02 May
United States Wars, News and Casualties
United States Wars, News and Casualties
The War Criminals
Rage Against The Dying
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
How many Iraqis have died as a result of the invasion 15 years ago? Some credible estimates put the number at more than one million. You can read that sentence again.
The invasion of Iraq is often spoken of in our country as a “blunder,” or even a “colossal mistake.” It was a crime.
Those who perpetrated it are still at large. Some of them have even been rehabilitated thanks to the horrors of a mostly amnesiac citizenry. (A year ago Mr. Bush was on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” dancing and talking about his paintings.)
The war criminals, Bush,Cheney,Rice,Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Powell who sold us the war still go on doing what they do.
We condemned children to death, some after many days of writhing in pain on bloodstained mats, without pain relievers. Some died quickly, wasted by missing arms and legs, crushed heads. As the fluids ran out of their bodies, they appeared like withered, spoiled fruits. They could have lived, certainly should have lived – and laughed and danced, and run and played- but instead they were brutally murdered. Yes, murdered!
The war ended for those children, but it has never ended for survivors who carry memories of them. Likewise, the effects of the U.S. bombings continue, immeasurably and indefensibly.
The McGlynn
War News
ALJ: Displaced Syrians at risk of losing homes under new property law
Under a new property law issued by the Syrian government in early April, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people have been told to lay claim to their homes by early May or risk forfeiting them to the state.
Millions of privately-owned homes could be seized by the government in Syria under a new property law.
Syrians have until the middle of next month to present their deeds of ownership or risk losing their properties.
That includes the hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced, and fear returning to government-controlled territory.
They say the new law aims to legitimise the permanent exile of opposition supporters.
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GUARD: Radio Sleepytime brings bedtime stories for Syria’s bereft children
Canadian Brigitte Alepin’s brainchild Radio-Dodo is a bilingual radio station with stories, songs and segments to help Syria’s scattered kids get to sleep
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Syrian children in eastern Ghouta. The war has created a lost generation of infants. Radio-Dodo aims to help Photograph: Amer Almohibany/AFP/Getty Images
“Attention ladies and gentlemen, come closer! The circus – and your favourite radio show – is about to start,” says a French-Canadian veteran journalist in French. He turns to his co-host, a Syrian storyteller, who repeats the words into her microphone, this time in Arabic.
In the tiny downtown studio of a student radio station in Montreal, Bernard Derome and Marya Zarif are recording a radio show for Syrian refugee children.
Launched in 2017 with the support of the Canadian Commission for Unesco, Radio-Dodo, or Sleepytime-Radio, has already broadcast 37 episodes online and through Radio-Rozana, a Syrian radio station based in Paris.
The weekly bilingual show mixes stories, songs and segments about everything from tying your shoelaces to why your milk teeth fall out. The aim is to help Syrian refugee children around the world forget about their worries and fall asleep at night.
The woman behind the show is Brigitte Alepin, a French-Canadian tax expert whose Syrian grandfather immigrated to Canada in the early 20th century.
When the Syrian war erupted in 2011, Alepin said she felt shocked and helpless; only a few years earlier, she had visited her grandfather’s hometown of Aleppo with her young son.
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REU: U.S.-backed Syrian forces resume battle against Islamic State
DEIR AL-ZOR, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian militias on Tuesday relaunched their offensive to seize the last territory Islamic State controls in the east near the border with Iraq.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, had paused the battle after Turkey launched an assault in January against their northwestern Afrin region.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, had paused the battle after Turkey launched an assault in January against their northwestern Afrin region.
slamic State militants stepped up attacks there in recent weeks in a bid to reorganize, she told a news conference at an oilfield on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river. “Our heroic forces will liberate these areas and secure the border…We welcome the support of the Iraqi forces.”
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REU: Gunmen kill at least eight civilians north of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Militants opened fire on unarmed Iraqi civilians on Tuesday, killing at least eight and wounding three in a town 25 km (15 miles) north of Baghdad, a security source said.
Security forces were searching the area in Tarmiya where the shooting took place, the military said in a statement which did not specify a death toll.
It was not immediately clear how many people were killed, with local news media reports putting the toll at between five and 20. One witness told Reuters 16 people were killed and three were wounded.
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REU: Witnessing the Blast in Kabul
The pictures show journalists killed in the second of two explosions that rocked Kabul during the morning rush hour. They were taken by Reuters photographer Omar Sobhani, 10 or 15 seconds after a suicide bomber, apparently targeting members of the media, detonated his explosives.
In one image, a cameraman from Al Jazeera can be seen kneeling wounded against the kerb, while nearby a journalist from Afghanistan’s Radio Azadi is being helped by an old man who was passing by when the blast went off.
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AP: Mattis signals ongoing commitment to Afghan war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis signaled Tuesday the U.S.-led coalition’s continued commitment to the fight in Afghanistan, amid persistent questions about a possible withdrawal and a spate of suicide bombings.
Mattis said the U.S. will stand by the Afghan people and the government, and added that “the NATO mission will continue” in a campaign to push the Taliban to the peace table.
Two Islamic State suicide bombers hit Kabul on Monday, killing 25 people, including nine journalists who had rushed to the scene of the first attack. It was the latest in a string of large-scale bombings in the capital and across the country this year.
Asked about the attacks, Mattis said the U.S. knew there would be tough fighting this year. He spoke at the start of a meeting with Macedonia Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska.
“We anticipated and are doing our best and have been successful at blocking many of these attacks on innocent people but unfortunately once in a while they get through because any terrorist organization that realizes it can’t win by ballots and turns to bombs, this is simply what they do,” Mattis said.
A new report from an independent auditing agency released Tuesday painted a bleak picture of progress in the war, which has been raging for more than 16 years. The report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said that as of the end of January, 14.5 percent of the country’s districts are under the control or influence of insurgents, the highest level recorded in recent years. It also said that the insurgents gained control over a larger portion of the population — from 9 percent in August 2016 to 12 percent in January.
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Iran ordered to pay $6 billion for aiding Al-Qaeda in 9/11 attacks
By Khaama Press on 02 May 2018 1:57pm .
The judge of a court in the United States has ordered Iran to pay $6 billion in damages to the families of the victims of 9/11 attacks after the country was found guilty of aiding the Al-Qaeda terrorist network in the deadly and devastating attacks. The order was issued by a federal judge George B. .
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New airstrikes target militants’ hideouts in Badakhshan province
By Khaama Press on 02 May 2018 11:54am .
A series of airstrikes were carried out on the hideouts of the anti-government armed militants in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan said the latest airstrikes were carried out in the vicinity of Tashkan district. The source further added that the airstrikes left at least four militants dead while two Read the full article…
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Atmar chairs emergency meeting with media activists after Kabul attack
By Khaama Press on 02 May 2018 10:45am .
The National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar chaired an emergency meeting with the media organizations and activists after a deadly attack in Kabul left at least 9 reporters dead and several others wounded. The Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) said the emergency meeting was organized late on Tuesday night and was attended by .
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Spc. Gabriel D. Conde, 22, of Loveland, Colorado, was killed in action April 30 as a result of enemy small arms fire in Tagab District, Afghanistan. The incident is under investign.
Conde was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.
Master Sgt. Jonathan J. Dunbar, 36, of Austin, Texas, died March 30 in Manbij, Syria as a result of injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his patrol. The incident is under investigation. Dunbar was assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Ft Bragg, North Carolina.
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