Archive for 'afghanistan'
Scahill on Blackwater at UM
Went to hear Jeremy Scahill speak at UM the day before Halloween. I thought this would be a suitable post for the holiday, seeing as how *actually* terrifying the subject is, but I am only getting around to it now. I have yet to read his book, Blackwater: The Rise of America’s Most Powerful Mercenary [...]
Posted: November 2nd, 2008 under American politics, Barack Obama, British army, Iraq, Irish America, Pat Finucane Centre, Peter McBride, aegis defence services, afghanistan, belfast, human rights, ireland, middle east, presidential elections, private military contractors, shoot to kill policy, tim spicer.
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Convicted murderer Lee Clegg serving in Afghanistan
The following statement was just released by Relatives for Justice:
British paratrooper Lee Clegg was convicted of the 1990 murder of West Belfast teenager Karen Reilly, an incident that also claimed the life of Martin Peake and the wounding of a teenage girl -Markievitz Gorman - when a joint British army RUC patrol fired upon a [...]
Posted: August 13th, 2008 under British army, British government, Iraq, West Belfast, afghanistan, belfast, human rights, ireland, middle east, relatives for justice, truth.
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