Tag Archives: war-crimes
Executed WW1 soldiers to be given pardons
Coincidentally, an otherwise unrelated WWI makes the front pages today: All 306 British first world war soldiers executed for desertion or cowardice are to be pardoned, Des Browne, the defence secretary, will announce today. For 90 years, families, friends and … more…
Pinter’s Nobel speech
“How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal? One hundred thousand? More than enough, I would have thought. Therefore it is just that Bush and Blair … more…
SAS Jungle: Are You Tough Enough?
I have the sound turned down on SAS Jungle: Are You Tough Enough?, so who knows what post-everything, ironic spin may or may not come into play, but since when did human rights violations become a spectator sport? And on … more…
US invasion proposal shocks MPs
US invasion proposal shocks MPs – as indeed it should. Dutch MPs have just noticed the proposed American legislation under which the US would invade Holland to bust out any US citezens held by the International Criminal Court for war … more…
Bush ‘Unsigns’ War Crimes Treaty
AlterNet — Bush ‘Unsigns’ War Crimes Treaty [Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John Bolton] also helped draft a pending bill in Congress, the American Servicemen’s Protection Act (ASPA), which not only bars any U.S. cooperation with … more…
Noam Chomsky: The New War on Terror
- breaking it up into short, reasonable questions, and answering them. Like you do. (CounterPunch, linked to the permanent copy now)
Silence of 4 Terror Probe Suspects Poses Dilemma
Silence of 4 Terror Probe Suspects Poses Dilemma FBI considering forgetting themselves, or something (washingtonpost.com via RRE)
A Military Secret No Longer
A Military Secret No Longer – US sailors used as biochem war guinea pigs over 10 years (Hartford (CT) Courant, via Ethel)
Umberto Eco: The Roots of Conflict
Umberto Eco: The Roots of Conflict (CounterPunch)
Arundhati Roy: War Is Peace
War Is Peace Arundhati Roy in Outlook (from India) providing, amongst other things, a handy reference list of all the countries bombed by the peaceful, freedom-loving USA since WWII: China (1945-46, 1950-53); Korea (1950-53); Guatemala (1954, 1967-69); Indonesia (1958); Cuba … more…