Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Libya: Crimes Against Humanity
February 22nd, 2011Via: Al Jazeera: Protesters say security forces using warplanes and live fire ‘massacred’ them, as UN warns of possible ‘war crimes’. Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are waging a bloody operation to keep him in power, with residents reporting gunfire in parts of the capital Tripoli and other cities, while other citizens, including the […]
Two Libyan Air Force Colonels Refuse to Launch Air Strikes on Civilians, Land Jets in Malta
February 22nd, 2011Via: Reuters: Two Libyan Air Force fighter pilots defected on Monday and flew their jets to Malta where they told authorities they had been ordered to bomb protesters, Maltese government officials said. They said the two pilots, both colonels, took off from a base near Tripoli. One of them has requested political asylum. The pilots […]
Libya Revolt Spreads to Tripoli
February 21st, 2011Via: Al Jazeera: Gunshots heard in capital amid reports of army units defecting in Benghazi and tribal leaders criticising government. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will fight a popular revolt to “the last man standing,” one of his sons said on Monday as people in the capital joined protests for the first time after days of […]
Afghan Officials Allege that 65 Civilians Were Killed in U.S. Military Operation
February 21st, 2011Via: Washington Post: Afghan government officials alleged Sunday that a U.S. military operation in the remote mountains of northeastern Afghanistan killed 65 innocent people, including 22 women and more than 30 children, the most serious allegation of civilian casualties in months. The governor of Konar province, Fazlullah Wahidi, said that NATO forces launched the operation […]
Amnesty International: 46 Killed by Libyan Security Forces
February 19th, 2011Update: Over 200 Killed [???] —End Update— Update: 84 Killed, Says Human Rights Watch —End Update— Via: Reuters: Human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday its sources had said Libyan security forces had shot dead at least 46 people in the past three days.
Curveball’s Nonsense Led U.S. to War in Iraq?
February 16th, 2011We’re to believe that al-Janabi made it all happen. It’s fascinating how Project for the New American Century, with its vigorous agitating for regime change in Iraq, wasn’t mentioned in this piece at all. The U.S. was going to whack Iraq, al-Janabi or no al-Janabi. Via: Guardian: In a small flat in the German town […]
Jihadi Who Helped Train 7/7 Bomber ‘May’ Have Worked for U.S. Intelligence Before His Arrest, Freed After Serving Only Four and a Half Years in Prison
February 14th, 2011‘May’ have worked for U.S. Intelligence… British Intelligence Had 7/7 Ringleader Under Surveillance Since 2003 Terror Exercise Held on the Same Morning as the London 7/7 Bomb Attack Netanyahu Changed Plans Due to Warning Italian Intelligence Questions Claim of Responsibility London Bombers Claim Responsibility; On Bush Connected Server in Houston?! Kingstar Company Van Near London […]
America’s Legacy of Mutagenic War
February 11th, 2011Via: Berkeley Daily Planet: A series of disturbing reports from Iraq and Vietnam (backed up by a horrific collection of videos) have exposed a hidden legacy of war — weapons that continue to create victims years after the conflict has ended. Thanks to the US military’s embrace of Mutagenic Weapons — technologies that can poison […]
CIA Officers Make Grave Mistakes, Get Promoted
February 9th, 2011Via: AP: In December 2003, security forces boarded a bus in Macedonia and snatched a German citizen named Khaled el-Masri. For the next five months, el-Masri was a ghost. Only a select group of CIA officers knew he had been whisked to a secret prison for interrogation in Afghanistan. But he was the wrong guy. […]
Like Other War Criminals, Bush Has to Plan Travel Carefully; Cancels Visit to Switzerland
February 6th, 2011Via: Reuters: Former President George W. Bush has canceled a visit to Switzerland, where he was to address a Jewish charity gala, due to the risk of legal action against him for alleged torture, rights groups said on Saturday. Bush was to be the keynote speaker at Keren Hayesod’s annual dinner on February 12 in […]
