Bombing of Guernica (Wikipedia): The bombing of Guernica was an aerial attack on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War by the German Luftwaffe squadron known as the Condor Legion against the Basque city of Guernica. It was the first aerial bombardment in history in which a civilian population was attacked with the apparent intent of producing total destruction.

Guernica at the United Nations: A tapestry copy of Picasso's Guernica is displayed on the wall of the United Nations building in New York City, at the entrance to the Security Council room. It was placed there as a reminder of the horrors of war. Commissioned and donated by Nelson Rockefeller, it is not quite as monochromatic as the original, using several shades of brown. On February 5, 2003, a large blue curtain was placed to cover this work, so that it would not be visible in the background when Colin Powell and John Negroponte gave press conferences at the United Nations. On the following day, it was claimed that the curtain was placed there at the request of television news crews, who had complained that the wild lines and screaming figures made for a bad backdrop, and that a horse's hindquarters appeared just above the faces of any speakers. Diplomats, however, told journalists that the Bush Administration leaned on UN officials to cover the tapestry, rather than have it in the background while Powell or other U.S. diplomats argued for war on Iraq. (Wikipedia)

"When Colin Powell goes to the United Nations today to make his case for war with Saddam, the U.N. plans to throw a blue cover over Picasso's antiwar masterpiece, "Guernica." Too much of a mixed message, diplomats say. As final preparations for the secretary's presentation were being made last night, a U.N. spokesman explained, "Tomorrow it will be covered and we will put the Security Council flags in front of it." Mr. Powell can't very well seduce the world into bombing Iraq surrounded on camera by shrieking and mutilated women, men, children, bulls and horses."

-- Maureen Dowd, "Powell Without Picasso" - February 5, 2003, New York Times

Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, CIA secret prisions, etc . . .

U.S. Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse
Executive summary of Article 15-6 investigation of the 800th
Military Police Brigade by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba
as reported May 4, 2004

Pssst ... Nobody Loves a Torturer
Ask any American soldier in Iraq when the general population really turned against the United States and he will say, "Abu Ghraib."
By Fareed Zakaria-- Newsweek --Nov. 14, 2005

How Can I Tell My Children the U.S. Doesn't Torture?
BUZZFLASH -- by Charleen Touchette

Cheney 'created climate for US war crimes'
By Rupert Cornwell -- The Independent UK-- November 30,2005

Powell aide: Torture 'guidance' from VP
Former staff chief says Cheney's 'flexibility' helped lead to abuse
November 20, 2005

Ex-CIA boss: Cheney is 'vice president for torture'
November 21, 2005

Cheney Fights for Detainee Policy
As Pressure Mounts to Limit Handling Of Terror Suspects, He Holds Hard Line
By Dana Priest and Robin Wright-- Washington Post -- November 7, 2005

Bush: 'we do not torture'
Nov 7, 2005

U.S. soldiers charged with abusing detainees
5 accused of allegedly kicking, punching prisoners in Iraq on Sept. 7

Fallujah and White Phosphorus

US used white phosphorus in Iraq
US troops used white phosphorus as a weapon in last year's offensive in the Iraqi city of Falluja, the US has said.
BBC -- 11-16-05

"incendiary" : Of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded: an incendiary bomb.

White Phosphorus, a California Embed, and 'The Times'
By Greg Mitchell -- November 29, 2005

Shake and Bake
New York Times -- November 29, 2005

Q&A: White phosphorus - BBC

Arab nations deeply suspicious of US motives: poll