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The 13 Most Evil U.S. Government Experiments on Humans

knutars — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:16:17 +0000

The U.S. Government has been caught conducting an insane amount of vile, inhumane and grisly experiments on humans without their consent and often without their knowledge. So in light of recent news of the U.S. infecting Guatemalans with STDs, here are the 13 most evil, for lack of a better word, cases of human-testing as conducted by the United States of America. Get ready to become one of those conspiracy theory nuts, because after this list, you will never fully trust your government again.

torture in Iraq video

davidfordhere — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:54:09 +0000

A 15-month investigation by the Guardian and BBC Arabic reveals how US colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, played a key role in training and overseeing US-funded special police commandos who ran a network of torture centres in Iraq.
• This is an edited version of a longer film. Watch our full-length film investigation about James Steele narrated by Dearbhla Molloy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-america-i...
• Revealed: Pentagon's link to Iraqi torture centres

Yale will train US Special Forces

sanchopanza — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:41:28 +0000

Yale will train US Special Forces in interrogation techniques using immigrants as guinea pigs

54 Governments Implicated in CIA Torture Program.

Jordan Viray — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:18:09 +0000

The Open Society Foundation has released a report that over 50 governments have helped the CIA conduct detention and rendition activities which have led to the torture of over 150 people.

Secret U.S. Facility Used Loud Music for Inhumane Torture

snowdog2012 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:52:38 +0000

After being alerted that some of his educational children’s music was used as a weapon of war, GRAMMY award-winning songwriter Christopher Cerf set out on a mission to learn more about what he believed to be an “inhumane” use of his work.

According to the report, prisoners, shackled and held in private cells, were subjected to near-deafening music from Metallica, AC/DC, Marilyn Manson, Drowning Pool, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen and Rage Against The Machine in addition to popular children’s classics from Sesame Street and Barney the purple dinosaur.

5 Horribly Misguided Attempts at Teaching Lessons Creatively

Karrde188 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:25:52 +0000

God bless the schools that try new things. Lining kids up in rows and making them listen to monotone math is a horrible way to teach, and if you want to really engage today's kids, you need to mix things up. Unfortunately, the line between "fun new learning experience" and "lifelong trauma" is razor thin. Especially when the staff is batshit insane.

Bradley Manning Expected to Speak on Conditions at Quantico

ecigarettes — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:10:55 +0000

Protests are expected in dozens of cities today as part of an effort to call attention to the harsh conditions faced by accused U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning. Manning is expected to testify about conditions during his imprisonment at the Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia, as part of a pre-trial hearing today at Fort Meade, Maryland. The testimony will be Manning’s first public comments since his arrest more than two year ago.

The war on whistle blowers.

sovereignbeing — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:50:48 +0000

The feds war on whistle blowers continues with an anonymous hacker that faces life in prison.

Does Romney’s Religion Condone Torture?

snowdog2012 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:25:52 +0000

Nobody asked Governor Mitt Romney or President Barack Obama about torture during Monday night’s “foreign policy debate”—but someone should have.

Because recently disclosed Romney campaign documents are raising new questions about the candidate’s position, and the recent appointment of a Spokane, Washington LDS bishop who in his professional life as a psychologist pioneered so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” after 9/11 has raised new questions about whether Mormonism condones torture.

Egyptians crucifying dissidents!

AncientHistory — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:36:00 +0000

Muslim Brotherhood enacts Sharia Law and begins crucifying dissidents; Christians treated with special brutality.

Taser Torture Kills Unarmed Epileptic Artist

snowdog2012 — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:44:07 +0000

Taser deaths by police in Vermont and elsewhere clearly show that it is time for a moratorium on what the UN calls a “torture weapon.”

On the evening of June 20th in Thetford VT, Macadam Mason was just another all-but-anonymous 39-year-old artist, an alcoholic sober three years, a father of three who had epilepsy and mental health issues in the bargain. He’d had a grand mal seizure the day before and was suffering what, for him, were the typical disorienting after effects that usually lasted for days.

Shock Treatments of Autistic Children

ecigarettes — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:19:57 +0000

Massachusetts special-needs facility is believed to be the only one in the world that uses 'aversive therapy' in treating children - The UN's special rapporteur on torture has made a formal approach to the US government over a special-needs school near Boston that inflicts electric shocks on autistic children as a form of behavioural control. Juan Mendez has told the Guardian that he has opened discussions with the US mission to the UN in Geneva as a first step towards investigating the school.

Teen Mother Sentenced to 'Death by Stoning'

snowdog2012 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:47:12 +0000

A teenage Sudanese mother accused of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning...Intisar Sharif Abdallah, who is believed to be under 18 and has a four-month-old baby, was tried without a lawyer, found guilty and sentenced to death. '...imposing this punishment on someone who may be a child is especially shocking,' said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. Sudan is notorious for its brutal and archaic punishments.

Iranian Cartoonist Sentenced to 25 Lashes for 'Caricature'

snowdog2012 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:08:42 +0000

An Iranian cartoonist has been sentenced to 25 lashes depicting an MP in a soccer stadium, dressed as a player, with his foot resting on a soccer ball.

Torture By Sesame Street At Guantanamo Bay

ecigarettes — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:12:50 +0000

In 2008, reports surfaced that detainees at Guantanamo Bay had been tortured by songs such as Metallica's "Enter Sandman" and Drowning Pool's "Bodies." Now, a new documentary from Al Jazeera shows that detainees may also have been subjected to musical torture of a softer variety. According to the report, prisoners at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base were forced to wear headphones blasting music from Sesame Street on repeat for hours or days on end. Christopher Cerf, the award-winning composer of Sesame Street, was stunned to learn how his music was being exploited.

Released Autopsy Reports Heighten Guantanamo "Suicides" Mystery

ZEUSLGN — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:30:46 +0000

Autopsy reports released last year by the Department of Defense raise stark questions about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two prisoners at Guantanamo. Details in the autopsy reports show that Abdul Rahman Al Amri was found dead by hanging with his hands tied behind his back, calling into question whether he had actually killed himself.

Tortured for selling RAW MILK!

Aleksandra — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:15:26 +0000

California 'milk man' subjected to extreme torture, hypothermia, raw sewage in LA County jail

Two Exits from Butcher Bay: Plea Deal or Bodybag

ZEUSLGN — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:39:32 +0000

Guantánamo briefly emerged from the shadows on Wednesday, February 29, when Majid Khan, a Pakistani national described as one of 14 “high-value detainees” when he arrived at Guantánamo in September 2006, after three and a half years in secret CIA prisons, appeared in public for the first time since his capture almost nine years ago.