided the information now in the hands of the U.S. authorities. In short, (...)

The US Navy has anchored one of its secret prisons in Haitian waters

21 January 2010

While the deployment of 10000 US troops in Haiti has been qualified by a number of Latin American political leaders as an invasion and occupation under the guise of a humanitarian relief operation, the arrival of the USS Bataan in Haiti raises even more questions.
Over recent years, this (...)

CIA Contractors Played Big Role In Interrogations

17 May 2009

by Ari Shapiro
Congressional testimony this week showed that private CIA contractors were a driving force behind harsh interrogations. Although there are lawsuits against military contractors involved in detainee abuse, there has been far less legal action against contractors who worked for (...)

Obama U-turn on abuse photographs

13 May 2009

Colombian artist Fernando Botero depicts Abu Ghraib abuse
US President Barack Obama has changed his mind and will now attempt to block the publication of photographs showing the abuse of prisoners by US soldiers.
The US government had previously said it would not fight a court ruling (...)

Guantanamo

Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera journalist, tells his story

by Silvia Cattori

Geneva (Switzerland) | 30 July 2008

Standing straight and tall, an impressive and deeply introspective man, Sami El Haj walks with a limp and the help of a walking stick. Neither laughter nor smiles light up the refined face of this man, old before his time. A deep sadness pervades him. He was 32 years old when, in December (...)

US Gulag: arrogance, hypocrisy and the end of European independence

by Voltaire Network

Paris (France) | 13 January 2006

The scandal of CIA detention and torture centers in Europe was generally avoided by European editorialists and politicians during Condoleezaa Rice’s tour. This behavior has been disappointing for the Middle East or Arab press, for which it is not only additional evidence of the US double (...)

“Condi’s European torture”

by Paul Gigot

13 January 2006

What a show this week during Condoleezza Rice’s trip to Europe seeing people outraged because of the fact that the CIA might have been able to lock terrorists in European jails! If the Secretary of State had not been diplomatic, she would have cancelled her trip categorically and announced (...)

“Putin’s Chosen Public”

by Masha Lipman

27 September 2005

Last week Vladimir Putin could be watched on all Russian T.V. screens. Such omnipresence made him clearly appear as a man interested in re-election. This has led an increasing number of commentators to wonder whether he will stay in power after 2008, once completed his second and last term of (...)