“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
A cold shiver runs down my spine whenever I hear of a bombing in either an-Najaf or Karbala. Both cities are considered to be amongst the holiest places on earth by the Shia. Najaf is dedicated to Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib and is where his grave is located. It’s difficult to understate the scale […]
I got a comment today on this posting from Jacob Patten of “Free the Slaves” they’re organising a campaign to stop US Tax dollars going to firms that use slave labour including in Iraq. Here’s one of their resources:
“Secretary Rumsfeld, my tax dollars should not fund human trafficking in Iraq.
While our troops risk their lives […]
Troops said overstretched in IraqThu Aug 10, 2006 12:12 AM BST
LONDON (Reuters) - British troops in Iraq are overstretched, ill-equipped and underpaid, and the strain of fighting two big wars at once threatens its military effectiveness, a parliamentary committee said on Thursday.
In a strongly-worded report on the Iraq mission, the cross-party Defence Committee accused the […]
BAGHDAD, 9 Aug 2006 (IRIN/PLUSNEWS) - First came the phone call - a man who accused Farid Abbas of carrying “an indecent disease” and telling him that he’d be killed “for the safety of the country”.
Two days later, 42-year-old Abbas, who had been HIV-positive for nine years, was gunned down on the street.
“Witnesses said that […]
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