Iraq, Torture: I metodi sono quelli Israeliani, ebrei i nomi dei responsabili...

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Iraq, Torture: I metodi sono quelli Israeliani, i nomi dei responsabili, ebrei
by un saluto al censore indysemianalfabeta Wednesday May 05, 2004 at 11:07 PM

I metodi di tortura impiegati presso la prigione di Abu Ghraib assomigliano in modo impressionante a quelli adottati comunemente da Israele, come testimoniato da Amnesty International. E suonano come ebrei, e non certo anglosassoni, i nomi dei due "contractors" della CACI, coordinatori delle TORTURE agli Iracheni, cui il Generale Americano autore del rapporto su tali crimini riserva le sue parole piu' dure: si tratta di Mr. John ISRAEL e Mr. Steven Stephanowicz.

Riposto con maggiore dettaglio e completezza queste NOTIZIE DOCUMENTATE che un censore indyano dall'animo sensibile e molto influenzabile ha scambiato (credo) per razziste, nascondendolo entro due minuti dalla pubblicazione (cfr. http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2004/05/542367.php).
Il problema, suppongo, sarebbe quello di aver sottolineato il fatto, autoevidente, che un tizio che fa di cognome ISRAEL e' quasi certamente ebreo. Ora io faccio due domande/obiezioni al nascondimento:
1. Se il tizio si fosse chiamato KAPPLER e fosse stato impegnato a TORTURARE prigionieri COMUNISTI, e io avessi sottolineato che il cognome era evidentemente TEDESCO, la censura sarebbe scattata? Se si' (davveeero?), perche'? Se no, perche' questa discriminazione? Dire ebreo e' razzista, tedesco no?
2. Non dice nulla il fatto che i due coordinatori delle torture inflitte, in Iraq, agli Iracheni, abbiano, guarda un po' il caso! cognomi tanto scambiabili per quelli di agenti sionisti? E che applichino le stesse torture in uso comune presso le carceri Israeliane?

E che, oh mirabile coincidenza!, questi tizi dal cognome ebreo, lavorano per la CACI, i cui legami ad Israele sono ben documentati?

Ma in mani a chi sono finite le password di admin di Indy Italia? Questo non e' un lavoro da affidare a ragazzini brufolosi e ignoranti.

(tra l'altro, se mi aveste dato il tempo, avrei aggiuntocome commenti al pezzo censurato le notizie che concentro qui)

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11. (U) That Mr. Steven Stephanowicz, Contract US Civilian Interrogator, CACI, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, be given an Official Reprimand to be placed in his employment file, termination of employment, and generation of a derogatory report to revoke his security clearance for the following acts which have been previously referred to in the aforementioned findings:

* Made a false statement to the investigation team regarding the locations of his interrogations, the activities during his interrogations, and his knowledge of abuses.

* Allowed and/or instructed MPs, who were not trained in interrogation techniques, to facilitate interrogations by "setting conditions" which were neither authorized and in accordance with applicable regulations/policy. He clearly knew his instructions equated to physical abuse.

12. (U) That Mr. John Israel,Contract US Civilian Interpreter, CACI, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, be given an Official Reprimand to be placed in his employment file and have his security clearance reviewed by competent authority for the following acts or concerns which have been previously referred to in the aforementioned findings:

* Denied ever having seen interrogation processes in violation of the IROE, which is contrary to several witness statements.

* Did not have a security clearance.

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http://www.cittadinolex.kataweb.it/Article/0,1519,28379|9,00.html


"Israel allows the use of 'moderate physical pressure' – which is defined in detail in secret guidelines – during interrogations. This includes sleep deprivation for prolonged periods while being tied in painful positions, hooding with filthy sacks, being forced to squat like a frog for hours and violent shaking (which has caused the death of one detainee)."

fonte: http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGMDE150221997


Legami CACI-Israele:

La bella faccia del capo della CACI, che potete vedere qui:
http://www.fcw.com/events/fed100/2004/London.asp
ha ricevuto solo nel GENNAIO scorso (le torture oggetto del rapporto del generale USA risalgono al NOVEMBRE 2003) il PREMIO (http://www.caci.com/about/news/news2..._02_04_NR.html)
"Albert Einstein Technology Award" dal "Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah", consegnato personalmente dal MINISTRO DELLA DIFESA Israeliano Shaul Mofaz.

Ecco la motivazione del premio post-torture:
"CACI was honored as a provider of information technologies for helping to fight the war on terrorism and transform the Middle East from a source of global instability into a peaceful, stable region."

Secondo il sito:
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/states/VA.html
(posso dire che suona amricano-israeliano, 'sto sito, o mi censura qualche cretino di turno?) la CACI riceve FONDI da
http://www.birdf.com/ (Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation), un progetto di ricerca governativo USA-ISRAELE.

Ed adesso la chicca, censurate il GUARDIAN, dilettantelli?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...102940,00.html
Un estratto da questo profetico articolo:
""This is basically an assassination programme. That is what is being conceptualised here. This is a hunter-killer team," said a former senior US intelligence official, who added that he feared the new tactics and enhanced cooperation with Israel would only inflame a volatile situation in the Middle East."

E per concludere:

The Guardian cita anche una sua fonte ben informata a Washington che sostiene:
"They are being trained by Israelis in Fort Bragg. Some Israelis went to Iraq as well, not to do training, but for providing consultations."

QUALE MIGLIORE COPERTURA PER "CONTRACTORS" ISRAELIANI che coincidentalmente hanno guardacaso cognomi EBREI, se non quella CONVENIENTEMENTE OFFERTA DI CONSULENTI PRIVATI DELLA CACI?





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EBREI i Capi torturatori degli Iracheni?
by quando vi sveglierete sara' troppo tardi Wednesday May 05, 2004 at 10:13 PM

Suonano MOLTO EBREI i nomi dei due "Contractors" della CACI, coordinatori delle TORTURE agli Iracheni, cui il Generale Americano autore del rapporto su tali crimini riserva le sue parole piu' dure: Mr. John ISRAEL e Mr. Steven Stephanowicz.

Suonano MOLTO EBREI i nomi dei due "Contractors" della CACI, coordinatori delle TORTURE agli Iracheni, cui il Generale Americano autore del rapporto su tali crimini riserva le sue parole piu' dure: Mr. John ISRAEL e Mr. Steven Stephanowicz.



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11. (U) That Mr. Steven Stephanowicz, Contract US Civilian Interrogator, CACI, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, be given an Official Reprimand to be placed in his employment file, termination of employment, and generation of a derogatory report to revoke his security clearance for the following acts which have been previously referred to in the aforementioned findings:

* Made a false statement to the investigation team regarding the locations of his interrogations, the activities during his interrogations, and his knowledge of abuses.

* Allowed and/or instructed MPs, who were not trained in interrogation techniques, to facilitate interrogations by "setting conditions" which were neither authorized and in accordance with applicable regulations/policy. He clearly knew his instructions equated to physical abuse.

12. (U) That Mr. John Israel,Contract US Civilian Interpreter, CACI, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, be given an Official Reprimand to be placed in his employment file and have his security clearance reviewed by competent authority for the following acts or concerns which have been previously referred to in the aforementioned findings:

* Denied ever having seen interrogation processes in violation of the IROE, which is contrary to several witness statements.

* Did not have a security clearance.

[...]

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[Vahagn]

Tra le foto-ricordo scattate all'interno delle carceri-inferno degli yankee, ve n'era una in cui un tizio sollevava la manica della maglietta per scoprire il bicipite, e indovinate che tatuaggio aveva? Una stella di David tra due striscie orizzontali (la bandiera di uno stato a caso ...).

[daca.]

In origine postato da Vahagn
Tra le foto-ricordo scattate all'interno delle carceri-inferno degli yankee, ve n'era una in cui un tizio sollevava la manica della maglietta per scoprire il bicipite, e indovinate che tatuaggio aveva? Una stella di David tra due striscie orizzontali (la bandiera di uno stato a caso ...).

Dove l'hai vista?

[Rebel (POL)]

Vagagh passa il link se lo trovi

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The Israeli Torture Template
Rape, Feces and Urine-Dipped Cloth Sacks
By WAYNE MADSEN

With mounting evidence that a shadowy group of former Israeli Defense Force and General Security
Service (Shin Bet) Arabic-speaking interrogators were hired by the Pentagon under a classified
"carve out" sub-contract to brutally interrogate Iraqi prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison,
one only needs to examine the record of abuse of Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners in Israel to
understand what Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld meant, when referring to new, yet to be
released photos and videos, he said, "if these images are released to the public, obviously its
going to make matters worse."

According to a political appointee within the Bush administration and U.S. intelligence sources,
the interrogators at Abu Ghraib included a number of Arabic-speaking Israelis who also helped U.S.
interrogators develop the "R2I" (Resistance to Interrogation) techniques. Many of the torture
methods were developed by the Israelis over many years of interrogating Arab prisoners on the
occupied West Bank and in Israel itself.

Clues about worse photos and videos of abuse may be found in Israeli files about similar abuse of
Palestinian and other Arab prisoners. In March 2000, a lawyer for a Lebanese prisoner kidnapped in
1994 by the Israelis in Lebanon claimed that his client had been subjected to torture, including
rape. The type of compensation offered by Rumsfeld in his testimony has its roots in cases of
Israeli torture of Arabs. In the case of the Lebanese man, said to have been raped by his Israeli
captors, his lawyer demanded compensation of $1.47 million. The Public Committee Against Torture in
Israel documented the types of torture meted out on Arab prisoners. Many of the tactics coincide
with those contained in the Taguba report: beatings and prolonged periods handcuffed to furniture.
In an article in the December 1998 issue of The Progressive, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb reported on the
treatment given to a 23-year old Palestinian held on "administrative detention." The prisoner was
"cuffed behind a chair 17 hours a day for 120 days . . . [he] had his head covered with a sack,
which was often dipped in urine or feces. Guards played loud music right next to his ears and
frequently taunted him with threats of physical and sexual violence." If additional photos and
videos document such practices, the Bush administration and the American people have, indeed, "seen
nothing yet."

Although it is still largely undocumented if any of the contractor named in the report of General
Antonio Taguba were associated with the Israeli military or intelligence services, it is noteworthy
that one, John Israel, who was identified in the report as being employed by both CACI
International of Arlington, Virginia, and Titan, Inc., of San Diego, may not have even been a U.S.
citizen. The Taguba report states that Israel did not have a security clearance, a requirement for
employment as an interrogator for CACI. According to CACI's web site, "a Top Secret Clearance (TS)
that is current and US citizenship" are required for CACI interrogators working in Iraq. In
addition, CACI requires that its interrogators "have at least two years experience as a military
policeman or similar type of law enforcement/intelligence agency whereby the individual utilized
interviewing techniques."

Speculation that "John Israel" may be an intelligence cover name has fueled speculation whether
this individual could have been one of a number of Israeli interrogators hired under a classified
contract. Because U.S. citizenship and documentation thereof are requirements for a U.S. security
clearance, Israeli citizens would not be permitted to hold a Top Secret clearance. However, dual
U.S.-Israeli citizens could have satisfied Pentagon requirements that interrogators hold U.S.
citizenship and a Top Secret clearance. Although the Taguba report refers twice to Israel as an
employee of Titan, the company claims he is one of their sub-contractors. CACI stated that one of
the men listed in the report "is not and never has been a CACI employee" without providing more
detail. A U.S. intelligence source revealed that in the world of intelligence "carve out"
subcontracts such confusion is often the case with "plausible deniability" being a foremost
concern.

In fact, the Taguba report does reference the presence of non-U.S. and non-Iraqi interrogators at
Abu Ghraib. The report states, "In general, US civilian contract personnel (Titan Corporation,
CACI, etc), third country nationals, and local contractors do not appear to be properly supervised
within the detention facility at Abu Ghraib."

The Pentagon is clearly concerned about the outing of the Taguba report and its references to
CACI, Titan, and third country nationals, which could permanently damage U.S. relations with Arab
and Islamic nations. The Pentagon's angst may explain why the Taguba report is classified Secret No
Foreign Dissemination.

The leak of the Taguba report was so radioactive, Daniel R. Dunn, the Information Assurance
Officer for Douglas Feith's Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Policy (Policy Automation
Services Security Team), sent a May 6, 2004, For Official Use Only Urgent E-mail to Pentagon
staffers stating, "THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT IS CLASSIFIED; DO NOT GO TO FOX NEWS TO
READ OR OBTAIN A COPY." Considering Feith's close ties to the Israelis, such a reaction by his top
computer security officer, a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), is
understandable, although considering the fact that CISSPs are to act on behalf of the public good,
it is also regrettable..

The reference to "third country nationals" in a report that restricts its dissemination to U.S.
coalition partners (Great Britain, Poland, Italy, etc.) is another indication of the possible
involvement of Israelis in the interrogation of Iraqi prisoners. Knowledge that the U.S. may have
been using Israeli interrogators could have severely fractured the Bush administration's tenuous
"coalition of the willing' in Iraq. General Taguba's findings were transmitted to the Coalition
Forces Land Component Command on March 9, 2004, just six days before the Spanish general election,
one that the opposition anti-Iraq war Socialists won. The Spanish ultimately withdrew their forces
from Iraq.

During his testimony before the Senate Armed Service Committee, Rumsfeld was pressed upon by
Senator John McCain about the role of the private contractors in the interrogations and abuse.
McCain asked Rumsfeld four pertinent questions, ". . . who was in charge? What agency or private
contractor was in charge of the interrogations? Did they have authority over the guards? And what
were the instructions that they gave to the guards?"

When Rumsfeld had problems answering McCain's question, Lt. Gen. Lance Smith, the Deputy
Commander of the U.S. Central Command, said there were 37 contract interrogators used in Abu
Ghraib. The two named contractors, CACI and Titan, have close ties to the Israeli military and
technology communities. Last January 14, after Provost Marshal General of the Army, Major General
Donald Ryder, had already uncovered abuse at Abu Ghraib, CACI's President and CEO, Dr. J.P. (Jack)
London was receiving the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah's Albert Einstein Technology award at the
Jerusalem City Hall, with right-wing Likud politician Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and
ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski in attendance. Oddly,
CACI waited until February 2 to publicly announce the award in a press release. CACI has also
received grants from U.S.-Israeli bi-national foundations.

Titan also has had close connections to Israeli interests. After his stint as CIA Director, James
Woolsey served as a Titan director. Woolsey is an architect of America's Iraq policy and the chief
proponent of and lobbyist for Ahmad Chalabi of the Iraqi National Congress. An adviser to the
neo-conservative Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Jewish Institute of National Security
Affairs, Project for the New American Century, Center for Security Policy, Freedom House, and
Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, Woolsey is close to Stephen Cambone, the Undersecretary of
Defense for Intelligence, a key person in the chain of command who would have not only known about
the torture tactics used by U.S. and Israeli interrogators in Iraq but who would have also approved
them. Cambone was associated with the Project for the New American Century and is viewed as a
member of Rumsfeld's neo-conservative "cabal" within the Pentagon.

Another person considered by Pentagon insiders to have been knowledgeable about the treatment of
Iraqi prisoners is U.S. Army Col. Steven Bucci, a Green Beret and Rumsfeld's military assistant and
chief traffic cop for the information flow to the Defense Secretary. According to Pentagon
insiders, Bucci was involved in the direction of a special covert operations unit composed of
former U.S. special operations personnel who answered to the Pentagon rather than the CIA's Special
Activities Division, the agency's own paramilitary group. The Pentagon group included Arabic
linguists and former members of the Green Berets and Delta Force who operated covertly in Iraq,
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan. Titan also uses linguists trained in the languages
(Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, and Tajik) of those same countries. It is not known if a link
exists between Rumsfeld's covert operations unit and Titan's covert operations linguists.

Another Titan employee named in the Taguba report is Adel L. Nakhla. Nakhla is a name common
among Egypt's Coptic Christian community, however, it is not known if Adel Nakhla is either an
Egyptian-American or a national of Egypt. A CACI employee identified in the report, Steven
Stephanowicz, is referred to as "Stefanowicz" in a number of articles on the prison abuse.
Stefanowicz is the spelling used by Joe Ryan, another CACI employee assigned with Stefanowicz to
Abu Ghraib. Ryan is a radio personality on KSTP, a conservative radio station in Minneapolis, who
maintained a daily log of his activities in Iraq on the radio's web site before it was taken down.
Ryan indicated that Stefanowicz (or Stephanowicz) continued to hold his interrogation job in Iraq
even though General Taguba recommended he lose his security clearance and be terminated for the
abuses at Abu Ghraib.

In an even more bizarre twist, the Philadelphia Daily News identified a former expatriate public
relations specialist for the government of South Australia in Adelaide named Steve Stefanowicz as
possibly being the same person identified in the Taguba report. In 2000, Stefanowicz, who grew up
in the Philadelphia and Allentown areas, left for Australia. On September 16, 2001, he was quoted
by the Sunday Mail of Adelaide on the 911 attacks. He said of the attacks, "It was one of the most
incredible and most devastating things I have ever seen. I have been in constant contact with my
family and friends in the US and the mood was very solemn and quiet. But this is progressing into
anger." Stefanowicz returned to the United States and volunteered for the Navy in a reserve status.
His mother told the Allentown Morning Call in April 2002 that Stefanowicz was stationed somewhere
in the Middle East but did not know where because of what Stefanowicz said was "security concerns."
His mother told the Philadelphia Daily News that her son was in Iraq but she knew nothing about his
current status.

Wayne Madsen is a Washington, DC-based investigative journalist and columnist. He served in the
National Security Agency (NSA) during the Reagan administration and wrote the introduction to
Forbidden Truth. He is the co-author, with John Stanton, of "America's Nightmare: The Presidency of
George Bush II." His forthcoming book is titled: "Jaded Tasks: Big Oil, Black Ops, and Brass
Plates."