Haditha and “Collective Guilt”
May 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment
West Asia has a tough terrain with a different culture and civilization. It can bring out the best, or the worst, in a man who is sent to participate in an unending fight/war. Even the best soldiers can buckle under, notwithstanding their excellent training/arms. From heroic deeds to barbaric ones…This can happen if a soldier [...]
Handing Off a War, Dispatches From Iraq
May 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment
BAGHDAD, Iraq—First Lt. Yarub Altawee, 26, wandered in and out of the stores along bustling Palestine Street, the upscale shopping area in east Baghdad, asking, “How’s business?” In the late afternoon, the street was jammed with cars and people, many of the women dressed in chic, Western-style clothes. The small stalls displayed brightly colored goods [...]
One Juror Between Terrorist And Death
May 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Only one juror stood between the death penalty and Zacarias Moussaoui and that juror frustrated his colleagues because he never explained his vote, according to the foreman of the jury that sentenced the al-Qaeda operative to life in prison last week. The foreman, a Northern Virginia math teacher, said in an interview that the panel [...]
Snow Storm
May 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment
New White House Press Secretary Tony Snow is starting off in a combative mode against the press by issuing detailed rebuttals to what he considers unfair coverage of Bush. “The New York Times continues to ignore America’s economic progress,” blared the headline of an e-mail sent to reporters Wednesday by the White House press office. [...]
Blair’s Musical Chairs
May 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Prime Minister Tony Blair fired Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and other senior ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle Friday after the Labor Party’s poor showing in local elections that were widely seen as a referendum on Blair’s government. With the most extensive purge since he took office in 1997, analysts said Blair was trying to [...]
Moussaoui Sentenced to Life in Prison
May 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui will spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks after a federal jury rejected the government’s four-year quest to secure his execution for the deadliest terrorist strike on U.S. soil. After weeks of listening to harrowing testimony from 9/11 family [...]
Violence in Vista
May 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment
VISTA – Law officers from around the county raced into Vista last night to help quell what sheriff’s officials called a riot, with crowds throwing rocks and bottles at deputies. Authorities estimated 800 to 1,200 people swarmed the streets after a rally to protest the proposed federal immigration bill had broken up at Wildwood Park [...]