Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
FEMA Seeks Immunity from Suits Over Trailer Atrocities
July 23rd, 2008Via: AP: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is requesting immunity from lawsuits filed on behalf of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to dangerous fumes while living in government-issued trailers. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt is scheduled to hear FEMA’s bid to be dismissed from a series of consolidated cases […]
Karadzic Arrested in Serbia
July 22nd, 2008Hmm. Will Bush have to wear a disguise to avoid arrest after he leaves office? Via: Reuters: Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, indicted for genocide in the Bosnia war, was captured in disguise near Belgrade after 11 years on the run and had been working as a doctor, Serbian officials said on Tuesday. The […]
Israeli Army Blindfolds, Handcuffs Palestinian Man, Stands Him Up and Shoots Him in the Leg with a Rubber Bullet at Point Blank Range
July 21st, 2008Via: Youtube:
China’s Expansion Into Africa
July 20th, 2008I wasn’t aware of the extent of China’s interest in Africa. I thought it was much more piecemeal. Their grand strategy makes perfect sense, given the dire problems China is facing. There are some howlers in this article, though, such as, “Despite Britain’s commendable colonial legacy of a network of roads, railways and schools, the […]
Why Are Tens of Thousands of Plastic “Burial Vaults” Stacked in a Field Near Madison, Georgia?
July 20th, 2008I have no idea what to make of this one. All of the sites I was able to find that reference this stockpile assume that it has something to do with an upcoming American holocaust and martial law, etc. Again, I have no idea. Let’s try to work trough this one a bit… First of […]
MI5 Officers ‘Outsourced the Torture of British Nationals to Pakistani Agencies’
July 16th, 2008Via: Telegraph: MPs have called for an investigation into allegations that MI5 officers “outsourced” the torture of British citizens to Pakistani security agencies. John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, and Andrew Tyrie, Conservative member for Chichester, have said that the reports of abuse must be examined by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), […]
Contaminated U.S. Site Faces ‘Catastrophic’ Nuclear Leak
July 16th, 2008Via: New Scientist: ONE of “the most contaminated places on Earth” will only get dirtier if the US government doesn’t get its act together – clean-up plans are already 19 years behind schedule and not due for completion until 2050. More than 210 million litres of radioactive and chemical waste are stored in 177 underground […]
British Soldiers Accused of Sickening Sex Assault Involving Iraqi Boys, “No One Expected the British to Be Worse than Saddam Hussein”
July 13th, 2008Via: Independent: British soldiers forced a boy of 14 to carry out an act of oral sex on a fellow male prisoner in Iraq, according to shocking new allegations made about the behaviour of British troops. The Ministry of Defence confirmed yesterday that the Royal Military Police (RMP) have launched an investigation. If the allegations […]
Weak Dollar Sends Vatican Into the Red
July 13th, 2008The damages paid out due to child raping priests (same search on current news) probably didn’t help matters much. Via: Guardian: The Vatican has blamed a weak dollar for pushing it into its first loss in four years by undermining the value of dollar-denominated donations by the faithful. Annual accounts published this week show the […]
U.S. Airstrike Killed 47 Afghan Civilians
July 11th, 2008Via: BBC: A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, an Afghan government investigating team says. Reports at the time said that 20 people were killed in the airstrike in Nangarhar province. The US military said they were militants. But local people said the dead […]
