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Category Archives: Military
‘Get Out, Black Animals’: what happened in Tawergha, Libya
Media Lens, London, 18 January 2012 One might think that a corporate media system would act independently of the state – there is no formal mechanism of control. But as the ingrained bias sampled above indicates, this often turns out … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, media, Media issues, Migration, Military, People, politics
Tagged ethnic cleansing, Libya, media bias, NATO, racism, Tawergha
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“Have a Nice Day, Buddy:” What The Actions of a Few US Marines Say About us All
Jan 13 2012 by Sherene Seikaly and Maya Mikdashi Golden, like a shower, said one of the US marines as he urinated, along with three of his fellow officers, on three dead Afghans. Over the last forty-eight hours this grizzly spectacle … Continue reading
Posted in Colonialism, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, Killings, Law, Military, Occupation, politics, security, Terrorism, USA, war on terror
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West Bank 2011: One year of Humiliation in a Two Minutes Video
It is a new year in the West Bank And on Christmas, a rainy and great wind swept over the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Trees bent and roofs rattled but the wind couldn’t carry away the suffering, vulnerability and the … Continue reading
Posted in exploitation, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Killings, Law, Military, Occupation, politics, Resistance
Tagged Humiliation, Israel, Occupation, Palestine
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Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban: How Low Will We Go?
By Ethan Casey Huffington Post Posted: 1/13/12 11:45 AM ET I haven’t fully digested the disgusting news that U.S. Marines have been caught on video urinating on dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, so this post is not offered as a coherent … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Democracy, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, Law, Military, Occupation, politics, Resistance, security, Terrorism, USA, war on terror, World
Tagged Afghanistan, American Muslims, American Soldiers, Atrocities, Atrocity Videos, Huffington Post, Humiliation, India, Kashmir, Marines, Muslim Americans, Muslims, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistanis, Taliban, torture, U.s. Marines, U.S. Military, War Crimes, World News
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India’s secret war in Bangladesh
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Praveen Swami The Hindu As a grand finale to the victorious role played in the liberation of Bangladesh and to make their final withdrawal, the Indian Army held a farewell parade at the Dacca Stadium on … Continue reading
Posted in 1971, Bangladesh, Democracy, Genocide, Governance, Killings, Major Features on Bangladesh, Military, Occupation, politics, USA
Tagged 1971, CIA, India-Bangladesh relations, Liberation, Pakistan, RAW, Special Frontier Force
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Bangladesh war: The article that changed history
By Mark Dummett BBC News On 13 June 1971, an article in the UK’s Sunday Times exposed the brutality of Pakistan’s suppression of the Bangladeshi uprising. It forced the reporter’s family into hiding and changed history. Abdul Bari had run … Continue reading
Posted in 1971, Bangladesh, Colonialism, culture, Democracy, Elections, exploitation, Genocide, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Killings, Major Features on Bangladesh, media, Media issues, Military, Photography, Photojournalism, politics, Resistance, South Asia
Tagged 1971, Bangladesh, Genocide, Independence, India, Pakistan, politics, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, War of Liberation, Yahya Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
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COLONEL MUAMMAR GADDAFI: Sodomy and murder as spectacle
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed On hearing news of the Libyan leader colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s death, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton gleefully proclaimed — while paraphrasing the words of the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, Vini, vidi, vici, `I … Continue reading
Western media and al-Jazeera’s complicity. CONCLUDING PART: INVASION OF LIBYA
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Truth has been the first casualty of `war’ in Libya, I wrote last week. As anti-war groups gather evidence including pictures and videos of war crimes committed by NATO and NATO-backed rebels in Libya, … Continue reading
