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Closing the gap between torturer and victim

Closing the gap between torturer and victim: "Closing the gap between torturer and victim

John Pilger reports on new revelations that torturers in America's 'war on terror' were directed personally by the US secretary of defence. He argues that the historical antedote to such barbarity is the new exuberant democracy movement in Latin America. ".........

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