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Prisoners are being summarily executed in the government's high-security detention centre in Baghdad. Robert Fisk reports

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Like all wars, the dark, untold stories of the Iraqi conflict drain from its shattered landscape like the filthy waters of the Tigris. And still the revelations come.

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By Gideon Levy

White smoke emerged from the tribal campfire on Rosh Hashanah Eve, announcing Channel 2 News' choice for man of the year. Commentators from the most popular and influential media outlet in the country announced their decision after holding a shallow and absurd discussion. "[He ( Read more... )

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B.C. man dies after being tasered by police

October 2, 2008,  8:32 am

By Christine Hauser

Updated, 10:05 a.m. | A New York City police lieutenant who gave the order to fire a Taser stun gun at a man who then fell to his death in Brooklyn committed suicide at Floyd Bennett Field early on Thursday, law enforcement officials said. The ( Read more... )

Reports of tragedy filtering out of Galveston and Bolivar
by: Robert Ryland
Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 03:44 PM CDT

The following is from an email sent to me by a good friend in Nacogdoches whose buddy has been over Galveston - names ( Read more... )

RelatedRights org: Israeli settlers slay Palestinian shepherd

27 September 2008

It Can Happen Here!

By: Uri Avnery

THE GERMAN name Sternhell means bright as the stars. The name fits: the positions of Professor Ze'ev Sternhell indeed stand out sharply against the darkness of the sky. He warns against Israeli fascism. This week, Israeli fascists laid a ( Read more... )

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Robert Fisk's World: Bush rescues Wall Street but leaves his soldiers to die in Iraq

Until the elections, the people in the Middle East are yesterday’s men

Saturday, 27 September 2008

It was a weird week to be in the United States. On Tuesday, secretary of the treasury Henry Paulson told us that "this is all about the American ( Read more... )

Car bomb kills 17 in Syrian capital

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writers 16 minutes ago

A car bomb went off near a security complex in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday, killing 17 people and injuring 14 others in the deadliest attack to strike the country in more than a decade, the Syrian government ( Read more... )

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Most readers of this blog (i.e., 3-5 of you) know that Sam Zell and fellow tabloid-corporatist Rupert Murdoch sit on the board of directors at The Associated Press which, in this blog’s opinion, is the biggest mouthpiece for statism and empire among corporate news media. Most readers will also know that AP’s coverage of U.S. ( Read more... )

New York man falls to death from ledge after being Tasered by police

1 hour, 10 minutes ago

By The Associated Press

NEW YORK - A naked, distraught man fell to his death after a New York City police officer shocked him with a Taser stun gun as he stood on a building ledge.

Authorities say 35-year-old Iman Morales was pronounced dead ( Read more... )