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British Troops Clash with Iraqi Shi'ite Militia
AMARA, Iraq (Reuters) - Three British soldiers and an Iraqi policemen were wounded in a rare clash between British forces and the Shi'ite Mehdi Army in south Iraq on Saturday, a British officer said....
Posted: Sat, May 1, 2004 10:57am PDT
'I asked for help and warned of this but nobody would listen'
After an investigation was launched into the alleged abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, Staff Sergeant Ivan "Chip" Frederick decided to keep a journal to ensure his side of the story would be revealed. The journals seen by the Guardian begin on January 19 2004 and detail the conditions of the prisoners, apparent torture, and the death of one inmate after interrogation....
Posted: Sat, May 1, 2004 10:41am PDT
WILLIAM COOK: Both Democrats and Republicans take the same positions on the ME and Israel
cannot the fourth largest military in the world, defending a population of five million, care for itself against a population that has no army, air force, or navy but only the stones created by the demolition of homes by the IDF? And should we, after all, pay for the removal of the Gaza settlements as Sharon has requested after we paid for them to be built in the first place despite whispering to Sharon that he should cease building them? After fifty-seven years of support to the 16th wealthi...
Posted: Sat, May 1, 2004 1:40am PDT
Sexual humiliation of Iraqi men
Public stripping might not faze a queer and/or hip Australian man -- but it could devastate an Arab Muslim man....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 10:55pm PDT
California governor's Israel trip disappoints Arab-Americans
ANAHEIM, California - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans for a 24-hour trip to Israel have angered some Arab-Americans, who say he hasn't set aside time to hear from Palestinians....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 8:23pm PDT
Macedonia faked 'militant' raid
Macedonian officials have admitted that seven alleged Pakistani militants killed in March 2002 were in fact illegal immigrants shot in cold blood....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 7:16pm PDT
Around 1,361 Iraqis killed in April's violence, 10 times the U.S. death toll
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Volunteers hunting for bodies in Fallujah find a woman and her daughter in their home, killed in the siege but undiscovered for days. Chanting mourners bury two boys caught in the crossfire of a Baghdad gunfight. A morgue in Basra overflows with torn and burned bodies from a suicide bombing....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 3:03pm PDT
U.S. Troops, Al-Sadr Agree to 3-Day Truce
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed to a three-day truce Friday in negotiations to end the standoff at this holy Shiite city, although al-Sadr still branded the United States ``the enemy of Islam.''...
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 3:00pm PDT
Iraq: Torture not isolated -- independent investigations vital
There is a real crisis of leadership in Iraq -- with double standards and double speak on human rights, Amnesty International said today.
"The latest evidence of torture and ill-treatment emerging from Abu Ghraib prison will exacerbate an already fragile situation. The prison was notorious under Saddam Hussein -- it should not be allowed to become so again. Iraq has lived under the shadow of torture for far too long. The Coalition leadership must send a clear signal that torture will ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 2:49pm PDT
The Nazis once bowed to a public protest
We have more power than we ever seem to realize. This is a story from the Nazi era -- of a protest that saved 2000 lives....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 2:46pm PDT
HEALTH ADVOCATES ASSAULTED, STONED BY DOE RUN WORKERS
Peruvian health advocates targeted by big polluter....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 11:05am PDT
KPFA May Day 2004 Programming
KPFA 94.1 FM radio will be programming 5 hour of May Day programming on May 1, 2004. It is available as well on the internet....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 10:40am PDT
US military in Iraq: rape/torture scandal
Use of private contractors in Iraqi jail interrogations highlighted by inquiry into abuse of prisoners
Julian Borger in Washington
Friday April 30, 2004
The Guardian...
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 10:02am PDT
US Prevents Haiti Investigation
International law professor Francis Boyle urges the Caribbean states to indict the US and France before the International Tribunal in the Haag "for what these two criminal states have inflicted on Haiti and president Aristide and to insure his return to Haiti by order of the International Court.."...
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 9:36am PDT
Haiti Dispelling Lies and Deception: The Truth Behind the Mainstream Headlines
An event was held in Santa Rosa, California by the North Bay Progressive Newspaper featuring two individuals dedicated to the movement as well as providing correct information about what really happened and is happening in Haiti now....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 7:32am PDT
US forces 'withdraw' from embattled Falluja
Hundreds of people in Falluja have taken to the streets to welcome a former officer of the Iraqi army who has taken control of the city, following a pullout by US occupation forces....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 6:08am PDT
US troops pull back from Falluja
US troops have reportedly started to fall back from some of their positions around the besieged city of Falluja after a month of deadly clashes with Sunni insurgents....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 6:00am PDT
'It's hell...everything will be destroyed': US accused of violating Falluja ceasefire
After two nights of bombardment by US jet fighters, the Ahmed family had had enough. At 7am on Wednesday Fadhil Ahmed ate his last piece of flat bread before bundling his wife and children into their Chevrolet....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 5:59am PDT