Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
The Heretic: Giordano Bruno
August 28th, 2008Did the Catholic Church burn alive anyone more interesting than Giordano Bruno? Via: Salon: Bruno’s achievements in the “art of memory” were legendary. (The Dominicans had once sent him to Rome where he recited a psalm in Hebrew before the pope, then repeated it backward word for word.) It’s this aspect of the philosopher’s work […]
U.S.-Led Coalition Air Strikes Left 76 Civilians Dead
August 23rd, 2008Freedom. Via: CBC News: U.S.-led coalition forces killed 76 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, in a Friday attack in western Afghanistan, said the country’s Interior Ministry. “Seventy-six civilians, most of them women and children, were martyred today in a coalition forces operation in Herat province,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Nineteen women, […]
Five Men Found Murdered in Alabama Apartment
August 22nd, 2008Via: Burmingham News: Five men found slain in a Shelby County apartment appeared to have been bound by duct tape before their throats were slashed, authorities said Thursday. The men, who were last seen alive Sunday and were discovered Wednesday night, did not appear to have been shot first, authorities said after the first autopsies […]
Vaccine Nation
August 19th, 2008For most people, vaccinating themselves and their children seems like a good idea. Vaccines are safe, effective and are supposed to protect us against dangerous infectious diseases — Right? Wrong! What you don’t know can harm you or kill you! In this groundbreaking film, you will: * See the truth about the dangers of vaccines […]
Israel Clears Troops Who Killed Reuters Cameraman, Eight Other Palestinians
August 14th, 2008Via: Reuters: An Israeli tank crew who killed a Reuters cameraman and eight young bystanders in the Gaza Strip four months ago acted properly and will not face legal action, Israel’s senior military lawyer has concluded. The military advocate-general told the international news agency in a letter sent on Tuesday that troops could not see […]
Israel’s Secret Police Pressuring Sick Gazans to Spy for Them in Exchange for Medical Treatment
August 5th, 2008Via: Guardian: Israel’s secret police are pressuring Palestinians in Gaza to spy on their community in exchange for urgent medical treatment, according to a report released today by an Israeli human rights organisation. Physicians for Human Rights says the Shin Bet began interrogating Palestinian patients seeking permission to travel from Gaza to Israel for crucial […]
The “Suicide” of U.S. Army Private LaVena Lynn Johnson
August 4th, 2008Via: Lew Rockewell: According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Private LaVena Lynn Johnson killed herself on July 19, 2005, eight days before her twentieth birthday. Exactly how did she end her life? She punched herself in the face hard enough to blacken her eyes, break her nose, and knock her front teeth loose. She […]
War Criminal Karadzic Protected by U.S., Until He Broke Deal in 2000
August 3rd, 2008Via: AFP: Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his “deal”, the Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US intelligence source. The newspaper claims Karadzic was secretly granted immunity in return for keeping a low profile. “Karadzic, indicted […]
Lilly Trained Sales Force to Ignore Risks Associated with Zyprexa
August 2nd, 2008Eat your happy pills, citizen! Via: Bloomberg: Eli Lilly & Co. trained its sales force to downplay risks for Zyprexa and encourage doctors to prescribe the drug beyond approved uses for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to court documents. Lilly’s research showed some patients on Zyprexa gained as much as 80 pounds and that the […]
British Territory Used for U.S. Terrorism Interrogation
August 2nd, 2008Via: Time: Almost two years have passed since President George W. Bush publicly acknowledged the existence of a CIA program in which agency-leased aircraft fly terrorism suspects between secret prisons and interrogation sites around the world. “This program has helped us to take potential mass murderers off the streets before they have a chance to […]
