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The Course of the Forever Wars: Amnesia
The Take
English - September 13, 2021 08:30 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Course of the Forever Wars: After 9/11
Next Episode: The Course of the Forever Wars: The future
This is the second episode of a three-part series looking at the past, present, and future of the so-called ‘war on terror’.
Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison was once a front-page headline in the "war on terror". Today, public knowledge of the torture that made it infamous is starting to fade – but 17 years later, one US lawsuit for its victims is still going on. It centers on private contractors: companies that became an integral part of the US military efforts post-9/11 attacks, which changed the way war is fought – and accountability is sought.
In this episode:
Rafael Shimunov (@rafaelshimunov), human rights activist Katherine Gallagher (@katherga1), Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights Majid, Abu Ghraib plaintiffs' legal team member in IraqConnect with The Take:
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