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Brother: Shoe-Throwing Journalist Hospitalized After Beating
Muntazer al-Zaidi risks a miminum of two years in prison for insulting a visiting head of state. Photo by AFP. Brother says Bush shoe-thrower in hospital after beating: ‘He has been taken to Ibn Sina hospital because he has a … Continue reading
War Crimes Prosecutions: It’s About Us, Not Them
It’s not about them…it’s about us: Why We Must Prosecute Bush And His Administration For War CrimesBy Mike Ferner / December 16, 2008 During the rush to get the Nuremberg Tribunals underway, the Soviet delegation wanted the tribunal’s historic decisions … Continue reading
Bush : Lame Duck Ducks
‘Fortunately Bush is an expert at ducking things and both shoes zipped by, inches from his head.’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / December 14, 2008 Timing is everything. Sneaking out of the White House under maximum security, … Continue reading
Iraq: A War Crime of Immense Proportions: The (Non-)Reconstruction Saga
Unbelievable: trash the nation, murdering thousands and thousands of innocent civilians, allowing the looting of invaluable artifacts, allowing ethnic cleansing to occur unabated, allowing the country to sink to Third World status, allowing basic services to vanish, allowing corrupt officials … Continue reading
Perfect Fit : Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at Bush
‘Muntazer al-Zaidi jumped up as Bush held a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, shouted “It is the farewell kiss, you dog” and threw his footwear.’ December 14, 2008 BAGHDAD — A journalist hurled two shoes at President … Continue reading
P. Cockburn: Iraq SOFA* Hands US Total Defeat
It’s All Spelled Out in Unpublicized Agreement: Total Defeat for U.S. in IraqBy Patrick Cockburn / December 11, 2008 On November 27 the Iraqi parliament voted by a large majority in favor of a security agreement with the US under … Continue reading
Indictments Expected in 2007 Blackwater Shooting
This actually comes as quite a surprise, since we’re dealing with the Bush administration and the myriad declarations of immunity that Jerry Bremer left behind in Baghdad. I won’t be holding my breath expecting these men to serve any prison … Continue reading
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Gov’t. Outsourcing Has Been Nothing But Trouble
Here is another legacy of the Bush administration: a government gutted by corporate crony outsourcing. The two articles here tell the story of that legacy: corruption, lies, inefficiencies, and incessant problems, whether health, compensation, or otherwise. It will take decades … Continue reading
Iraq : KBR Subsidiary Confines Asian Workers in Warehouse
About a thousand men living in warehouses near the Baghdad airport marched out of their compound today to protest what they call broken promises from Najlaa, a Kuwaiti catering company that had offered them jobs in Iraq. Instead, Najlaa’s contracts … Continue reading
Honour Killings in Basra, Iraq Are on the Rise
May 2007 demonstration against honor killing, Kurdistan, Iraq. Photo: Source – Women’s News Network.Hitmen charge $100 a victim as Basra honour killings riseBy Afif Sarhan / November 30, 2008 Fathers and husbands who openly hire assassins on the streets of … Continue reading
EU Will Accept a Few Iraqi Refugees
Lest we forget, the war in Iraq and the subsequent ethnic cleansing have displaced roughly 4 million Iraqis, 2.5 million internally and another 1.5 million who have left the country, perhaps permanently. For the European Union to agree to accept … Continue reading
SOFA* Finally Gets Through Iraqi Parliament
Iraqi parliament approves landmark US military pactBy Salam Faraj / November 27, 2008 BAGHDAD – Iraq’s parliament on Thursday approved a landmark military pact that will see all US troops withdraw by the end of 2011, eight years after the … Continue reading
