Intro- Shock and awe-2003 One morning as a 13 year old, as i was getting ready for school my step dad called me into the front room to see the morning news. Playing on a loop was the 2003 invasion of Baghdad, also commonly referred to as the Shock & Awe. I remember how the city was illuminated by our rockets.(see Appendix A) I knew that the were not special effects or fireworks, but i felt, like after hearing about the initial invasion and how hard fought the battles leading up to that point were, i felt like the iraqi people had deserved it. I was filled with so much excitement and pride, i could practically hear the national anthem in the background. “We got em’!” We struck back at the individuals that “suckerpuched” us on September 11th …show more content…
November-December 2003 - Photos are taken of naked Iraqi detainees being humiliated. January 2004 - Spc. Joseph M. Darby discovers photos on a CD-ROM of Iraqi prisoners being abused. He reports the abuse to superiors, prompting an investigation. April 4, 2004 - Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba releases his report to Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez about misconduct in the 800th Military Police Brigade. April 28, 2004 - "60 Minutes II" broadcasts graphic photos of Iraqi detainees being humiliated and tortured. April 30, 2004 - The New Yorker publishes an article by Seymour Hersh reporting details in the Taguba report on the abuses at Abu Ghraib. April 30, 2004 - Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba's report detailing his investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade is released. Taguba's report stated that the following abuses happened in this incident: - Punching, slapping, and kicking detainees; jumping on their naked …show more content…
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/05/10/torture-at-abu-ghraib Lynndie England, Charles Graner Used as recruitment tools They include "youths who have been hurt by ethnic conflict: those who have been beaten up or have lost a father or brother in demonstrations; those who have not successfully completed their adolescent transformation and are alienated without much hope for the future in existing political and economic conditions" (Volkan, p.165). Fatherless brotherless, adolescents are easily manipulated by leaders for ulterior motives chosen Due to lack of religious knowledge Fiercely aggressive “snatch-and-grab” missions Relatively Indiscriminate drone strikes Chosen traumas Conclusion It wasn't until i got over seas, that i realized, how great of a footprint we have left on the people's lives. Upon arriving, i realized that we are in someone's home, this is where this person grew up, we may come and go, but they will remain here. What may be collateral damage on paper can be someone's entire livelihood someone's business being turned to rubble, or family torn apart. Most of these people don't care who is ruling them, all they want is to live their life in peace and raise their family, the more we try help out, the more we get in the way and complicate that for
Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, a senior writer at U.S. News and World, published her article, "The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism," in 2004. She uses the article to briefly overview the scandal as a whole before diving into what can trigger sadistic behavior. The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal took place in 2004, wherein American troops humiliated and tortured Iraqi detainees (Szegedy-Maszak 75). The main objective of Szegedy-Maszak’s article is to investigate the causation behind sadistic behavior, exclusively in the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal. She effectively does so by gathering information and research from professional psychologists and professors of psychology, specifically Herbert Kelman and Robert Okin (Szegedy-Maszak 76). She finds
PFC Genovese reported his equipment missing to his Team Leader (TL), SGT Johnson, the next morning (Enclosure III, Exhibit F).
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the leader of a peaceful movement to end segregation in the United States this mission led him in 1963 to Birmingham, Alabama where officials and leaders in the community actively fought against desegregation. While performing sit-ins, marches and other nonviolent protests, King was imprisoned by authorities for violating the strict segregation laws. While imprisoned King wrote a letter entitled “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, in which he expresses his disappointment in the clergy, officials, and people of Birmingham. This letter employed pathos to argue that the leaders and ‘heroes’ in Birmingham during the struggle were at fault or went against their beliefs.
Jaffrey, Zia. (1998, February). “Truth and Reconciliation Commission Interview.” Progressive, Vol. 62 Issue 11, p.18.
When Joe Darby first saw the images on those photos of Iraqi prisoners being tortured and abused by not just his fellow soldiers but by people he had known since high school he was torn between two choices. Those choices for Joe were, should he do or say nothing to protect his friends or should he do what was ethically correct. He chose the latter; “I knew that some people wouldn't agree with what I did... They view it as - I put American soldiers in prison over Iraqis (Joe Darby, 2004)” The photos showed Iraqi prisoners naked and posed in sexually suggestive ways. Some of the Iraqis in the photos were dead. Joe knew what was happening in these photos were wrong but because of the fear of repercussions it took him three weeks to turn them over and only after he was promised anonymity. He felt that was the end of it and he could go on doing his job. When the accused soldiers were removed he st...
The 362-page report was given to Mayor Richard Riordan and members of the Police Commission on Tuesday evening and will be released to the public and the rest of the city's elected leaders today. It was provided to The Times on Tuesday by top officials of the LAPD.
Hiro, D. (2002). Iraq: In the eye of the storm. New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press.
When reading historical letters and or other types of reading materials, one cannot bear to become intrigued when reading these didactic and informative pieces of art. For example, one of the most known and most important pieces of historical masterpieces’ would have to be Martin Luther King’s “ Letter From Birmingham Jail.” This letter was written in response to the published statement that was written by eight fellow clergymen from Alabama. Those eight fellow Alabama clergymen were Bishop C.C.J. Carpenter, Bishop Joseph A. Durick, Rabbi Hilton L. Grafman, Bishop Paul Hardin, Bishop Holan B. Harmon, the Reverend George M. Murray, the Reverend Edward V. Ramage, and the Reverend Earl Stallings.
On 4/3/2016, I was assigned as the Dock officer at the Lower Buckeye Jail, located at the above address.
Mazzetti, Mark, Julian E. Barnes, Edward T. Pound, David E. Kaplan, and Linda Robinson. "Inside the Iraq Prison Scandal. (cover story)" EbscoHost. N.p., 24 Oct. 2004. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.
Watson, Stephanie. "Iranian Hostage Crisis." Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 158-60. U.S. History in Context. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.
as a critique of American Imperialism and implore the reader to feel a responsibility or guilt associated with public torture.
We are truthful and forthright, and we provide information and analysis without institutional or political bias” (Central Intelligence Agency, 2015), the International Committee of the Red Cross also found in 2007 that “the ill-treatment that detainees were subjected to whilst held in CIA program, either singly or in combination, constituted torture” (International Committee of the Red Cross, 2007), a sentiment that was further supported by President Barack Obama’s acknowledgement that the US government did employ the use of torture in Guantanamo Bay (Human Rights Watch, 2004).The insidious nature and dishonest conduct of these actions exemplify how evil is often performed within institutions that rely on the fundamental appearance of good to mask their actions. The social and political acceptance of torture would not exist on its own, it has to be part of a governmental entity that has a source of good within it. This is what makes it institutionally evil – its success relies on power, even though society understands that the torture is inherently wrong. The source of this institutional evil is the free will that all humans have, however, as good people, we also have the free will to promote justice, not just for the victims, but for the perpetrators. By heeding the call of the bible to overcome evil with goodness and compassion, the oppression the CIA is instilling can be
On February 1, 2017 I interviewed Sergeant Jason Pace from Troop D of the Missouri Highway Patrol. Admittedly, this interview was somewhat nerve wracking because of the potential line of questioning. 2016 saw some truly horrific crimes, some involving police brutality and others involving brutality to police officers and this is why the interview was met with such apprehension. As the interview went on I began to feel more confident in my questions and his truly professional answers.
Scheff, Sue. “Current Events and Watching the News.” Examiner. 07 Feb 2012. Web. 8 Apr 2014.