Australian Government Knew of Abuse of Prisoners in June ’03
June 18, 2004Twenty five Australian military reports have been tabled in the Australian federal parliament that the defence minister knew of prisoner abuse in June of 2003, contradicting several statements by the minister. This could also lead to the prime-minister who has claimed he only knew of prisoner abuse when the photographs of Abu Ghraib were revealed.…
Caterpillar Kills Palestinians
June 17, 2004Stop Cat and catdestroyshomes.org is a movement to highlight the use of Caterpillar D-9 and D-10 armoured bulldozers by the Israeli occupation forces to destroy the homes of Palestinians. This has resulted in over 1000 homes being destroyed and several deaths, including that of a U.S.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
June 16, 2004The Human Rights Watch Film Festival is currently running in New York. One I recommend is Persons of Interest which interviews a number of the 5000 persons detained by the U.S. government and held without charge due to their Arabic/South Asian backgrounds.
Anarchism during the Spanish Revolution
June 15, 2004A comprehensive site I stumbled over in reading on the history of the Spanish Civil War covers the role of Anarchist (see also the struggle site) thought and action during the conflict.
Intelligence Turf Wars
June 15, 2004Salon has an interesting, though certainly conjectural article on a conflict between the CIA and the Pentagon. In particular, it provides an hypothesis as to the curious timing of the departure of George Tenet, the Director of Central intelligence too close to the election to install a new Czar.
Sibel Edmonds
June 14, 2004There has been a fine tradition of patriotic women blowing the whistle on the outrages of the current U.S. presidency.
A Time for Kurdish Voices
June 11, 2004A number of near simultaneous events have thrown the plight of the Kurdish people into the spotlight.
Australian Guantanamo Bay Detainee Finally Charged
June 10, 2004After two years being held without charge, contrary to the Geneva conventions and kept in demeaning and inhumane conditions and allegedly subjected to torture, Australian David Hicks has finally been charged. The U.S. military press release is here.
The Effluent Keeps Floating to the Top
June 9, 2004The Centre for Constitutional Rights has the memo implicating the cabinet of the Bush administration in planning to torture prisoners. The Project to Enforce the Geneva Conventions has reproduced the Wall Street Journal article. Methinks he doth protest too much.
Australia’s Vietnam Involvement
June 9, 2004Further to the Vietnam histories, I can recommend Ross’s well referenced posts, concerning Australia’s involvement in Vietnam (part 1), and it’s political purpose (parts 2 and 3) for doing so.