Yes, We Have No Bananastan
Khmer Rouge Trials May Expose US, China
PHNOM PENH - Limits placed on a United Nations-backed war-crimes tribunal in prosecuting surviving leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime may not prevent revelations about international actors linked to Cambodia's dark period. It ranges from the period of Khmer...
ACLU: Let Spy Laws Fade Into the Sunset
One of the nation's leading legal rights groups is calling on the U.S. Congress to make major changes in the USA PATRIOT Act to reverse parts of the hurriedly passed law that have been found unconstitutional or have been abused to collect information on innocent...
Another War Lost?
With the usual fanfare, the Obama administration has proclaimed a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. On the surface, it does not amount to much. But if a story by Bill Gertz in the March 26 Washington Times is correct, there is more to it than meets the eye....
Monday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
Updated at 8:55 p.m. EDT, Mar. 30, 2009
Calm may have returned to central Baghdad, but violence continued over much of Iraq. At least 15 Iraqis were killed and 19 more were wounded in various attacks. No Coalition deaths were reported, but a U.S. soldier was convicted of murdering four Iraqis in his care, and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Also, the British will hand over their base at the Basra airport to U.S. forces tomorrow.
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Operation Incoherence
Sunday: 10 Iraqis Killed, 72 Wounded
Updated at 6:35 p.m. EDT, Mar. 29, 2009
At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 72 more were wounded, mostly in bomb blasts across the country. Rioting and arrests continued in Baghdad’s Fadhil neighborhood. No Coalition deaths were reported, but British troops are on a general suicide watch even though they have begun their drawdown. Also, a U.N. report is expected to suggest a number of power-sharing options for the multi-ethnic, oil-rich Kirkuk province.
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