Posts Tagged ‘murder’

A Palestinian woman protesting the Israeli military operation in Gaza signalled her defiance yesterday as she faced Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. (Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images)

These young Israelis look with curiosity and humor bombing of the Israeli army.

In one of the bloodiest escalations of Israeli military operations, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) initiated a wide-scaled air strike operation against the Gaza Strip. Dozens of targets were attacked from the air simultaneously using heavy missiles and bombs. Mostly, the strikes targeted police and security installations across the densely populated [...]

I think there is no real argument that the historical lesson for the United States in the 20th Century has been the need for continued strong American involvement. I’m one of those individuals who is looking at the emerging debate as to the direction of American foreign policy, and I’m thinking about three writers in [...]

They call it ‘precision’ bombing, but it is killing so many civilians that the US and Nato risk losing the battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan.
Nato, the world’s most powerful military alliance, and the US, the world’s most powerful country, and not winning the battle against the Taliban and associated militias in Afghanistan. Indeed, [...]

A FORMER US Marine was acquitted of manslaughter here today in the shooting deaths of unarmed Iraqi prisoners during 2004 fighting in Fallujah.
Jose Luis Nazario, 28, was found not guilty of all charges after a landmark trial at the US District Court at Riverside in California, southeast of Los Angeles.
It was the first time a [...]