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Anbar Leader Killed in Iraq; Saddam Trial Set
AP FOX News May 31, 2005
The kidnapped governor of volatile Anbar province was found dead after a fierce battle between U.S. forces and foreign fighters, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
In Washington, President Bush said Baghdad's fledgling leadership is "plenty capable" of defeating insurgents whose attacks on Iraqis and U.S. soldiers have intensified since the new Shiite-led government was announced April 28.
Iraqi president expects Saddam trial in 2 months
Luke Baker Reuters May 31, 2005
Saddam Hussein could go on trial for crimes against humanity within two months, far earlier than expected, Iraq's new president, Jalal Talabani, said on Tuesday.
Allawi Plans for a Secular Iraq
Ellen Knickmeyer The Washington Post May 31, 2005
Leading Iraq's first democratic opposition in a half-century, former prime minister Ayad Allawi plans to spend the next seven months building alliances for what he says will be a secular comeback when Iraqis are due to pick their next government.
Amnesty links 'increased lawlessness' to U.S. occupation
The Daily Star May 31, 2005
Editor's note: In continuing coverage of the annual report on human rights violations from Amnesty International covering 149 countries, below are abridged versions of the report's findings pertaining to Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Morocco/Western Sahara. To view the full report-
Rice rejects calls for inquiry into Guantanamo prison
Warren P. Strobel Thestate.com May 31, 2005
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in an interview, brushed off growing calls for an independent investigation of conditions at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and labeled as "absurd" a new Amnesty International report equating the facility with Soviet-era gulags. She said an outside investigation of the facility at the U.S. naval base in Cuba was not necessary.
In Rising Numbers, Lawyers Head for Guantánamo Bay
Neil A. Lewis New York Times May 31, 2005
In the last few months, the small commercial air service to the naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been carrying people the military authorities had hoped would never be allowed there: American lawyers.
Further Abuse
Washington Post May 31, 2005
THE LATEST FBI documents detailing allegations of prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay are, like previous FBI documents, highly disturbing. They contain prisoners' descriptions of beatings, strippings and abuse of the Koran. Detainees variously claim the Muslim holy book has been thrown on the floor, thrown against a wall and, yes, flushed in a toilet. There are also references to these kinds of events having led to an "altercation" between detainees and guards. But the status of these documents is nearly as disturbing as their content.
Why Rumsfeld Should Go
William Fisher Yubanet May 31, 2005
Let's give Donald Rumsfeld the benefit of the doubt. He's not a war criminal. He never wrote any memo authorizing specific techniques for abusing prisoners. He doesn't believe in abusing people. He's an amusing guy. He used to be a media superstar in the Bush family firmament. The President called him the best Secretary of Defense in our country's history. But it's time for him to go. And here's why.
Mom of Slain GI Denied Gold Star Status
AP FoxNews.com May 31, 2005
Everyone agrees that Ligaya Lagman is a Gold Star mother, part of the long line of mournful women whose sons or daughters gave their lives for their country. Her 27-year-old son, Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Lagman, was killed last year in Afghanistan, but American Gold Star Mothers Inc., has rejected Lagman, a Filipino, for membership because — though a permanent resident and a taxpayer — she is not a U.S. citizen.
Chain of prisoner abuse starts at the top
Marie Cocco Newsday May 31, 2005
VCS Advisor Colonel Ann Wright is now free to say what few dare: That no young military reservist could possibly have concocted the strategy of interrogating Muslim men by using religious humiliation and tactics of sexual degradation worthy of the Marquis de Sade.
The Death Spiral of the Volunteer Army
New York Times Editors The New York Times Editorial May 31, 2005
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld likes to talk about transforming America's military. But the main transformation he may leave behind is a catastrophic falloff in recruitment for the country's vital ground fighting forces: the Army and the Marine Corps. The recruitment chain that has given the United States highly qualified, highly skilled and highly motivated ground forces for the three decades since the government abandoned the draft has started to break down.
America, a Symbol of . . .
New York Times May 31, 2005
This Memorial Day is not a good one for the country that was once the world's most brilliant beacon of freedom and justice.
Facing Chaos, Iraqi Doctors Are Quitting
Sabrina Tavernise New York Times May 31, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 29 - The letter came to this city's main cardiac hospital late last month. It was unsigned and handwritten, but its message was clear: It threatened the hospital's top doctors and warned them to leave their jobs immediately.
They Also Serve Who Stand for Peace
Brab Guy Salt Lake Tribune May 31, 2005
On Memorial Day, we honor people who have gone to perilous places with a strong commitment in their hearts. They risk danger and their own death because they feel passionate about a cause.
What's Wrong with the Washington Press?
David Sirota SirotaBlog May 30, 2005
David Sirota makes several salient comments about the current double standard among many Washington "insider" reporters. While the journalists relentlessly attacked Clinton for lying about an affair with an intern, the same journalists barley discuss Bush and his many lies leading to the deaths more than 1,600 U.S. soldiers and as many as 100,000 Iraqis. Where is the courage among the press?
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