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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
Rumsfeld’s Senate Testimony Raises More Issues About Torture at Abu Ghraib 
A short article about the Senate Hearings on May
7, 2004 in regard to the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse
scandal....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 9:38am PDT
Iraqi Prisoner Torture Was Routine By U.S. And British Special Forces 
The sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison was not an invention of maverick guards, but part of a system of ill-treatment and degradation used by special forces soldiers that is now being disseminated among ordinary troops and contractors who do not know what they are doing, according to British military sources....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 2:01am 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
Controversial War Crime Video: Iraqis shot by helicopter (video/quicktime 961.6KB) this movie has been compressed for web format...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 10:08pm 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
Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Photos: Charles A. Graner Jr. 
A local Army reservist facing potential court-martial on charges that he abused and humiliated Iraqi prisoners under his watch previously faced allegations of making physical threats against his own family.
Charles A. Graner Jr., 35, of 52 Johnson Ave., Uniontown, who works as a state prison guard in civilian life, since 1997 has been accused three times of abusing his former wife, Staci, and their two children, according to Fayette County Court records....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 3:38pm PDT
Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Photos: Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick 
'They're trying to cover up these war crimes and use my nephew as expendable.' -- Bill
Lawson, uncle of Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 1:58pm 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
Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Photos: Lynndie England 
Pvt. Lynndie England is seen in a picture smiling, smoking, and pointing at Iraqi prisoners wearing nothing but hoods over their heads....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 1:17pm PDT
Guantanamo Prisoner Abuse: Worse Than Iraq? 
"A former head of the U.S. Guantanamo Bay jail in Cuba has been sent to Iraq to ensure proper prison conditions, after photos apparently showed U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners, the military said on Friday." But Guantanamo is not being run more humanely than the prisons in Iraq; there is just less media access and better restrictions to prevent soldiers from taking pictures. The few pictures and reports that have gotten out suggest things could be far worse than in Iraq....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 12:12pm 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
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