Oh, now I get it. Iraqi force to provide security for first convoy to Fallujah "In a few days we will have our first convoy go through the centre of Fallujah," said General James Conway, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. The US commander said that he...
Seymour Hersh, writing in the New Yorker, has an extremely detailed account of the hideous torture inflicted by American soldiers on detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. A fifty-three-page report, obtained by The New Yorker, written by Major General Antonio M. Taguba and...
I'll let Riverbend tell you what she, as an Iraqi, thinks of those disgusting photos taken at Abu Ghraib prison, from her blog Baghdad Burning: Those Pictures... The pictures are horrific. I felt a multitude of things as I saw them... the most prominent feeling was...
British military officials confirmed Friday that they are investigating new allegations that their soldiers abused a prisoner in Iraq. From a Sky News report: Photographs in the Daily Mirror show an Iraqi being battered with rifle butts, threatened with execution, and...
France struggles with the fruits of its imperial past and welfare state present.
Or, two more reasons why I've lost interest in the LCpl. Boudreaux case. * Justin interprets the lighthearted hijinks at Abu Ghraib. * That infamous hate-America rag Stars & Stripes reports on business as usual in Okinawa. Marines sentenced for mugging of Okinawa man...
Bush Administration whines to Qatar about Al Jazeera "I am not responsible (for) al-Jazeera," Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim said of the Qatar-based station funded by the Gulf ally's ruler. "But we will take this concern back to al Jazeera and they have to review...
The Bushies--sorry, Iraqi Governing Council--got caught with their pants down on the new Iraqi flag, so they have now changed it. Kind of.
Via Atrios, we learn that Sinclair TV has announced a boycott of Ted Koppel's Nightline show in which he intends to read the names and show a picture of all the Americans killed in combat in Iraq. Apparently, Sinclair is only interested in good news from Iraq. This is...
The general in charge of the US-run prison system in Iraq has been suspended and put under investigation over the alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees by US soldiers. A senior US military spokesman says Brigadier General Janis Karpinski was suspended from her duties in...
