Home > Keywords > International > Wars and conflicts

Wars and conflicts

  • Caught in the Crossfire - The Untold Story of Falluja
    21 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    5 comments

    Caught in the Crossfire - The Untold Story of Falluja
    A film by Mark Manning and Conception Media - To be Released October 18, 2005
    http://www.conceptionmedia.net/
    http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/multi_media/
    CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
    A FUNDRAISER FOR IRAQI CIVILIANS: Victims of combat operations in Iraq
    ConceptionMedia presents:
    A Joint Production of Iraqi & American Filmmakers
    CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE THE UNTOLD STORY OF FALLUJA ON SALE NOW
    Proceeds go to ongoing relief (…)

  • Sorry, Judy... Everybody Didn’t Get it Wrong on WMD
    21 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    1 comment

    by Arianna Huffington
    In the Times’ Sunday Judy-Culpa, Judy Miller said of her woeful pre-war reporting: "WMD — I got it totally wrong... The analysts, the experts and the journalists who covered them — we were all wrong."
    To which a growing number of journalists are responding: No, we weren’t.
    Among them is Joe Lauria, a reporter who has covered the UN since 1990 for a variety of papers, including the London Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, and the Boston Globe. He bridles at Miller’s (…)

  • A Small Victory: Prosecuting Bush in Canada for Torture
    21 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    3 comments

    October 20, 2005
    A Small Victory
    Prosecuting Bush in Canada for Torture
    By JUSTINE DAVIDSON
    On Monday, October 17th Gail Davidson and Howard Rubin along with Jason Gratl and Micheal Vonn representing B.C. Civil Liberties stepped into courtroom 55 of the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver with the hopes of lifting the publication ban which, since December of 2004 August, has kept the case out of the public eye. After a relatively short session of 45 minutes they emerged successful. "I (…)

  • Kucinich introduces Resolution of Inquiry,demands documents from WHIG-Questions Iraq Reconstruction
    20 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    8 comments

    Kucinich Uses Resolution Of Inquiry To Demand Documents From White House Group That Developed Strategy To “Sell” War To The Public And Press
    Washington, Oct 20 - Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) today introduced a Resolution of Inquiry to demand the White House turn over all white papers, minutes, notes, emails or other communications kept by the White House Iraq Group (WHIG).
    “This group, comprised of the President and Vice President’s top aides, was critical in selling the (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan Pledges Civil Disobedience Campaign and Thanksgiving in Crawford
    20 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    7 comments

    by Sarah Ferguson
    “We’re going to invite George and Laura-and tell Laura to bring the turkey,”
    Cindy Sheehan made a return visit to the streets of New York Wednesday, joining the weekly vigil of Grandmothers Against the War outside Rockefeller Center.
    In contrast to the scene in Union Square last month, when the police stormed the podium and cut off Sheehan’s mic, this time the NYPD went out of its way to be gracious to America’s leading peace mom.
    Police politely urged the jostling (…)

  • Force feeding is in itself torture
    20 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    2 comments

    Force feeding is in itself torture - Doctors and all military and government paid personnel involved are complicit in such torture and must be prosecuted for war crimes.
    One of the most...one of the most emotional things that I might say that I saw down there was the conditions and how they deteriorated within the time frame that I was there, the emotional and mental conditions of the prisoners themselves.
    I recall seeing, for example, two detainees permanently residing in the (…)

  • Paul Mitchell of Supremelaw.org responds to RELEASE: Prosecution of George W. Bush for Torture
    20 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    5 comments

    From Paul Mitchell of Supremelaw.org re: Oct 19 MEDIA RELEASE: Prosecution of George W. Bush for Torture Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:41:30 -0000
    "Paul Andrew Mitchell"
    Gail Davidson Lawyers Against the War Tel: +1 604 738-0338 Fax: +1 604 736-1175 Email: law@portal.ca Website: www.lawyersagainstthewar.org
    Greetings Gail Davidson:
    I am writing specifically to offer my assistance to you and to all Canadian courts of competent jurisdiction.
    George W. Bush is presently under formal (…)

  • Has US really taken military into Syria? Shades of Vietnam/Cambodia!!!
    20 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    5 comments

    This is the first I have heard or read of this story and was wondering if anyone else on here had seen this yet in print. I know there has been a lot of talk about possibilities but this is the first semi-acknowledgement I have seen!!! And I am simply (*&#@&*#) upset about it....................................!!
    Dan Simpson: Invade Syria? Insane U.S. forces have started fighting Syrians at Iraq’s border. Can anybody say ’Cambodia’?
    Wednesday, October 19, 2005 Pittsburgh (…)

  • Ex-Governor Elected to Afghan Parliament
    19 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    2 comments

    By AMIR SHAH
    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A former regional governor who oversaw the destruction of two massive 1,500-year-old Buddha statues during the Taliban’s reign was elected to the Afghan parliament last month, officials said Tuesday as results from two provinces were finalized.
    Elsewhere, U.S.-led coalition forces killed four police officers after mistaking them for militants during an operation in the southern province of Kandahar, provincial Gov. Asadullah Khalid said. The (…)

  • Israel redraws the roadmap, building quietly and quickly
    19 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    2 comments

    Settler population grows as Sharon grabs more West Bank land than he returned in Gaza
    by Chris McGreal in Jerusalem
    At the northern edge of Jerusalem, on the main road to the Palestinian city of Ramallah, three towering concrete walls are converging around a rapidly built maze of cages, turnstiles and bomb-proof rooms.
    When construction at Qalandiya is completed in the coming weeks, the remaining gaps in the 8m (26ft)-high walls will close and those still permitted to travel between (…)