Wednesday, February 20, 2013

13-02-20 Misc News of the Abuse - gun/drug traficking, kidnapping, torture, detentions


Whoever thought that abuse of human rights by the US government abroad would not spill over to the United States, must have been delusional. jz
Public hanging, part of the Mexican narcowars

The Latin American Exception
How a Washington Global Torture Gulag Was Turned Into the Only Gulag-Free Zone on Earth
By Greg Grandin
In one part of the world, in this century at least, the sun never rose on US-choreographed torture.
US Border Patrol Selling Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartel
By Project Censored
US Border Patrol providing the Sinaloa Cartel with guns has led to the Sinaloa Cartel taking the turf of Mexico's west desert while simultaneously building up their drug territory all the way to the United States border.
Boots-On-The-Ground
US Training of Mexican Troops Has Escalated in Step With Mexico's Murder Rate
By Bill Conroy
Foreign Assistance Act records reveal that US military training was provided to Mexican soldiers in fiscal 2010 and 2011 by the US Department of Defense's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC). The Institute was formerly the School of the Americas.
The Unholy Trinity
Death Squads, Disappearances, and Torture -- from Latin America to Iraq
By Greg Grandin
Pundits, like the Atlantic Monthly's Robert Kaplan, rewrite history, claiming that operations like the Phoenix Program in Vietnam or the death squads in El Salvador were effective, morally acceptable tactics and should be emulated in fighting today's "War on Terror."
Why Did You Murder Me?
The Slaughter of the Children Drones On & On & On & On
By Michael Hall
When the drones are slaughtering innocent children in your name do you bother to get concerned even when on your knees on Sunday?

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