“Civilization” comes to Mesopotamia …
One million books, 10 million documents, and 14,000 archaeological artifacts have been lost in the U.S.-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq - the biggest cultural disaster since the descendants of Genghis Khan destroyed Baghdad in 1258, Venezuelan writer Fernando Baez told IPS.
See also:
Razing Iraq, Barbarians in Babylon
Continue Reading February 23rd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Truth and Consequences reports that the first reckoning of “war on terror” deaths among detainees is in. According to the Human Rights First report, the total number of deaths stands at least at 98 (with 34 homicides, 8-12 tortured to death and 11 more suspected cases).
According to the background death rate in Iraq, which is [...]
Continue Reading February 23rd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Craig Murray revealed already last week that the British actors of the upcoming Road to Guantanamo were apprehended when returning to the UK from a film festival abroad. Interestingly enough, their run-in with the new tyrannic anti-terror legislation was far from the quick brush it could have been. In fact as it turns out, at [...]
Continue Reading February 23rd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
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