Posts Tagged “Iraq”
Why didn’t they let him rot in prison for the rest of his life? I can’t imagine that conditions in an Iraqi prison are anything to write home about and he wouldn’t have been popular with most other prisoners. Instead they hang him and he becomes a martyr. Nothing good will come of taking another [...]
Does anyone watch Over There? It’s finished up in the US and Canada, but Sky are currently showing it and I’m hooked. Unfortunately only 13 episodes were made before “declining ratings” prompted FX to cancel the project. Check the above link for an episode guide and more.
Despite all that his family did to publicize his plight, how others others protested and tried to get help for him, and the fact that the Irish Government issued him with an Irish passport, Ken Bigley was executed yesterday afternoon. The same on Aljazeera.com. Commenting on the new report, Paul Bigley said: “I have heard [...]
I heard this discussed on the radio on the way to work this morning and promptly forgot about it. Must read it at home tonight! The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense [...]
I’m for War…(Redux) I can’t believe I’m going to write this, but I’m having second thoughts about the soon to be launched Gulf War V 1.1. The breaking point came when I read what’s linked above, late last week. Yes that’s right the Bush budget didn’t have a single line in it dedicated to providing [...]
