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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
The American public needs to understand we're talking about rape and murder 'Rape, murder likely' in Iraq scandal
From correspondents in Washington
May 08, 2004...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 11:36pm PDT
Sadr Gunmen Attack U.K. Troops in Basra BASRA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Shi'ite militiamen loyal to rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of the British-controlled southern city of Basra on Saturday, witnesses said....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 11:25pm PDT
Israel Bombs Lebanon The airstrike, which involved four missiles, was the first on Lebanon since March. Lebanon has repeatedly complained to the United Nations about Israeli overflights. Hizbullah has made it policy to retaliate by firing at the planes. In its complaint to the UN, the Foreign Ministry said Lebanon "reserves its right to retaliate" for Israeli actions. Lebanese Defense Minister Mahmoud Hammoud said on Thursday that Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace were a "blatant attack on Le...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 11:19pm PDT
RIVER: Just Go... I sometimes get emails asking me to propose solutions or make suggestions. Fine. Today's lesson: don't rape, don't torture, don't kill and get out while you can- while it still looks like you have a choice... Chaos? Civil war? Bloodshed? We’ll take our chances- just take your Puppets, your tanks, your smart weapons, your dumb politicians, your lies, your empty promises, your rapists, your sadistic torturers and go....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 6:48pm PDT
Iraq Sees More Killings, Tense Standoff In Najaf MOSUL, Iraq (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - The messy situation in occupied Iraq continued Friday, May 7, to claim more lives in all directions as a tense standoff, threatening a bloody confrontation, remained in the cities of Najaf and Karbala between the U.S.-led occupation forces and followers of an Iraqi defiant Shiite scholar....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 5:07pm PDT
10 Prisons; 9,000 Prisoners: US Detention Facilities in Iraq Human Rights Watch has repeatedly tried to gain access to U.S. detention facilities in Iraq, but U.S. military officials in Baghdad have denied requests for visitation rights. Human Rights Watch is able to have regular access to prisons and detention centers under Kurdish control in northern Iraq....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 5:05pm PDT
Excerpts from Red Cross report on Iraq Excerpts from the report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on U.S. treatment of detainees in Iraq, as confirmed by the ICRC from publication Friday in The Wall Street Journal....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 4:54pm PDT
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
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