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Smeared With Shit; Kicked To Death (this one's for you, Jessica) The most sadistic case to come across our desk involves two US Marines now undergoing court-martial proceedings stemming from the death of an Iraqi citizen called Mr. Hatab. The killing took place last year at Camp Whitehorse outside Nasyriya.
Hatab was detained by a Marine patrol on June 5, 2003. The Marines were pparently enraged by the fact that Hatab was discovered carrying a rifle from the 507th, the division of famed damsel in distress Jessica Lynch, which had been ambushed early in ...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 4:13pm PDT
Iraqis Liken U.S. Occupation to Saddam Hussein Regime As the number of disturbing photos coming out of Abu Ghraib continues to multiply, Aaron Glantz of Free Speech Radio News speaks with families protesting outside the gates of the notorious Iraqi prison. [includes rush transcript]...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 3:45pm PDT
Chomsky Blasts Negroponte Appointment to Iraq Embassy The Senate voted 95 to 3 Thursday to approve UN ambassador John Negroponte as the head of the new US embassy in Iraq. We hear MIT professor Noam Chomsky discussing Negroponte's role in supporting widespread campaigns of terror and human rights abuses as ambassador to Honduras....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 3:43pm PDT
23 killed as U.S. troops, Shiite fighters clash; radical cleric rails against abuse KUFA, Iraq (AP) A defiant Muqtada al-Sadr delivered Friday prayers at a Kufa mosque, denouncing U.S. abuse of Iraqi prisoners, while the radical Shiite cleric's militiamen battled American troops in two cities. At least 23 Iraqis died, including six members of one family....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 1:31pm PDT
Plan Colombia: A View From The Front Line; And, an Indigenous Massacre ...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 1:22pm PDT
Abu Ghraib & Crisis of US capitalism The torture of the prisoners in Abu Ghraib is symptomatic of all occupation armies. In this case, it's also symptomatic of the crisis of US campitalism globally....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 1:07pm PDT
America + Zionist Israel = Genocide perpetuation of violence by nuclear superpowers america and israel are escalating into a potential nuclear holocaust as right wing fundamentalists (Bush, Saudi Royalty, Bin laden, Sharon, arafat, etc.) on all sides increase tension.....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 12:16pm PDT
Sadr wants Bush to face trial NAJAF: Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr railed against President George W. Bush in a defiant sermon on Friday as the US military pressed on with an operation to crush his month-long insurrection....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 11:09am PDT
Eight Iraqis killed in Karbala clashes Clashes between US forces and supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr have killed eight Iraqis in the holy city of Karbala, hospital sources have said....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 11:04am PDT
'New witness' in Iraq abuse claim The Daily Mirror's editor says a new witness has come forward to claim some UK troops abused Iraqi prisoners....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 9:59pm PDT
Israeli lessons for the US in Iraq The torturing of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghuraib prison by US occupying forces has shocked the world - but for most Palestinians they come as no surprise....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 9:52pm PDT
Death Warrant for Paul Bremmer and Kofi Annan Osama Bin Laden Offers 10,000 grams of gold to anyone that kills Paul Bremer or Kofi Annan.
The statement also offered one kg of gold to anyone who kills a US or British soldier, or civilian working for the US-led occupation, and 500 grams of gold for the killing of their allies such as Japanese or Italians....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 8:17pm PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 5/7/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 4:49pm PDT
Video Clips of US killing wounded Iraqis html links to video of U.S. military killing Iraqis execution style who had
already been disabled and weren't necessarily presenting a threat.
From CNN last october....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 4:29pm PDT
US Fighting Iraqi Police In Shia Holy Cities At 12:30 a.m., soldiers were drawn into an intense firefight, killing an Iraqi who had been lobbing grenades from the area of the pirate ship ride. The man was carrying identification showing he worked for an American-trained security force, the Facilities Protection Service....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 2:40pm PDT
Syria: We caught Israeli assassins Syria claims it has foiled an Israeli assassination attempt on a Palestinian resistance leader living in exile....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 2:35pm PDT
Bin Laden Offers Gold for Killing Bremer, Annan DUBAI (Reuters) - A purported statement by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden offered rewards in gold for killing U.S Iraq administrator Paul Bremer or U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, an Islamist Web site said on Thursday. The statement posted on the Web site said the 22 lb gold reward would also be given to anyone killing other officials including Bremer's deputy or U.N. envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 2:32pm PDT
How Iraqis Are Responding to The Torture Pictures Good morning….
Baghdad is quite. There was less traffic since the publishing of the torture
photos from Abu Gharib. It feels like the whole city sank into sadness and
disbelief. People used to talk about such incidents but as they had no
proof, it was nothing but gossip. Then the pictures were published and it
turned into a fact...
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 12:45pm PDT
Coalition backtracks on linking aid to Taliban info-paper LONDON (AlertNet) - The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has admitted it was a mistake to give out leaflets implying aid would be cut off unless people informed on Taliban fighters in their area, according to British newspaper The Guardian.
NGOs expressed their anger at yet another instance of blurring the line between humanitarian relief and military operations....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 12:41pm PDT
Did Sistani Agree To The US Entrance Into The Shiite Holy Cities Of Najaf and Karbala? If Sistani agreed to allow US forces to enter Najaf and Karbala to attack Sadr's militia, a civil war will soon hit Iraq. Sistani may be the most respected religious leader but after the latest pictures of US torture and the massacre of hundreds of innocent Iraqis in Fallujah, siding with the occupier will ultimately doom Sistani and lead to greater power for Sadr (or if he is killed, his followers)...
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 11:51am PDT
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