This is horrible news, but in reality it is not surprising: Two US soldiers who went missing after an attack on their checkpoint have been found dead and were tortured before being killed, an Iraqi defence official says. Iraqi Defence Ministry official Major General Abdul Aziz Mohammed told Reuters the bodies of Privates Thomas Lowell […]
The probe into the Haditha killings has found they were unprovoked: A preliminary military inquiry found evidence that U.S. Marines killed two dozen Iraqi civilians in an unprovoked attack in November, contradicting the troops’ account, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Forensic evidence from corpses showed that victims had bullet wounds, despite the initial statements by […]
Well considering the this mornings news of the US denying reports of Iraq nearing civil war, here is something else to offer a little contradicition: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said insurgents are trying “everything” to foment civil war as reprisal attacks followed yesterday’s bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, sacred to Shiite Muslims. […]
It seems that the United States media is once again to blame. As Rumsfeld addressed reporters yesterday about the allegation of U.S. forces burning Taliban corpses in Afghanistan he made it clear that he was upset this story was getting reported. Take this quote from today’sChicago Sun Times: ”We also recognize the damage that can […]
Seems like Rumsfeld is pretty upset about the new allegations that have come out regarding our troops burning Taliban bodies according to Reuters. VILNIUS (Reuters) – Accusations that U.S. soldiers burned the corpses of two Afghan guerrillas to taunt the Taliban have damaged the American military, whether or not they are true, Secretary of Defense […]
While the country waits for the release of the latest rounds of Abu Gharib abuse photos to emerge, news is coming out of Australia that U.S. soldiers burned bodies of Taliban rebels in an effort to taunt their opponenets. The following is from Australia’s Fairfax Digital where they have obtained footage of this act: Film […]