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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 28, 2006 - 18:33 by Pray for Peace
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Olin Eugene Armstrong, Jr., (June 5, 1953 - September 20, 2004) an American contractor working in Iraq for the construction firm Gulf Energy Company of the United Arab Emirates, was beheaded on September 20, 2004 by the Tawhid and Jihad, a militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is believed to have personally beheaded Armstrong. The following day, the group beheaded another hostage, American Jack Hensley, and threatened to kill their third hostage, Briton Kenneth Bigley, unless the United States met their demands to free all women prisoners in Iraqi jails. Armstrong, also known by his nickname "Jack", grew up in the south-central Michigan community of Hillsdale, where he lived until 1990. This is how he died on September 20, 2004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncdyBjd1Csw ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Thursday September 28, 2006 - 13:40 by seedot
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US magazine Newsweek has front cover story about US losing in Afghanistan - everywhere except in its US edition ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 28, 2006 - 01:19 by TD
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John Dugard, the UN Special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territory has charged that Israel’s security measures are in violation of international humanitarian law and amount to "collective punishment." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 16:28 by budgie
I shouldn’t be so harsh on the Americans; it took me years to discover I had a nose on my face but I was at a disadvantage, there is only one of me. Imagine the cost (tax payer’s money) involved in maintaining not one bloated ‘intelligence’ agency, but sixteen! After a period of three years, sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies have finally determined the sky is blue, people have noses on their faces and that the illegal Iraq intervention increased the ‘terrorist’ threat – bravo! [Where do I sign, that’s the job for me, or are these agencies selective basket cases – incompetent relatives, banjo players and those owed favours only need apply?] ... read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 14:15 by Colm O
Many people with knowledge of the Social model of disability think that model is all they need to know- Wrong! ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 12:50 by pat c
This time its an German production thats at risk. Whos for supporting the right to stage Mozart productions? You dont get any Christians rioting when Salome is staged and John the Baptists head is on display. This production is non-discriminatory: it uses the severed heads not only of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon, but also of Mohammed, Jesus and Buddha. Full story at link. pat c ... read full story / add a comment |
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