this man is a war criminal

































this man is a war criminal
































this man is a war criminal


posted by s at 3:07 PM

copyright Mark Dingemanse
posted by s at 3:12 PM

"Abu 'Omar Al-Baghdadi: The U.S. Withdrawal From the Cities Does Not Change the Nature of the Occupation

In a 43-minute audio recording, produced by Al-Furqan, ISI commander Abu 'Omar Al-Baghdadi condemns the Iraqi authorities and those who cooperate with them, says that the American retreat from the cities changes nothing, and calls to wage jihad against the West."

"Page last updated at 14:33 GMT, Saturday, 11 July 2009 15:33 UK
Bomb rips through market in Iraq
A car bomb has killed four people and injured 40 at a market on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police sources told the BBC."

"Friday July 10 2009
Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq yesterday in the worst violence since US combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week" (Irish Independent)

"Posted on Wed, Jul. 08, 2009 04:26 PM

A week after U.S. departure, multiple bombings hit Mosul

By MIKE THARP
McClatchy Newspapers
Just as Americans and Iraqis began to congratulate themselves on a relatively quiet week since U.S. combat troops withdrew from Iraq's major cities, insurgents Wednesday set off six bombs in Mosul, the biggest city in northern Iraq, killing 14 and wounding 44.

Two of the bombs exploded in adjoining neighborhoods, killing 12 and injuring 28 in one blast and wounding seven in the second. Two others, possibly the bomb-makers, died when a homemade bomb exploded in their car."

"Death toll from Iraq's Kirkuk blast rises to 73
Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:35pm EDT
By Mustafa Mahmoud

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - The death toll from Iraq's deadliest bombing in more than a year rose to 73, police said on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives outside a mosque in the north of the country.

More than half of the victims were pulled from the rubble and dust of around 70 clay brick homes that were flattened in the explosion near the northern city of Kirkuk, said Brigadier General Najeh Mohammed, the local head of civil defense.

"We expect that there are still some dead bodies under the rubble. But the chances are less than before," said Mohammed.

A survivor of the powerful explosion, Askar Zaman, said 10 of his relatives were killed, including sons and grandsons. Another, Hussein Azab, said he lost eight members of his family.

Black flags and banners of mourning fluttered from poles all over the Shi'ite Muslim village of Taza and the victims were swiftly buried in the same part of the local cemetery."

"UPDATED ON:
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009
08:12 MECCA TIME, 05:12 GMT

Baghdad blast leaves scores dead

Scores of people have been killed by a bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City just days before US combat troops are due to leave Iraq's major cities.

Police said that 72 people were killed and more than 100 people were injured in the blast at the popular Mraidi market on Wednesday.

The explosion, caused by a motorcycle rickshaw loaded with explosives and covered with fruit and vegetables, happened in the north Baghdad district at around 7.30pm (16:30GMT), according to one official.

The attacker got off his vehicle and managed to escape before the bomb went off, the official said, adding that women and children were among the casualties and dozens of market stalls were damaged" (Aljazeera.net)
posted by s at 2:29 PM

"FDLR and LRA combatants are responsible for the great majority of killings of civilians documented by Human Rights Watch. Both armed groups are deliberately terrorizing and punishing civilians and attacking their property as a military tactic in retaliation for Congolese government military operations. Those who committed or ordered such attacks are responsible for war crimes.

On May 10, for example, FDLR combatants brutally massacred at least 86 civilians, including 25 children, 23 women, and seven elderly men at Busurungi, in the Waloaloanda area of Walikale territory, North Kivu. Twenty-four others were seriously wounded. Some of the victims were tied up and executed; others were shot or their throats were slit by knives or machetes as they tried to flee. A number of people were burned to death when FDLR combatants deliberately locked them in their homes and torched the village."
posted by s at 12:02 PM

posted by s at 11:58 AM

Given the track record of the Sri Lankan government, there are very significant grounds to question whether these statements were voluntary
posted by s at 1:13 PM

one thing that i would like is for Paul Rogers (the Bradford uni peace studies professor, not any other Paul Rogers one could infer i am referring to) to tell us what he really thinks.

his staff homepage emphasises his radical assessment and uniquely cogent analysis.

i would like somebody to come along and tell me in a nutshell what he thinks, and the implications of these thoughts. in fact i would like this very much.

i would also like it if Matthew Elliott of the TaxPayers' Alliance would say less.

i would dearly like that.
posted by s at 10:27 PM

what are we doing?
posted by s at 6:27 PM

"Navy chiefs say each carrier must have 36 aircraft to run continuous operations"
posted by s at 6:20 PM

"A spate of deadly bombings has prompted the United Nations to suspend food distribution to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting in the southern Philippines, a UN official said Wednesday."
posted by s at 5:35 PM

"Chinese officials did not give a breakdown of the deaths, and it was unclear how many of them were protesters and how many were other civilians or police officers."
posted by s at 5:34 PM

thank you

thank you

thank you

truth and sanity in an often ugly, hijacked debate

"The vast majority of people who live in social housing in Britain were born in the UK according to a research study published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission today. The study found that less than two per cent of all social housing residents are people who have moved to Britain in the last five years and that nine out of ten people who live in social housing were born in the UK."
yo
posted by s at 3:28 PM

Epoch Times: "According to Xinhua, China's mouthpiece, 156 Uighurs have been killed in the massacre—although no independent source has been able to verify this number.

"Sources at Xinjiang University estimate the number of dead at "nearly 400," including many outside Xinjiang University, Kadeer said, but she cautioned that "we can't confirm" that number," said Rebiya Kadeer, World Uyghur Congress and Uyghur American Association leader, according to Radio Free Asia."
posted by s at 10:06 AM

one thing i must clear up is my dislike for the Tory party.

this covers both the British Tories and the Canadian Tories.

thank you.
posted by s at 12:24 AM

and, yes, i have said to myself 'why we're the same age'. sad ain't it.
posted by s at 11:52 PM

Dear Cote de Pablo,

I know this is absurd, but I have a massive crush on you. Kind of pathetic, I know, but them's the breaks. I mean massive.



posted by s at 11:38 PM