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Fresh clashes in Iraq
Clashes have occurred in the southern Iraqi town of Karbala, while US occupation forces are blamed for the Najaf clashes which left five Iraqis dead on Monday....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 8:09am PDT
Fallujah: Victory Rises Above a Mass Grave
Despite relative peace on the streets, there is still no electricity or running water in Fallujah. But the near end to bombings and sniper fire means the city can begin to mourn and give proper burial to its hundreds of dead....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 8:08am PDT
Fallujah residents emerge from homes to survey their shattered city
FALLUJAH, Iraq: Scores of residents ventured out to check the state of their city Monday after weeks of heavy fighting appeared to have ended with the agreement between the US Marines and a group of former Iraqi Army soldiers....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 8:05am PDT
US Accused Of Using Slave Labor At Military Camps In Iraq
NEW DELHI - A group of 20 Indians who ran away from a United States military camp in Iraq, where they worked in the kitchen, claim they were abused for nine months, it was reported on Tuesday....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 8:01am PDT
EL AMAZONAS ES PROPIEDAD DE LOS EUA
Esto es lo que se desprende de los mapas que utilizan los chicos de la escuela primaria y media en los Estados Unidos....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 7:21am PDT
Collaborative May Day around the world article!
Collaborative Mayday events post....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 1:04am PDT
Flights of Fantasy
The Middle East is going through an untenable period of imbalance. Iraq, which was considered a strategic balance to Israel and Iran, is on the verge of collapse, according to Middle East analysts. During the standoff with Al-Sadr, the young Shi’a cleric said he was the right hand of Hamas and Hezbollah. When Sheikh Yassin was killed, tens of thousands of Iraqis — Shi’a and Sunni alike — took to the streets and protested the Anglo-American-Zionist aggression against Islam....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 9:35pm PDT
Pictures from Iraq
Click on the link to view images recently brought back from Iraq.
Warning: Some of the images are very graphic....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 9:00pm PDT
Syria nabs Mossad men planning to kill Hamas leader
An attempt to assassinate Meshal was foiled in 1997 when two Mossad agents were caught in Jordan with forged Canadian passports. They were released a few days later and sent back to Israel....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 6:49pm PDT
Excerpts from Major General Antonio Taguba's report on abuses at Abu Ghraib prison
May 3, 4:35 pm EST. The Los Angeles Times has published excerpts from Major General Antonio Taguba's report on abuses at Abu Ghraib prison and Camp Bucca in Iraq (the report mentioned in Seymour Hersh's article). Here's part of it:...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 5:50pm PDT
John Kerry Tells Audience He Doesnt Give Shit About Palestinians
"...he of course also emphasized that he would never pressure Israel, would not force it to negotiate with an unreliable partner..."...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 4:31pm PDT
Breaking News: Israelis surround Arafat compound
Israeli troops have surrounded the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, according to witnesses....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 4:28pm PDT
Mid-East Realities
Excerpts from Mid-East Realities for May 2, 2004...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 4:15pm PDT
MURDER IN MEXICO!!! HELP!
A local activist at the UNAM in Mexico, Pavel, has been found dead - please fight for truth!...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 4:04pm PDT
Where there is smoke there is mirrors...
Some writings from an American Palestinian on the wars in Iraq and Palestine....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 3:59pm PDT
A Mother in Baghdad On The Images Of Torture
Monday, May 03, 2004...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 2:42pm PDT
U.S. torture worse than Saddam's, prisoner says
Dhia al-Shweiri spent several stints in Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, twice under Saddam Hussein's rule and once under American. He prefers Saddam's torture to the humiliation of being stripped naked by his American guards, he said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 12:41pm PDT
Stadium of Death: Fallujah Residents Bury Their Dead In Aftermath of Bloody U.S. Siege
U.S. forces pull out of Fallujah following a brutal U.S. siege which killed some 600 Iraqis, wounded 1,000 and left some 60,000 people displaced. We go to Fallujah to get a report from Free Speech Radio News' Aaron Glantz who describes dozens of bodies buried in the city's soccer stadium after US forces blocked roads heading toward the cemetery....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 11:21am PDT
Seymour Hersh: U.S. Knew of Rampant Abuse in Iraqi Prisons Months Ago
We speak with Pulitzer-prize winning reporter Seymour Hersh about a classified internal U.S. army report he obtained that reveals systematic torture of at least 20 Iraqi prisoners who were subjected to "sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses" by their U.S. jailers at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 11:21am PDT
U.S. troops in Najaf come under mortar fire; U.S. likely to replace new Fallujah commander
NAJAF, Iraq - Militiamen pounded a U.S. base Monday in the most intense attacks yet on U.S. troops in the Shiite city of Najaf, where the Americans have been holding back their full firepower to avoid enflaming the anger of Iraq's Shiite Muslim majority....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 6:55am PDT