Five human rights abusers backed by the U.S. whom you never heard of

You've probably never heard of Hissene Habre, but you should have. Your taxes helped fund his brutal regime in Chad in the 1980s for eight years. The former dictator was one of Washington's many "men" in sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by American dollars, they brutalized their own people in the name of fighting communism or terrorism. They were feted by American presidents and invited […]











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