William Rivers Pitt | Fifteen Years After Iraq Invasion, Torture Has a New Address
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By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout | Op-Ed
Protesters dressed as Guantánamo detainees hold an anti-torture demonstration on the 15th anniversary of Guantánamo's opening on January 11, 2017. The Trump administration continues to perpetuate and glorify torture, exemplified by the recent nomination of Gina Haspel to CIA director. (Photo: Justin Norman)
"I would bring back waterboarding, and I'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding." —Donald Trump, 02/16/2016
Fifteen years ago this week, George W. Bush and his pack of unprosecuted murderers transformed the city of Baghdad into a bowl of fire, "Shock & Awe," in what was a massive war crime right there on live television. I call it a war crime justly: It was an act based entirely on lies founded in greed and lust fo...