Posted by terres on November 15, 2009
Female British soldiers are accused of aiding in the rape and torture of Iraqi detainees
Phil Shiner, a lawyer representing detainees, has cataloged 33 new cases of abuse, including rape and torture: Report
Britain probes new claims of abuse by troops in Iraq
By Stefano Ambrogi - Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:06am EST – LONDON (Reuters)
… Independent newspaper reported that Phil Shiner, a lawyer acting for detainees, had catalogued 33 new cases of abuse since the 2003 invasion, including rape and torture.
The paper reported that, for the first time, female soldiers were accused of aiding in the sexual and physical abuse of detainees.
He told the BBC that not all the cases were new and “that about seven have come in within the last month.“
In one case, soldiers are accused of piling Iraqi prisoners on top of each other and subjecting them to electric shocks, the Independent reported.
The paper compared it to the abuse at the notorious U.S. detention center at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison.
One abuse claim relates to a 16-year-old boy who says he was raped by two British soldiers while he was in custody in 2003. Others say they were stripped naked, abused and photographed.
A public inquiry is already under way into the death of an Iraqi civilian, Baha Mousa, who died in British custody in Basra in 2003 after sustaining 93 separate injuries to his body.
Shiner, who is representing Mousa’s family, told the BBC he believed “there are hundreds of cases that are going uninvestigated.”
“It is very important now that there should be no further attempt by this government and the MoD to sweep this under the carpet — the ‘few bad apples’ thesis does not work,” he told the BBC. More…
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Posted by terres on November 12, 2009
Yaacov Teitel: another Jewish American Terrorist
Jewish American settler charged with two counts of murder
Yaacov Teitel, a Baruch Goldstein copycat, has been charged in Israel with murdering two Palestinians and attempting to murder a “left-wing Jewish academic.”
baruch-kappel-goldstein was an American born jewish settler who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron, killing 29 Palestinians at prayer in the Ibrahimi Mosque (within the Cave of the Patriarchs) and wounding another 150 in a shooting attack.
Teitel moved from America to Israel and lives in the occupied West Bank. He faces 14 charges, including two counts of murder and three of attempted murder, BBC reported.
Ya’acov “Jack” Teitel, 37, Charged with 14 counts of murder, attempted murder and acts of terrorism. Source: Jerusalem Post. Image may be subject to copyright.
His crime wave includes attempting to poison an entire Palestinian village and sending a bomb to a Jewish family.
“God is proud of what I have done,” Mr Teitel was reported as telling the reporters.
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Posted by terres on November 5, 2009
Mr Obama, Stop this War Racket!
Look What Military Taught Me! Look What War Did to Me!
Twelve people have been killed and at least 31 others injured in a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas.
The main gate at the US Army base Fort Hood. The tombstone for so many victims of the War Racket.
The incident reportedly occurred shortly before a graduation ceremony for soldiers was due to start at the base. Fort Hood is used as a “Soldier Readiness Facility,” preparing soldiers for overseas deployment. The shooting rampage started at about 1:30 pm CST.
“The shooter was killed. He was a soldier. We since then have apprehended two additional soldiers that are suspects. There were eyewitness accounts that there may have been more than one shooter,” Cone said.
About 500 soldiers were deployed to lock down Fort Hood as Army helicopters hovered overhead, it was reported.
Outburst of violence
Mr Obama said it was a “horrific outburst of violence.” He added: “It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an army base on American soil.”
Outburst of violence, indeed. What did this guy think they do in the military, just hold hands, sing songs and dance. Someone please tell Mr Obama it’s the military, the War Racket, that teaches otherwise good men how to kill.
“I don’t know how anybody can speculate about motives at this time given how few facts we have,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell.
For that, you have to close your eyes and keep them shut; it takes monumental efforts to forget about all other similar incidents that have occurred previously, and will reoccur in the future, again and again.
“A U.S. Army official in Washington said the incident took place shortly before a scheduled graduation event at the base.” Reuters reported.
Fort Hood is located halfway between Austin and Waco, Texas about 95 km (60 miles) from either city.
“Collateral Damage” of the Worst Kind
- In September 2008 a 1st Cavalry Division soldier shot an officer to death and then shot himself.
- A jury in Kentucky found former US soldier, Steven Green, 24, guilty of rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, and murder of her parents and younger sister.
- A US soldier shot dead five of his colleagues at Camp Liberty, a base near the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 11, 2009.
- Captain Phillip Esposito and First Lieutenant Louis Allen were killed by fragging on June 7, 2005, at Forward Operating Base Danger in Tikrit, Iraq.
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