No justice for Iraqi victims of American aggression
The Times has this piece: The two incidents are being investigated by US authorities, but persistent eyewitness accounts of rampaging attacks by American troops are fuelling human rights activists’...
View ArticleBlair won't go without a fight
According to this article, from the Guardian today, Blair has said that it may have been a mistake for him to say that he'd not seek a 4th term in power, and that he wants to stay until the NHS crisis...
View ArticleAmericans accused of mosque massacre
From News.com.au: Police sources said 20 Mehdi Army fighters were killed in the fighting, close to Sadr's stronghold in the Sadr City slum, and five vehicles belonging to the militia were burned. A...
View ArticleCondoleeza Rice is not welcome here
Blair Watch asks if this rendition will be hosted by Lennon and McCartney: To suggest Lennon or McCartney endorse either Condi's visit, or Extraordinary Rendition on the back of this would be...
View ArticleBullying and sexual abuse at Deepcut barracks
The Telegraph has this report: Although they will not all be named, 14 soldiers associated with the Surrey camp - some of whom are still serving - are expected to be singled out for criticism in the...
View ArticleAmerica's reign of terror in Iraq
Antiwar.com has this worthwhile read on the American terrorist campaign in Iraq: The American advocates of terror and torture as a means of "liberating" the people of the Middle East at gunpoint are...
View ArticleThere is absolutely no evidence that Jesus existed
This is a very interesting piece, and makes some important points for the fundamentalist extremists, in positions of power who believe that their "cause is just": No one has the slightest physical...
View ArticleReposted: When did Bin Laden become an American citizen?
From last April: When did Bin Laden become an American citizen? According to this article, from Judicial Watch, the FBI won't release documents relating to the events following the 11th September 2001...
View ArticleA call out to the armchair warmongers
From our 2005 archives: Uncle Sam wants you! Are you a blood thirsty warmonger, living in the US, who has no qualms whatsoever in other people dying to suit your twisted beliefs? Then you really need...
View ArticleHastert link to Bin Laden - Has this been investigated?
A flashback, from our September 2005 archives: Surely a member of the ruling elite in the US wouldn't have anything to do with terrorism, would they? Well, apparently so, according to this article,...
View ArticleYour identity as government property
Henry Porter writes this interesting piece, over at Comment is Free: As things stand, Labour made a manifesto commitment to introduce the cards on a voluntary basis. Charles Clark went back on that...
View ArticleMajor strike today
Bloomberg reports on the largest strike in Britain since 1926: The union that represents 1.4 million workers said teaching assistants, trash collectors and clerks working for local authorities will...
View ArticleSick police officers laughed as man lay dying
Today's Guardian has this report: Yesterday, the Independent Police Complaints Commission published a devastating 400-page report, accusing the officers who dealt with Mr Alder of "the most serious...
View ArticleBlair & Co will fail to reach carbon dioxide emission target
According to this article, from the Guardian today, Blair & Co will fail to live up to their promise to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2010: Labour had set a target of reducing CO2...
View ArticleMPs to get free vote on Lords reform
Today's Guardian reports on talks between Labour, the Tories and Lib Dems on Lords reform. Interesting, Blair & Co now appear to be interested in Lords reform, only after the Lords dissented for a...
View ArticleUPDATED: Artists snub Rice, Liverpool protests on Friday, Blackburn on Saturday
This post will remain close to the top of the page until Friday, originally posted yesterday: UPDATE: The Philharmonic's getting desperate, more on the Blackburn demo and throwing pavement slabs...
View ArticleThe confusing results of heartless rhetoric
From the Daytona Beach News Journal via Common Dreams: In 1995, Jose Gutierrez was a 14-year-old orphan in Guatemala when he decided to do what 700,000 other Guatemalans had done -- enter the United...
View ArticleIraq Veterans Against the War
From the Guardian via Common Dreams: ...A tall, white soldier steps forward in desert fatigues. "I was in Iraq when Katrina happened and I watched US citizens being washed ashore in New Orleans," he...
View ArticleArmy says no body armor for you, soldier
From American Progress: The Army has banned privately purchased body armor in Iraq, a decision that veterans groups "immediately denounced." GI's who have "waited months to be outfitted counter that...
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