Tag Archives: War Crimes

Human Rights Watch Wants Obama to Ban Torture

Activists Seek Executive Order Banning TortureBy Wolfgang Kerler / November 17, 2008 NEW YORK – Shutting down the infamous detention centre at Guantanamo Bay is just one of a series of measures to reform U.S. counterterrorism practices being urged by … Continue reading

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Junior Termed a ‘Vigilante’: Sounds Right to Us

Lest we forget, we must continue to apply pressure to the incoming US administration to recognise that what occurred in the lead-up to and prosecution of the invasion of Iraq was a violation of international law and should be treated … Continue reading

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Israel Is Committing A War Crime Against Palestine

Photo credit: Qumsiyeh.Abnormality Besieges PalestiniansBy Juan Cole / November 12, 2008 The UN warns that it is running out of food to distribute in Gaza, putting the civilian population there at severe risk, as a direct result of an Israeli … Continue reading

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Know Your Candidates and Their Endorsements

I agonised about posting this article, but I feel it is important to relate the facts without bias. There is another article below from McClatchy that suggests that the endorsement from Powell is not just an average endorsement. This is … Continue reading

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Ethnic Cleansing of Iraq Is Not Yet Finished

A car bomb damaged this Chaldean church in west Mosul on January 17, 2008. Photo: Elizabeth Valgiusti.3,000 Christians flee Mosul raidsOctober 12, 2008 MOSUL — Militants blew up three empty Christian homes yesterday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, … Continue reading

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The Truth About War Between Georgia and Russia

I survived the Georgian war. Here’s what I saw.By Lira Tskhovrebova / October 8, 2008 I blame Georgia’s leaders. Tskhinvali, South Ossetia – In a speech before the United Nations last month, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili implored world leaders to … Continue reading

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BushCo and Fox : Colluding in Blatant Lies About Murder in Afghanistan

The government, the media and AfghanistanBy Glenn Greenwald / September 11, 2008 On the night of August 22, the U.S. committed what Chris Floyd, in a richly detailed and amply documented piece, calls an “atrocity” in the Afghan village of … Continue reading

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Murder, Corruption, and Intrigue in Israel

On August 1 the Independent reported claims made in a book by two Israeli journalists that Shaul Mofaz in 2001 called for a death toll of 70 Palestinians a day. Photo: Getty.Olmert indicted as deputy is accused of war crimesBy … Continue reading

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Because the Empire Is Never, Ever Wrong

Jose Nazario (right) with lawyersEx-Marine Acquitted in Killing of IraqisBy Chelsea J. Carter / August 29, 2008 RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Jurors wept and embraced former Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr. after acquitting him of voluntary manslaughter in the killings of … Continue reading

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U.N. Finds U.S. Airstrike Killed 90 Afghans

An Afghan doctor, left, examines Zinat Gul’s wounded hand, who allegedly was wounded by a U.S. air strike in Shindand district, as her mother looks on at a hospital in Herat, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Photo by Fraidoon … Continue reading

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Why Does This Look So Much Like Vietnam?

Occupation’s security: “Burning a village to the ground in order to save it”By Imad Khadduri On August 10, 2008 (in Arabic with pictures – not to be seen on CNN or FOX), an entire Iraqi village in Baladrouz, Diyala was … Continue reading

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BOOKS : But Is That All He Should Be Charged With?

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder is currently number 10 on the New York Times bestseller list. Thanks to Susie Madrak at Suburban Guerilla for pointing that out. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog A review of Bugliosi’s … Continue reading

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