Dr. Ali Fadhil the Iraqi anti-corruption journalist who was detained by American soldiers who burst into his home two days ago claiming that they were looking for an insurgent has prepared an audio report of his family’s ordeal which the Guardian have made available here:
My original posting about this can be read here.
Note to US forces in Iraq: This sort of thing is not how you go about creating peace and stability in a country you’re occupying.
Update Jan 16th: I have now learnt that the Dr. Fadhil to who this posting refers is NOT the same person as the Dr. Fadhil of “A free Iraqi.”
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Mark have you seen the article about the Pentagon program paying pro-war bloggers to write for them?
No Alex I haven’t can you either post or email a link?
TIA
Mark
You’ve got mail :-)
Mark, be reasonable these are fightin’ men with no time for social niceties - just ask jolly old Dick Cheney!
“jolly” old Dick Cheney ?
Heh. I see you’ve still got a good sense of humour, graniab.
When I heard about his recent ‘water retention’ problem, I couldn’t decide which outcome I’d sooner see.
Him bloating uncontrolably till he finally went ‘pop’ - like a big baloon - or simply slowly drowning in his own pee.
Either way works for me Richard -