In the Same Week, the U.S. and U.K. Hide Their War Crimes by Invoking “National Security”

Colonel Ian Henderson was a British official dubbed “the Butcher of Bahrain” because of atrocities he repeatedly committedduring the 30 years he served as chief security official of that Middle Eastern country. His reign of terror began in 1966 when Bahrain was a British “protectorate” and continued when the post-“independence” BahrainiKing retained him in the same position. In 1996, TheIndependent described himas “the most feared of all secret policemen” in Bahrain, and cited “consistent and...