Archive for the ‘occupation’ Category

Jeremy Scahill: Confronting Blackwater on its Killing of Iraqis

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Last week, Jeremy spoke at a conference organized by NYU's Center on Law and Security called "Privatizing Defense: Blackwater, Contractors, and American Security." Also present at the conference were Blackwater Worldwide vice president Martin Strong and a lawyer for Blackwater, David Hammond. At the conference, I confronted Strong on Blackwater's ...

Massive Good Friday Sheriff’s Immigration RAID: Phoenix

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he plans to dispatch nearly 200 deputies and armed posse members to the areas to patrol for possible criminal activity by illegal immigrants starting today.  March 21st 2008, 'good' FridayRead the full story

Iraqi Civilians incl. Children Mutilated by Coalition

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

US troops... an airborne landing in the village of ash-Shabab north of Baghdad on Wednesday...the Americans killed five villagers in the raid and then mutilated their bodies. The witnesses added that the Americans then killed another youth in at-Tarimiyah and cut off his limbs...those Americans were implementing policy that ...