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Free Iraq: We shall build a better Sarrafiya bridge .... سنعيد بناء جسر الصرافية بأفضل

Free Iraq: We shall build a better Sarrafiya bridge .... سنعيد بناء جسر الصرافية بأفضل Caption on cardboard: "Bush is a donkey (a derogaroty term in Arabic) And this American is a jackass who does not understand what is written on this piece of carton" Go Iraq Go

A bloody message from Iraq: nowhere is safe... - Independent Online Edition > Middle East

A bloody message from Iraq: nowhere is safe... - Independent Online Edition > Middle East : "A suicide bomber cleared at least eight rings of security to blow himself up in the Iraqi parliament, killing eight people including three lawmakers as they were eating lunch. It was the most deadly attack mounted from within the Green Zone."

barrylando.com » Blog Archive » Let’s Hear it for the War on Terror: Somalia

barrylando.com » Blog Archive » Let’s Hear it for the War on Terror: Somalia : "O.K. so what goes on in the prisons of Ethiopia, America’s partner? You could ask Human Rights Watch, which of course talks of torture and beatings. But we know what knee-jerks the HRW folks are. To get the real truth, we turn to the U. S. State Department and its current report on Human Rights around the globe. " Their summary on Ethiopia? “Human rights abuses reported during the year included: limitation on citizens’ right to change their government during the most recent elections; unlawful killings, and beating, abuse, and mistreatment of detainees and opposition supporters by security forces; poor prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention, particularly those suspected of sympathizing with or being members of the opposition; detention of thousands without charge and lengthy pretrial detention”…and so on. You get the picture.