McCain Detainee Amendment - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Mccain Detainee Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Mccain Detainee Amendment - Statement By Senator John Mccain On October 5 2005
Senator McCain delivered the following statement on October 5, 2005 from the floor of the United States Senate on Amendment 1977: Mr. Pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia - Torture
Torture is any act by which severe torment, whether physical or psychological, is intentionally inflicted on a person as a means of intim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism
The "War on Terrorism" or "War on Terror" (in U.S. foreign policy circles, the global war on terrorism or GWOT1 ) is a campaign by the Un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005 - The Newsweek Report
On April 30, 2005 Newsweek magazine published an article claiming that an unnamed United States official had seen a government report sup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Critics' Opposition
Critics maintain that terrorist threats have been exaggerated; that terrorism has been exploited for other purposes; that it has resulted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Current Legal Status Of Torture
On December 10, 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Article 5 states "No o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Critics' Opposition
Critics maintain that terrorist threats have been exaggerated; that terrorism has been exploited for other purposes; that it has resulted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - History
The United States' "War on Terrorism" started after the September 11, 2001 attacks, with the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005 - The Sere Connection
Several reports have a drawn a connection between events at Guantanamo Bay and a Pentagon-funded program known as SERE, which stands for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005 - Fbi Documents And Other Reports
The Newsweek article and the ensuing controversy turned the spotlight on other reports of Qu'ran desecration and spurred additional inves...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Historical Usage Of The Phrase
Legal land warfare is characterized by uniformed combatants, deliberate avoidance of damage to noncombatants, and care for prisoners and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Objective And Strategies
In a January 3, 2005, editorial in the Toronto Star, Jonathan Stevenson, a senior fellow for counterterrorism at the International Instit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Notes
Note 1: [25] [26] Note 2: [27] ... See also:War on Terrorism, War on Terrorism - History, War on Terrorism - Conceptual challenges, War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - History
The United States' "War on Terrorism" started after the September 11, 2001 attacks, with the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - U.s. Domestic Initiatives
A $40 billion emergency spending bill was quickly passed by the United States legislature, and an additional $20 billion bail-out of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Military Decorations
Since 2002, the United States military has authorized several new military awards and decorations related to the "War on Terrorism" inclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - U.s. Domestic Initiatives
A $40 billion emergency spending bill was quickly passed by the United States legislature, and an additional $20 billion bail-out of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005 - Us Military Findings
On June 3, 2005, a U.S. military investigation by the base commander, Brigadier General Jay Hood (pdf), confirmed five incidents of misha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - International Support
On September 12, 2001, less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, NATO invoked Article 5 of the Nort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Contemporary United States
The current "War on Terrorism" has been primarily an initiative of the United States. Daniel J. Gallington wrote: Despite the antiterror...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Conceptual Challenges
The very phrase "War on Terrorism" is the subject of some debate and disagreement. First, there has always been considerable debate as to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Other Meanings Of The Word
Especially in countries where citizens can expect to be spared routine exposure to real torture, the word "torture" is used loosely (and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Conceptual Challenges
The very phrase "War on Terrorism" is the subject of some debate and disagreement. First, there has always been considerable debate as to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Historical Usage Of The Phrase
Legal land warfare is characterized by uniformed combatants, deliberate avoidance of damage to noncombatants, and care for prisoners and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Physical Torture Devices And Methods
It is plainly evident that, since the earliest times, tremendous ingenuity has been devoted to devising ever more effective and mechanica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Aspects Of Torture
The use of torture has been criticized not only on humanitarian and moral grounds, but on the grounds that evidence extracted by torture ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Use Of Torture
Recent times in the context of this article is from December 10, 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Desecration Controversy Of 2005 - International Reaction
On May 10 and continuing the following week, many anti-American protests took place, and in some areas these turned into violent riots. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Contemporary United States
The current "War on Terrorism" has been primarily an initiative of the United States. Daniel J. Gallington wrote: Despite the antiterror...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Notes
Note 1: [25] [26] Note 2: [27] ... See also:War on Terrorism, War on Terrorism - History, War on Terrorism - Conceptual challenges, War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Objective And Strategies
In a January 3, 2005, editorial in the Toronto Star, Jonathan Stevenson, a senior fellow for counterterrorism at the International Instit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - U.s. Domestic Initiatives
A $40 billion emergency spending bill was quickly passed by the United States legislature, and an additional $20 billion bail-out of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - Military Decorations
Since 2002, the United States military has authorized several new military awards and decorations related to the "War on Terrorism" inclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - History
The United States' "War on Terrorism" started after the September 11, 2001 attacks, with the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War On Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - War On Terrorism - International Support
On September 12, 2001, less than 24 hours after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, NATO invoked Article 5 of the Nort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Dilawar
Dilawar, died on December 10 2002, was a 22-year-old Afghan taxi driver and farmer who weighed 122 pounds and was described by his interp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Mccain: Encyclopedia Ii - John Mccain - Political Career
When John Jacob Rhodes, the longtime congressman from Arizona's First Congressional district, announced his retirement, McCain ran for th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Other Official Reactions
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on May 2005 that "he was shocked by a U.S. Army report on abuse of detainees in Afghanistan, saying hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - A Widespread Pattern Of Abuse
An editorial of the New York Times noted a parallel with the later abuse and torture of prisoners in Iraq: (W)hat happened at Abu Ghraib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Mccain Amendment
Main article: McCain Detainee Amendment The McCain Detainee Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Senate Department of D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Involved But Uncharged
Some interrogators involved in this torture were sent to Iraq and were assigned to the now infamous Abu Ghraib prison. A 2004 official in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Denial Of Widespread Pattern Of Abuse By U.s. Government
Main article: Periodic Report of the United States of America to the United Nations Committee Against Torture The United States governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Mccain: Encyclopedia Ii - John Mccain - Vietnam
Lt CMDR McCain served with the VA-163 Saints on board the USS Oriskany. On October 26, 1966 the mis-handling of a flare resulted in a dec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Mccain: Encyclopedia Ii - John Mccain - Personal
McCain lives with his second wife Cindy Hensley McCain in Phoenix. She is the chair of the large Anheuser-Busch beer and liquor distribut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Ongoing Investigations And Prosecutions
According to an article published in the October 15, 2004 New York Times 28 soldiers were under investigaation. [3] Some of the soldiers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Mccain: Encyclopedia Ii - John Mccain - Appearances On Television And In Movies
McCain is not afraid to appear in various entertainment mediums. He was the center of controversy concerning his cameo appearance in 2005...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Location
The abuse and deaths took place at the military detention center known as the Bagram Collection Point (B.C.P.), which had been built by t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Bagram Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Habibullah
Mr. Habibullah died on December 4, 2002 by several U.S. soldiers. They hit the chained man with so-called "peroneal strikes," or severe b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mccain Detainee Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Mccain Detainee Amendment - Legislative History Of Amendment 1977
Amendment 1977 would amend the defense appropriations bill for 2005 passed by the United States House of Representatives. The amendment w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mccain Detainee Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Mccain Detainee Amendment - Debate Within The Republican Party
Vice President Dick Cheney has proposed that the CIA be exempt from the Amendment. On November 2, 2005, the New York Times reported that ...   » Read the article