Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Man Freezes to Death After City Limits Electricity
January 27th, 2009Via: AP: A 93-year-old man froze to death inside his home just days after the municipal power company restricted his use of electricity because of unpaid bills, officials said. Marvin E. Schur died “a slow, painful death,” said Kanu Virani, Oakland County’s deputy chief medical examiner, who performed the autopsy. Neighbors discovered Schur’s body on […]
U.S. Soldiers Did ‘Dirty Work’ for Chinese Interrogators
January 26th, 2009Via: ABC: U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come to the island facility to interrogate the men — or they allowed the Chinese to dole out the treatment themselves, according to claims in a new government report. Buried in a Department of […]
Iraq to Reopen Notorious Abu Ghraib Prison
January 26th, 2009Via: USA Today / AP: Iraq will reopen the notorious Abu Ghraib prison next month, but it’s getting a facelift and a new name, a senior justice official said. The heavily fortified compound of gray, stonewalled buildings and watchtowers has come to symbolize American abuse of some prisoners captured in Iraq after photos were released […]
Afghanistan’s ‘Guantanamo’ Poses New Prison Problem for Barack Obama
January 24th, 2009One countertrend crank doesn’t mean a reversal of the larger trend. —Obama Orders Closure of CIA’s Secret Prisons Mmm hmm. Via: Telegraph: As Guantanamo Bay prepares to close, President Barack Obama will have to deal with a new problem with suspected terrorist detainees, this time at Bagram in Afghanistan. Every Monday, at a Red Cross […]
Nazi Angel of Death Josef Mengele ‘Created Twin Town in Brazil’
January 24th, 2009You almost certainly know about Josef Mengele, but have you ever heard of Dr. Peter Neubauer and the “research” he conducted on twins? See: Twins Reunited, After 35 Years Apart Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein Neubauer’s “research” on twins is sealed at the Yale University […]
Obama Orders Closure of CIA’s Secret Prisons
January 23rd, 2009When I read Obama’s executive order to close the Guantánamo Bay prison camp, I just laughed the thing off as window dressing on a network of an unknown number of secret CIA prisons and torture facilities. In short, I felt that it was so ridiculous that I didn’t even bother mentioning it. Now, however, we […]
Anna Politkovskaya’s Lawyer Stanislav Markelov Shot Dead in Moscow
January 21st, 2009Via: Times: A campaigning Russian lawyer was shot dead in central Moscow today after giving a press conference to draw attention to the early release of an army colonel convicted of the murder of a young woman during the war in Chechnya. Officials said that Stanislav Markelov, who also represented the slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya, […]
Gaza ‘Looks Like Earthquake Zone’
January 20th, 2009Via: BBC: The worst-hit areas in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s three-week offensive look as if they have been hit by a strong earthquake, aid agencies say. Correspondents in Gaza City say entire neighbourhoods have been flattened and bodies are still being recovered. The UN says it is still sheltering at least 35,000 Palestinians while […]
Israel Recruits ‘Army of Bloggers’ to Combat Anti-Zionist Web Sites
January 19th, 2009The shill-o-matic is going into afterburner mode. Via: Haaretz: The Immigrant Absorption Ministry announced on Sunday it was setting up an “army of bloggers,” to be made up of Israelis who speak a second language, to represent Israel in “anti-Zionist blogs” in English, French, Spanish and German. The program’s first volunteer was Sandrine Pitousi, 31, […]
U.S. Making “Other Arrangements” for Munitions Delivery to Israel
January 18th, 2009Via: Guardian: The Pentagon has suspended the delivery of a shipload of munitions to Israel after international concern that it could be used by Israeli forces in Gaza. The German-owned cargo vessel, Wehr Elbe, under charter by the US Military Sealift Command, is currently in Greek waters with its transponder tracking turned off to prevent […]
