Iraq
Thursday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 14 Wounded
At least six Iraqis were killed and 14 more were wounded in the latest attacks, while demonstrations against recent arrests took place in Mosul. Also, a large number of Saddam exiles returned home.
More than 150 people protested recent detentions in Mosul. About 350 people were arrested during recent operations, but many of those detained not [...]
New claims of Iraqi journalist torturing
The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush has been severely tortured, one of his brothers says.
Uday made the remark on Monday after he visited his brother, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, in prison for the first time on Sunday.
“I met my brother for around an hour. He has been tortured while in detention for 36 hours continuously. He has been hit with iron rods and cables,” Uday told AFP.
Cheney admits detainee-abuse role
Vice President Dick Cheney said for the first time Monday that he helped get the “process cleared” for the brutal interrogation program of suspected terrorists.
In an interview with ABC News, Cheney was matter-of-fact and unapologetic about the harsh techniques used against the detainees — including waterboarding, a form of simulated drowning considered torture since the days of the Inquisition.
“I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared, as the [Central Intelligence] Agency, in effect, came in and wanted to know what they could and couldn’t do,” Cheney said. “And they talked to me, as well as others, to explain what they wanted to do. And I supported it.”
Richard Jones – In Praise of Footwear
Today, Muntazer Al-Zaidi
Put the finishing touches
To the President’s monument,
A memorial to his shame,
For one who yearned for glory
No matter what the cost,
For one who lived
With one foot in his mouth,
Whose mis-speaking spread fear
North, west, east and south,
Whose eyes could never keep still
In their search for someone else to blame,
Mohamed Khodr – The Shoe Heard Around the World
“This is a farewell kiss, you dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.”
By Mohamed Khodr
“Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view”
–Mahatma Gandhi
“In recent times, we have witnessed landmark events in the history of liberty: A Rose Revolution in Georgia, an Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and now, a Purple Revolution in Iraq.”
–President George W.H. Bush, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, February 24, 2005
Remi Kanazi – The Failed Logic of Supporting the Troops
In the United States, a growing number of leftists are voicing their opposition to the Israeli occupation. They condemn the demolition of homes, the jailing of Palestinians without charge, and the confiscation of Palestinian land for settlements. They don’t support the Israeli troops or their mission, nor do they give a free pass to those who are just “doing what they are told.”
Nonetheless, many of these same individuals support the US troops in Iraq. Dangerously, most Americans put forth the notion that the troops’ intrinsic heroism provides them with the impunity to destroy any bogeymen who stand in their way, cultivating a code of silence that strongly discourages dissent. It is under this premise that we support our “brave” and “noble” soldiers: we know their stories well, they miss their families, they are “just like us,” and we should respect their service.
Layla Anwar – Another Iraqi Hero: Muntather Al-Zaidi
From An Arab Woman Blues
Bush bidding his last goodbyes in occupied Baghdad. Bush the president of the United Asses reaping the fruits of his labor and that of his American people from my Beloved.
Bush congratulated his stooges, the extra-large Zionist/Kurdish buffoon Talabani and the other Kurdish pimp Barazani. The puppet Tareq Al-Hashemi who was all smiles, and guess whom Bush kissed on the cheeks ? None other than the son of a bitch from Iran, A.Al-Hakeem, head of the Supreme Iranian Butt Council and head of the Badr death squads, whose hands are inundated with the blood of innocent Arab Iraqis.
Anbar University Throws Shoes
Anbar University students and professors demonstrated today (Tuesday); against the presence of U.S. occupation forces and forcing them out with shoes and stones from the campus.
The denunciation of students and professors came because of taking pictures of university students through cameras by the U.S. occupation soldiers. The university personals, students and professors rose up against them throwing shoes and stones.
The call of AMSI to the national forces
The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq (AMSI) strongly condemned the brutal tactics and barbaric practices pursued by the government agencies, especially so-called Interior commandos against the loyal people of Iraq.
The AMSI in a statement issued today clarified that the arrests were unfair by the Sixth Brigade of these forces on Wednesday evening performed in a number of areas in the province of Diyala, which affected approximately forty officers of various ranks in the former Iraqi army.
The Resistance will continue till the exit of the occupiers
The responsible for Information Department of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq (AMSI) Dr Muthana Harith al-Dari clarified that the resistance in Iraq will continue until the exit of the occupiers from the land of Mesopotamia.
Dr. Muthanna Hareth al Dari told in a news conference held in the Yemeni city of Hadeidah after attending the opening of Salih Mosque which the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq (AMSI) founded as a cultural and humanitarian project to resist and prevent the occupation through the written, audio-visual media. In addition to the efforts undertaken by AMSI, Muthanna al Dari informed the participant about the relief campaigns of AMSI to the victims of the sons of Iraq both living in their country or in exile…