Monthly Archives: November 2005

Telegraph’s report of indiscriminate killing of Iraqis – seeing is believing

This is sickening, and even more disturbing is the creedence one must give this report, considering it was front page material in the UK’s Telegraph: “A “trophy” video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked two investigations after it was posted on the internet, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal. The video [...]
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White House: “Setting the Record Straight”

In yet another truth-shattering address to reporters, Scott McClellan said that Sen. Joseph Biden’s (D-DE) plan to withdraw troops, published in Saturday’s Washington Post, mirrors a plan that the White House has established. Today’s White House press is defensively headlined “Setting the Record Straight”. Neither our troops nor Congress, are crying for accountability now; you insist on [...]
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“Don’t Bomb Us!” – Al Jazeera Blog

While browsing the impressive, award-winning Global Voices blog, I came across this brand new blog launched this week by three Al-Jazeera staffers. Don’t Bomb Us is definitely worth following. Tariq Ayoub, al Jazeera’s Baghdad correspondent, was killed by a U.S. airstrike in April 2003. On Thursday, staffers and supporters of Al Jazeera held photos of [...]
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