Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Mubarak’s ‘Security’ Forces Drive Through Crowd
February 3rd, 2011Rumsfeld to Receive ‘Defender of the Constitution Award’
February 1st, 2011Via: Raw Story: Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be honored with the “Defender of the Constitution Award” at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an annual event attended by numerous conservative activists, journalists, and politicians. Similar Absurdity: Obama Awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
Karzai’s Pick for Parliament Speaker Accused of Atrocities
January 27th, 2011Via: McClatchy: An Afghan warlord who’s accused of gross human rights violations and was once close to Osama bin Laden has received the backing of President Hamid Karzai for the important post of speaker of the new parliament, which was inaugurated Wednesday. To the dismay of diplomats and many lawmakers, especially women and those from […]
Canadian Authorities Arrest Former Guatemalan Special Forces Commander Who Participated in Dos Erres Massacre
January 27th, 2011Via: Los Angeles Times: A Moreno Valley martial arts instructor suspected of belonging to the Guatemalan military unit that killed more than 150 civilians, including children, in the country’s infamous Dos Erres massacre in 1982 has been arrested on immigration fraud charges after fleeing from federal authorities last year. Jorge Sosa, 52, was arrested by […]
Moscow Airport Bomb Kills 31, Injures More Than 130
January 24th, 2011In other news: Israel Concerned Russia Will Recognize Palestinian State, and then, Dmitry Medvedev Restates Russian Support for Palestinian State. *boom* Via: Los Angeles Times: An apparent terrorist bombing Monday at a crowded arrivals terminal at an airport near Moscow left 31 people dead and more than 130 injured, Russian officials said. The bomb at […]
Winning Over Hearts and Minds: U.S. Turns Afghan Town to Dust with 49,200 Pounds of Ordnance
January 21st, 2011The before and after pictures sum it up. Via: Foreign Policy: On October 6, Flynn’s unit approved use of HIMARS, B-1, and A-10s to drop 49,200 lbs. of ordnance on the Taliban tactical base of Tarok Kalache, resulting in NO CIVCAS. Their clearance of Babur, Khosrow Sofla, Charqolba Sofla, and other villages commenced October 7, […]
Atrocities at Philadelphia Abortion Clinic
January 21st, 2011My guess is that there has been some level of official complicity in the operation of this slaughterhouse for decades; the article alludes to this. Multiple coverups must have occurred to have kept this psychopath out of the regulatory spotlight for so long. Via: MSNBC: A doctor whose abortion clinic was a filthy, foul-smelling “house […]
Blackwater’s Prince Building Mercenary Force with Apartheid-Era ‘Hit Squad’ Officer
January 21st, 2011Via: Raw Story: According to news reports published Thursday, Prince has partnered with an African-based security company, Saracen International, to win security contracts from the Somali government that would see the mercenaries fight the on-land part of the war against Somali high-seas pirates, and would also go after al-Shabab, the Islamist militant group that has […]
JTF2 Command ‘Encouraged’ War crimes, Soldier Alleges
January 19th, 2011Via: CBC: A member of Canada’s elite special forces unit says he felt his peers were being “encouraged” by the Canadian Forces chain of command to commit war crimes in Afghanistan, according to new documents obtained by CBC News. The documents from the military ombudsman’s office show the member of the covert unit Joint Task […]
Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not to Report Abuse
January 18th, 2011Via: AP: A newly revealed 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland’s Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police — a disclosure with the potential to fuel more lawsuits worldwide against the Vatican, which has long denied any involvement in cover-ups. The letter, obtained by Irish broadcasters RTE and provided to […]
