Inattention to Civilian Deaths in America’s Wars February 5, 2012 Print Version Source: Washington Post Source: Washington Post Why do we ignore the civilians killed in American wars? This inattention to civilian deaths in America’s wars isn’t unique to Iraq. There’s little evidence that the American public gives much thought to the people who live [...]
Rights Groups’ Report: NATO Committed War Crimes in Libya January 20, 2012 Print Version Source: Anti-War A new report has been released by three Middle Eastern human rights groups to detail the results of a “fact-finding mission” to post-Gadhafi Libya. The report was unique in looking not only at human rights violations by the [...]
Source: Time Smoke rises from an explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot outside Tehran, which, according to Iranian officials, killed at least 15 people on Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2099376,00.html#ixzz1dfE4eF4f Editor’s Note: This is reminiscent of the Israel attack on the Syria reactor. Syria didn’t want to lose face just like Iran today. The Iranian regime [...]
NATO fears Libya war crimes investigation by world court November 12, 2011 Print Version Source: AP / MSNBC BRUSSELS — NATO officials are worried the organization may be investigated by the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor said allegations of crimes committed by NATO in Libya would be examined “impartially and independently,” according to diplomats [...]
WHY ARE THE MEDIA SILENT ABOUT THESE BLACK BROTHERS BEING LYNCHED ALONGSIDE GADAFI? Sukant Chandan October 31, 2011 Gadafi fights until the end with our Black Brothers in Africa, for Africa Never before has the world witnessed empire and its mercenaries (in the form of the pro-nato Libyan rebels) perform such a public gruesome crucifixion [...]
Libya: Massacre of Black people by « democratic rebels » – Investig’Action had met the victims. Investig’Action October 30, 2011 The Associated Press coldly announced the massacre of a group of Black people who were settled in a camp in front of the Libyan official residence. Dozens of dead bodies were found, hands tied behind [...]
Evidence found of pro-NATO massacre in Sirte, Libya NTC government turning back the clock on women’s rights By Derek Ford October 29, 2011 The U.S. government and NATO countries used alleged human rights violations as a pretext for the war on Libya. These allegations were later proven false by numerous human rights groups, including Amnesty [...]
The killing of Awlaki’s 16-year-old son By Glenn Greenwald * October 20, 2011 (updated below) Two weeks after the U.S. killed American citizen Anwar Awlaki with a drone strike in Yemen — far from any battlefield and with no due process — it did the same to his 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, ending the teenager’s life [...]
Rights Groups Call for the Arrest of George W. Bush for Torture as He Arrives in Canada Andy Worthington October 20, 2011 As former US President George W. Bush arrives in Canada today to address a regional economic summit, where attendees will pay $599 a head to hear him and former President Bill Clinton as [...]
Courts Rule US Government Above the Law October 19, 2011 Print Version Source: Corbett Report – James Corbett Manhattan Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein has declinedto hold the CIA in contempt for destroying videos that it had been ordered by the courts to preserve. The case revolves around 92 videos, depicting hundreds of hours of interrogations [...]
Israeli government blamed for surge in racist attacks Jillian Kestler-D’Amours October 14, 2011 – Palestinian community leaders have blamed a refusal by the Israeli government to condemn increased incitement to racial hatred for a recent surge in extremist violence by settlers and other Zionists. “The problem here is the way the Israeli government is dealing [...]
NATO’s Interference in Libya Led to more Civilian Casualties Roni Drukan israeligirl67@gmail.com 6 months ago civilian struggle erupted in Syria and Libya. While so far, western countries were not able to pass any serious resolution about Syria’s civil oppression, Libya is a different story. Concern for Libya’s oil reserves led NATO to launch military mission [...]
Rebel Claims of Libya ‘Mass Graves’ Come Up Empty, Again Jason Ditz NTC Loses Yet More Credibility October 6, 2011 Since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi, the rebel claims that the former dictator had killed some 50,000 people in the civil war began to be scrutinized, and suffered from a major lack of actual bodies. [...]
Secret panel can put Americans on ‘kill list’ October 6, 2011 Print Version Source: Reuters American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials. There is no public record of the operations [...]
Justice Department Gave CIA Approval to Kill Al-Awlaki October 3, 2011 Print Version Source: Fox News The U.S. Justice Department gave the approval to the CIA to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, the charismatic U.S.-born cleric who orchestrated Al Qaeda recruitment from Yemen, by justifying his killing as an act of self-defense, a U.S. official told [...]
