Guilty until proven innocent. [KFXO story regarding Mike Hawash was moved] Arrested and detained indefinitely without charges, but unlike the poor saps locked up at Gitmo, this is an American citizen. Why Am I Getting All This Spam? Pretty interesting study of how email addresses end up on spam lists.
Finger-pointing after Mosul incident. Witnesses reported that US troops had fired into a crowd which was becoming increasingly hostile towards the new governor in the northern oil city, Mashaan al-Juburi, as he was making a pro-US speech.
Robin Cook speech – Mar. 18, 2003. [Iraq] probably still has biological toxins and battlefield chemical munitions, but it has had them since the 1980s when US companies sold Saddam anthrax agents and the then British Government approved chemical and munitions factories. Why is it now so urgent that we should take military action to … …
Caught Bend It Like Beckham this weekend. Fantastic flick with a great soundtrack as well. I may have a use for DeCSS after all… “Smoking gun” WMD site in Iraq turns out to contain pesticide. The turnaround was an embarrassment for the US forces in the region, which had been quick to say that they … …
Texas Court Acts to Clear 38, Almost All Black, in Drug Case. Tulia convictions revisited. Speaking of the NY Times, I just noticed today that they revamped the archive so that even with a full link, stories older than 7 days are no longer freely available in their entirety. Looks like the Swimming DVD will … …
Seven women and children shot dead at checkpoint. The checkpoint shooting will increase tensions between American and British commanders who are already alarmed about what they regard as trigger-happy tactics by US soldiers. Deaths in Iraqi marketplace were caused by American missile. No apologies or even an acknowledgement that it occurred.
Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein: The U.S. Tilts toward Iraq, 1980-1984. In addition to the oft-circulated photo, this site also has a video clip of the meeting. So much for not obsessing over the war. Incidentally, I figure that the $75B that Bush is requesting for Operation Iraqi Freedom comes out to roughly $250 per … …
Al-Jazeera TV broadcasts video of captured U.S. troops. Showing footage of captured Iraqi soldiers is okay, but according to Rumsfeld, showing American POWs on TV is a violation of the Geneva Conventions. It certainly doesn’t help the war propaganda machine… Nothing brings home the reality of war better than images of dead American soldiers. The … …
Activist’s memorial service disrupted. Regardless of where you stand on the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is sickening.
Red alert? Stay home, await word. Pure madness. I sometimes get the feeling that the heavily armed soldiers and policemen running around the city are intended to suppress citizen revolt rather than terrorist activity. More likely it’s just another feel-good measure, which in case you hadn’t heard, is expected to cost the city over $5M … …