Australia: US Tribunal A Charade23 Jul 2007The trial of Australian national David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay was a charade that served to corrode the rule of law, Australia’s top legal body has said. The Law Council of Australia called government support for the US military tribunal process shameful. In a report on the issue, the council drew a parallel with the case of [...]
US Government Sued By War Veterans23 Jul 2007A coalition of US military veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is suing the US government. The class-action lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of thousands of veterans claims they have been denied disability pay and mental health treatment. The legal case against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) seeks widespread changes in the agency. It [...]
De Menezes – ?Two Years, No Justice?21 Jul 2007The second anniversary of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes is to be marked by a ceremony on Sunday. The Brazilian was shot dead at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July 2005 by police who had mistakenly identified him as a suicide bomber. On Friday night an image of the Brazilian – accompanied by the words [...]
The Truth Behind The ?Liberation? Of Iraq11 Jul 2007George W. Bush – bringer of peace, democracy and freedom to Iraq. Here are some quotes from US soliders: “[The photo] was very graphic… They open the body bags of these prisoners that were shot in the head and [one soldier has] got a spoon. He’s reaching in to scoop out some of his brain, looking at [...]
US Kills 300 Iraqis A Day5 Jul 2007A state-of-the-art research study published in October 12, 2006 issue of The Lancet (the most prestigious British medical journal) concluded that — as of a year ago — 600,000 Iraqis had died violently due to the war in Iraq. That is, the Iraqi death rate for the first 39 months of the war was just [...]
Australia: We Want Iraq?s Oil4 Jul 2007Australian Defence Minister Brendan Nelson has admitted that securing oil supplies is a key factor behind the presence of Australian troops in Iraq. He said maintaining “resource security” in the Middle East was a priority. The remarks are causing heated debate as the US-led Iraq coalition has avoided linking the war and oil. Anti-war protesters say the government’s [...]
Colin Powell: Mass-Murderer, Liar And Hypocrite10 Jun 2007Above, Powell lying to the UN about Iraqi WMDs Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has called for the immediate closure of the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “If it were up to me I would close Guantanamo not tomorrow but this afternoon,” Mr Powell told US NBC’s Meet the Press television programme. “Essentially, we [...]
Tories Want Iraq Inquiry10 Jun 2007The Conservatives are set to use a House of Commons debate to call for an inquiry into the war in Iraq. Shadow foreign secretary William Hague will push for a hearing by senior politicians, with powers to summon officials and military commanders. (Source: BBC News) Four years and 655,000 murdered Iraqis too late, you spineless Tory cunts.
Royalty Exempt From Danger16 May 2007Prince Harry will not be sent to Iraq because of the “unacceptable risks”, the head of the British army has said. (Source: BBC News) Yes, of course. We can’t have our aristos dying in Iraq, can we? Leave that to working class men and women. I’m sure they can give Harry an extremely important detail like counting [...]
The Canonisation Of Butcher Blair10 May 2007The Christian Socialist Movement, a political faith-based lobby group in London, praised Blair for speaking openly about his Christian faith throughout his time as prime minister. Despite his strong will to keep religion out of politics, Blair, an Anglican, has been one of the most publicly Christian prime ministers in Britain for more than a [...]
US Marine Shot Unarmed Iraqis10 May 2007A US Marine who led the unit accused of killing 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha shot five men as they stood with their hands in the air, another marine said. Staff Sgt Frank Wuterich then told his comrades to lie about it and blame the Iraqi army, a court heard on Wednesday. (Source: BBC News) Does this kind [...]
US Murders Primary School Kids7 May 2007An attack by a US helicopter against suspected insurgents in Iraq has killed a number of children at a primary school, Iraqi security sources say. The attack took place in Diyala province north-east of Baghdad, the sources say. The officer said police had spoken to eyewitnesses and that six children had been killed and six injured but [...]
Survey Says: US Troops Have Nazi Ethics3 May 2007A US survey of battlefield ethics among troops in Iraq has found widespread tolerance for torture in certain circumstances and problems with morale. The survey, by an army mental health advisory team, sampled more than 1,700 soldiers and marines between August and October 2006. The Pentagon survey found that less than half the troops in Iraq thought [...]
British General : Iraqi Resistance ?Right?2 May 2007Insurgents in Iraq are right to try to force US troops out of the country, a former British army commander has said. Gen Sir Michael Rose also told the BBC’s Newsnight programme that the US and the UK must “admit defeat” and stop fighting “a hopeless war” in Iraq. He told Newsnight: “As Lord Chatham said, when [...]
Lancet Editor: Our Government Are War Criminals27 Mar 2007Our Glorious Leader This Labour government, which includes Gordon Brown as much as it does Tony Blair, is party to a war crime of monstrous proportions. Yet our political consensus prevents any judicial or civil society response. Britain is paralysed by its own indifference. At a time when we are celebrating our enlightened abolition of slavery 200 [...]
655,000 – MoD Adviser Agreed25 Mar 2007The “liberating” bombs of the US and UK forces – apparently completely harmless to Iraqis. The British government was advised against publicly criticising a report estimating that 655,000 Iraqis had died due to the war, the BBC has learnt. […] the Ministry of Defence’s chief scientific adviser said the survey’s methods were “close to best practice” and [...]
60% Of Britons Think Invading Iraq Was Wrong19 Mar 2007A third of people in the UK think the war in Iraq was justified but six in 10 believe it was a mistake, a BBC survey suggests. While 29% said taking military action against Iraq in 2003 was the right thing to do, only 5% of those questioned felt safer now. The survey also found that more [...]
Iraqi Refugees Ignored19 Mar 2007“There has been an abject denial of the impact, the humanitarian impact, of the war, the huge displacement within Iraq of up to 1.9 million people who are homeless because of the war, and those people who are homeless and never got back to the homes after Saddam Hussein was overthrown,” UNHCR spokesman Peter Kessler [...]
America At Antiwar18 Mar 2007Thousands of people have taken to the streets of US cities for a second day of protests against the war in Iraq. Rallies were held in New York, San Francisco, Portland and in other cities ahead of Tuesday’s fourth anniversary of the start of the conflict. Organisers said thousands marched through Manhattan calling for troops to come [...]
US ?Unlawfully Killed? British Soldier15 Mar 2007The friendly fire death of British soldier Matty Hull was unlawful and the result of a criminal attack, a coroner ruled today. Oxfordshire assistant deputy coroner Andrew Walker criticised the US authorities for failing to co-operate with his investigation and said: ” I believe that the full facts have not yet come to light.” He added: “The [...]
US Censors Media4 Mar 2007The Associated Press is to complain to the US military after journalists said US soldiers deleted footage of the aftermath of an attack in Afghanistan. [Photographer Rahmat Gul said]”Two soldiers with a translator came and said, ‘Why are you taking pictures? You don’t have permission.’” Mr Gul said troops took his camera, deleted his photos and returned [...]
US Army Murders Afghan Civilians3 Mar 2007An incident described by US forces in Afghanistan as a “complex ambush” has left at least eight civilians dead. US officials initially said 16 people had been killed. They did not explain the lower, revised death toll. Thousands of local people took to the streets, accusing the Americans of deliberately firing on the civilians. Mohammad Khan Katawazi, chief [...]
How Spin Wins2 Mar 2007The “liberation” of Iraq. Of course, no Iraqis were hurt by these bombs… they’re FREEDOM bombs, not evil car bombs! I’ve had five separate emails lately, complaining that I’m exaggerating by attributing 655,000 Iraqi deaths to the invasion carried out by the US and UK. This proves how the big lie our mass-media has been spinning [...]
Everyone?s Antiwar Now? Or Are They?25 Feb 2007The real root of the Iraq invasion. Now that everyone apart from Dick Cheney recognises that the Iraq war has been an appalling failure, and now that all the original justifications for the war have long since collapsed, where do those who originally supported it turn? Some just pretend it never happened, or that they really [...]
Guess Who I Marched With Yesterday?24 Feb 2007Yes! BILLY BRAGG! I only spotted him in the pics when I got home. Probably a good thing I didn’t see him when I was there, I would have wet myself. I love the way he was just ambling along by himself, no big deal. Now that’s a real socialist! Proper post about the demo [...]
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