Iraq: Abu Ghraib handover won’t improve prison conditions, say Iraqis
Ordinary Iraqis, meanwhile, are not so sure. Many opine that, if anything, treatment doled out to inmates could be expected to worsen under the new management.
Iraq: Sectarian violence leads to displacement in capital
Many families in Baghdad, lacking essential supplies, have preferred to camp outside their neighbourhoods rather than risk being killed in their homes by armed sectarian groups.
The Death of Slobodan Milosevic and the Death of Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic died recently in his prison cell in the Hague, tried for war crimes by those NATO states that killed his nation, Yugoslavia, when they intervened in the 1990s.
How Many Brinks Until There's Nothing Left to Lose?
How many brinks are we going to allow, especially when Bush is too stubborn and inept to pull us back, away from danger?
Harman vs. Winograd, Tough Choice?
For the past 10 months I've worked on a project at www.afterdowningstreet.org to urge Congress Members to hold the Bush Administration accountable for crimes and abuses of power.
32 US Reps for Bush Impeachment Inquiry
32 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment.
Guatemala’s Cursed Armed Forces
One can be forgiven for arguing that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who demonstrably is losing the war in Iraq, is now trying to achieve an easy win in Latin America, where he is presiding over the rehabilitation of what he sees as the Latin American military’s sense of honor.
Corporate mass murder
A week or so ago, George W Bush was in India, glad-handing everyone in sight while furiously stoking a hi-tech arms race on the sub-continent.
S. Dakota passes anti-woman law: Anti-abortion bill hurts poor, part of wider attack on women
South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Mike Rounds set the stage for an epic women’s rights battle when he signed a state law March 6 making all abortions a crime...
DJIBOUTI: Arrests of independent trade union leaders continue
The arrests also come following the lodging of a complaint by the Djibouti Workers’ Union with the ILO concerning the unfair dismissal and early retirement of 12 trade union leaders and representatives... in September 2005.
