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Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 12:59pm PDT
Iraq abuse: US policy or anomaly? A key question which remains unresolved after the furore over the photos of alleged Iraqi prisoner abuse is to what extent the breaking of prisoner morale is still part of American policy....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 12:42pm PDT
Anti-occupation Iraqi group forms A pan-Iraqi group has been formed to oppose the occupation of Iraq and has immediately called for a meeting with UN envoy al-Akhdar al-Ibrahimi in a direct challenge to the country's US-appointed leadership....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 9:41am PDT
Political turmoil in Afghanistan The sacking of a district governor in Afghanistan has threatened to turn into a full blown political row between the Loya Jirga and President Hamid Karzai....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 9:39am PDT
Foreigners stoned to death in Kabul Two foreign nationals have been stoned to death in the Afghan capital Kabul, a government official has said....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 9:38am PDT
Egyptian paper prints front page photos of four Iraqi women being raped by U.S. soldiers Egypt's opposition daily Al-Wafd splashed four pictures on its front page showing what it said were Iraqi women being raped by soldiers....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 1:52am PDT
US military confirms existence of horrific pictures and video The Bush administration was bracing itself last night for the release of new pictures and video footage from Abu Ghraib which show US soldiers having sex with an Iraqi woman prisoner, troops almost beating a prisoner to death, and the rape of young boys......
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 1:33am PDT
Pentagon OK'd Harsh Prison Techniques at Guantanamo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department last year approved interrogation techniques for use at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba that include forcing inmates to strip naked and subjecting them to loud music, bright lights and sleep deprivation, the Washington Post reported on Saturday....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 10:10pm PDT
Solidarity actions for anarchist prisoner Marco Camenisch About 100 people, including a Black Bloc, participated in an unauthorized march in solidarity with anarchist prisoner Marco Camenisch, passing by the court in which Marco will appear on May 10....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 5:39pm PDT
venezuela Week in Review- May 8th- HOV Solidarity with venezuela...
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 4:57pm PDT
Iraq Scandal Opens US to Charges of Double Standards The United States, which actively participates in an annual ritual of "bashing" countries like Iran, Cuba, Syria, North Korea, Sudan and Myanmar at the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva and at the General Assembly sessions in New York, has lost its moral authority to point an accusing finger at miscreants when it has problems in its own backyard, say diplomats from developing nations....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 2:55pm PDT
Former Iraqi Rights Minister Says Abuses Continue PARIS (Reuters) - Iraq's former human rights minister Abdul Basset Turki said abuses of Iraqi prisoners had been going on at all U.S. bases since the occupation began, with some taking place as recently as last week...
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 2:50pm PDT
No plans to close Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison: U.S. commander BAGHDAD (AP) - The commander of U.S. detention facilities in Iraq said Saturday the military will continue to operate the Abu Ghraib prison, despite calls from some U.S. legislators to close it because of a scandal over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 2:49pm PDT
'I was beaten for three days by British soldiers' An Iraqi prisoner has described how he was allegedly subjected to vicious beatings by laughing British soldiers during interrogation sessions which left another man dead....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 2:35pm PDT
US troops surround Karbala Karbala - Heavy black smoke was seen rising over Karbala Saturday as US tanks and armoured vehicles encircled the centre of the holy Shiite city, according to witnesses....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 2:14pm PDT
US soldiers abused young girl at Iraqi prison The US military has said it will investigate claims by a former inmate of Abu Ghraib prison that a girl as young as 12 was stripped and beaten by military personnel....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 2:10pm PDT
Columbian strikers will be treated as terrorists, police say Colombia's ultra-rightist president Uribe's move to declare an oil strike illegal, has sparked worldwide protests. More than a dozen union leaders have been arrested and police have announced that anti-terrorism measures will be taken against striking workers at the country's national oil company, Ecopetrol....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 12:42pm PDT
British Troops Quell Basra Revolt British troops have quelled a co-ordinated attack in Basra by hundreds of Iraqi militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the Ministry of Defence said tonight....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 12:31pm PDT
Robert Fisk: Hollywood has conditioned many Americans to hate Arabs, legitimizing racism When the young woman involved in this torture expressed her surprise at all the fuss, I immediately understood why. Not because what she did was routine - though it clearly was - but because that is how she was told to treat these Iraqi prisoners. Hadn't they been killing American soldiers, setting off car bombs, murdering schoolchildren? Hollywood turned into reality....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 11:59pm PDT
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