World-News

http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=378


Informant: Kev Hall

The U.S. Army is opening a mock detention facility in Missouri on June 2 to improve training of soldiers for detainee operations.

http://tinyurl.com/kgj9m


From Information Clearing House

A human rights group estimated that 34 civilians died earlier this week in a U.S. airstrike on a southern village - double the official toll.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13194.htm

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Afghan Civilian Casualties: A Case Study of the U.S. Assault upon Hajiyan

A growing disconnect exists between the daily reality of war experienced by the common Afghan and how this war is represented to the American general public by the corporate media.

Pdf document
http://www.traprockpeace.org/marc_herold_hajiyan_24may06.pdf


From Information Clearing House

A midnight visit from the secret police was the great anxiety in what was dubbed the "Republic of Fear" under Saddam Hussein; now Iraqis dread waking to find someone has scrawled "Go or die" on a note by the gate or daubed it on a wall.

http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=MAC413372


From Information Clearing House

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0526-07.htm



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