Archive for May 7, 2004
For some reason, or for reasons only known–or unknown–to me, I had a difficult day today. I am not—at the personal level—a depressed person, or an angry person, as those here who know me can attest. The name of the site is ironic (British people accuse Americans of missing irony) although I have always harbored [...]
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
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.
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
This War and Racism — Media Denial in Overdrive
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Amnesty International, USA: Pattern of brutality and cruelty — war crimes at Abu Ghraib
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Human Rights Watch: Background on U.S. Detention Facilities in Iraq
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
An Illegal and Immoral War: Betrayed by Images of Our Own Racism, By ROBERT FISK.
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Anger Echoes Through Mosques: Clerics, Worshipers Criticize U.S. as Violence Continues Around Iraq.
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
From Independent: Revealed: how an army raid for guns led to death and a growing scandal.
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
“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 on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Gunned down to impress America: Pakistanis mourn young migrants murdered in Macedonia’s quest to join war on terror.
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Full text. Rumfeld in the Senate. This caught my attention: “The president’s legal counsel, Alberto Gonzales, reportedly wrote in a memorandum that the decision to avoid invoking the Geneva Conventions, quote, “preserves flexibility in the war on terrorism.”
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Full text: Rumsfeld in the House: Deputy head of US Central Command identifies the problem at the Abu Ghrayb prison: “L. SMITH: Yes, sir. In fact, special attention has been paid to Abu Ghraib. They now have probably the best dining facility around. I’m not sure that they have a PX yet, which was one [...]
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
I will be on “The Majority Report” with Janeane Garofalo tonight at 6:00PM (Pacific Time). You may listen live on Air America Radio.
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Thus spoke George W.: “I also made it clear to His Majesty that the troops we have in Iraq, who are there for security and peace and freedom, are the finest of the fine, fantastic United States citizens, who represent the very best qualities of America: courage, love of freedom, compassion, and decency.”
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
A Wretched New Picture Of America (thanks Samer)
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Three U.S. military policemen who served at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison said on Thursday they had witnessed unreported cases of prisoner abuse and that the practice against Iraqis was commonplace.
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
Anthony Lewis: “Inside the United States, the most radical departure from law as we have known it is President Bush’s claim that he can designate any American citizen an “enemy combatant” — and thereupon detain that person in solitary confinement indefinitely, without charges, without a trial, without a right to counsel. Again, the president’s lawyers [...]
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad
“But to go to war is to go to the bottom of the pit: what if those tragedies are not “collateral damage” but war itself, the essence of war?”
Posted on May 7, 2004 by As'ad