The December 19 issue of The Nation included a a graphic index of human costs of the Iraq War for the US military. The index compares the grim statistics of the current war with other post-WWII conflicts and disaggregates the data by race, gender, geography, etc.
Download the “Iraq Index” here. And read the short companion article here.
The December 26 issue of The Nation is devoted to an examination of the “torture debate” in the US. The lead editorial in the issue states that there is no longer any point in arguing whether US policy condones cruel, degrading and torturous treatment of prisoners.
The “Torture Tree” illustrates the politicians, policymakers, soldiers, and academics who make up the new American torture complex … which includes, by the way, Micheal Ignatieff, Professor of the Practice of Human Rights at Harvard’s Kennedy School and Liberal Party candidate for Parliament in Etobicoke–Lakeshore (Metro Toronto).
Download the “Torture Tree” here.
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