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Palestinians: IDF razing homes in Gaza refugee camp The Israel Defense Forces launched a mass demolition of buildings Friday in the Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the Philadelphi Route where five IDF soldiers were killed in a Palestinian attack on an armored personnel carrier two days before.
Witnesses said armored bulldozers had demolished 20 houses and were threatening many more in the camp....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 11:23am PDT
Battles rage around Najaf's holy sites At least 10 Iraqi militiamen have reportedly been killed in fierce clashes between US occupation forces and supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 11:21am PDT
Stan Goff: Another Open Letter to the US Troops in Iraq Special thanks to the folks at Z magazine and Counterpunch.org....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 9:47am PDT
Guantánamo abuse same as Abu Ghraib, say Britons Two British men who were held at Guantánamo Bay claimed that their US guards subjected them to abuse similar to that perpetrated at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
In an open letter to President George Bush, Britons Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal accused US military officials of deliberately misleading the public about procedures at Guantánamo....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 8:51am PDT
Bremer hints at US pullout from Iraq The US overseer for Iraq, Paul Bremer, has aired the possibility of an American pullout from the country, saying the United States did not stay where it was "not welcome"....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 8:48am PDT
Holiest Shi'ite Shrine Seen Damaged After Battle NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Aides to militant Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr blamed U.S. tank fire on Friday for three small holes that appeared in the vast gilded dome of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrine, the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 8:41am PDT
Fierce fighting erupts in Najaf 
Fierce clashes have erupted between US forces and Iraqi militants loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr in the holy city of Najaf....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 8:35am PDT
Israelis conduct a scorched earth policy in Zeitun killing 38 Palestinians The death toll in three days of fighting in the Gaza Strip reached 38 last night when 12 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces searching for the remains of five soldiers.
There were signs that the Israelis had conducted something of a scorched earth policy before withdrawing, exploding dozens of charges in the road, supposedly to detonate any still active explosives planted by Palestinian militants, and destroying eight buildings, making 92 people homeless....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 8:11am PDT
The new socialist government and the international role of Spain THE STUNNING electoral defeat of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP) government March 14 after bombing attacks in Madrid that killed nearly 200 people has shaken up George W. Bush’s plans for the occupation of Iraq. SW interviewed Gustavo Buster about it....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 7:00am PDT
Fears of backlash as troops battle with al Sadr fighters HAMZA HENDAWI, Kerbala May 14 2004
US forces were yesterday locked in ferocious battles with Iraqi militiamen near two shrines in Kerbala, the Imam Abbas and Imam Hussein, which is one of the most sacred sites for Shi'ite Muslims.
Heavy explosions were heard in another Shi'ite holy city, Najaf, where militiamen loyal to the radical cleric, Moqtada al Sadr, are also facing American troops....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 9:44pm PDT
Open Letter to Our Troops An incredible letter from a US Special Forces vet.
"When one uses the term "systemic," she is saying that the source of this abuse is not individual moral failure, but a predictable expression of the system and its structures.
The abuses of detainees, by US troops, by CACI International and Titan Corporation mercenaries, and by the CIA in Iraq, is "systemic."
This message has been brought to you by ZNet....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 7:54pm PDT
Wasserman: Bush The Torturer Must Leave Office This ghastly spiral of brutality is all about George W. Bush and who he really is. And since he is doing this in the name of the United States, it is ultimately about us, and what we do about him....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 5:31pm PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 5/14/04 ¡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 13, 2004 4:22pm PDT
Reuters on World Bank corruption World Bank and other multilaterals charged with wasting hundreds of billions....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 1:00pm PDT
U.S. Abuse of Afghan Prisoners Systemic - Rights Group KABUL (Reuters) - Mistreatment of prisoners by American forces in Afghanistan is systemic, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, a day after the U.S. army in Kabul launched a fresh inquiry into beating and sexual abuse at secret jails....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 11:24am PDT
Berg Died for Bush, Rumsfeld 'Sins' - Father PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The father of Nick Berg, the Pennsylvania contractor beheaded in Iraq, on Thursday directly blamed President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his son's death....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 10:56am PDT
South African government agrees to give Aristide asylum South Africa said on Thursday that it was ready to give former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide a temporary home, nearly three months after an armed revolt forced him to flee his poor Caribbean country....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 8:37am PDT
BJP Racists FInally Voted Out In a stunning electoral verdict, the BJP-led NDA was today voted out of power to pave the way for the return of the Congress Party at the helm of the national affairs after eight years in wilderness....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 8:34am PDT
Battles near Iraqi shrines KARBALA, Iraq American forces battled Iraqi militiamen amid heavy gunfire and explosions on Thursday near a shrine that is one of the most sacred sites of Shiite Islam....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 8:11am PDT
Fighting continues in Karbala, Najaf More fighting between US troops and militiamen loyal to Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had erupted in Karbala and Najaf...
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 8:07am PDT
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