Archive for June, 2006
…the federal grand jury indictment also painted a picture of a group that had no weapons or other supplies for an alleged “jihad” that was intended to be “as good or greater than 9/11.” ….. Narseal Batiste, considered the recruiter of the group, according to the document, tried to reach out to al Qaeda by contacting someone who was an FBI operative posing as a member of the terrorist network…..”There’s less than meets the eye here,” said his public defender Jimmy Hardy. “The only al Qaeda person was the undercover guy.”…..
Continue Reading June 24th, 2006
The accounts are brutal: An Iraqi man dragged from his home, executed and made to look as if he were an insurgent. Three prisoners killed by their Army captors. A team of revenge-seeking Marines going home to home, shooting down unarmed Iraqi men, women, children…..
Continue Reading June 23rd, 2006
In the wake of the Haditha massacre, reports of another atrocity have surfaced in which U.S. troops killed two women in Samarra, and then attempted to hide evidence of their responsibility…..”It is clear the Americans tried to cheat him as well as cover up their tracks at the same time,” the investigator told IPS. “Like in Haditha, this incident, along with so many others we cannot keep track of, requires a truly independent investigation, rather than one by the U.S. military.”…..
Continue Reading June 13th, 2006
The discovery of the fax seriously undermines the US’s denial that it has ever used secret detention facilities, breaching international law. It also adds to the pressure for the release of information on “extraordinary renditions”. These rendition flights see kidnapped terror suspects taken by the CIA to countries where torture is common, such as Uzbekistan. British intelligence has supported this practice and UK airports, particulary Prestwick, have given CIA jets logistical support…..
Continue Reading June 11th, 2006
Just as the Jews used terrorism to drive the British out of Palestine, the Palestinians have been forced to resort to it, and for 59 years the Israelis have been trying to kill their way out of it. It hasn’t worked. The Palestinians are still there. They kill, too. And, 100 years from now, the Palestinians will still be there, but it’s not at all certain Israel will be. I tend to agree with a former head of Israeli military intelligence who said that if the Palestinians are not given their own state, Israel will be committing national suicide…..
Continue Reading June 10th, 2006
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