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Questions & Help Mar 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM

US federal jury convicts Assad-era Syrian official of torture

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us-federal-jury-convicts-assad-era-syrian-official-torture-2026-03-17/
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yhwhx Mar 17, 2026 +23
Were any GWB-era US officials ever convicted of torture? __ *edited to add: Apparently only a few peons were punished, not the people who ordered it: > Twelve soldiers were convicted of various charges relating to the incidents, with all of the convictions including the charge of dereliction of duty. Most soldiers only received minor sentences. Three other soldiers were either cleared of charges or were not charged. No one was convicted for the murders of the detainees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse
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Equivalent_Range6291 Mar 17, 2026 +7
Tony Blair originally thought that Water Boarding was a kind of Surfing ..
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PigFarmer1 Mar 17, 2026 +8
Seah Hannity said it's not torture but refused to undergo it himself... lol
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Equivalent_Range6291 Mar 17, 2026 +6
Yea, i\`d have put Hannity & the rest into Camp X-ray if it were up to me ..
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Dragonstaff Mar 18, 2026 +4
Not that I am in favour of Assad regime officials getting off scot-free, but how does a US Federal Court have jurisdiction over this? Shouldn't he be tried by a Syrian court?
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brokefixfux Mar 17, 2026 +17
Hopefully someday there will be this headline; “US federal jury convicts Trump-era officials of torture”
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Watton Mar 17, 2026 +9
And Bush era, and Obama era. Or is it still "alternative interrogation"?
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Equivalent_Range6291 Mar 17, 2026 +3
Ah, so you mean Hegseth ..
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invalidpassword Mar 17, 2026 +4
What about what Trump has allowed done at CECOT?
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TheGaelicPrince Mar 17, 2026 +9
US not in a position to put anyone on trial, they just killed lots of children in Iran.
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DoterPotato Mar 17, 2026 -8
Going to bat for Assad regime torturers now?
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iheartmagic Mar 17, 2026 +10
Or maybe the USA does not, and never has had, the moral high ground to act as the Human Rights World Police
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YogurtclosetNo987 Mar 17, 2026 +2
It's never been about the moral high ground. Hard for any country to argue they have that. It's actually always been the trillion dollar military budget and the fact that world runs on the United States dollar. 
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Equivalent_Range6291 Mar 17, 2026 +3
Pot, kettle kinda thing ..
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thefugue Mar 17, 2026 +2
Trump pardon incoming after Tulsi Gabbard calls him sometime after lunch.
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