Day May 11, 2004

Blowback Video seems to show beheading of American A video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site appeared to show a group affiliated with al-Qaida beheading an American in Iraq, saying the death was revenge for the prisoner-abuse scandal.…

Female prisoner raped by US soldiers One woman told her attorney she was forced to disrobe in front of male prison guards. After much coaxing, another woman described how she was raped by U.S. soldiers. Then she fainted. A U.S.…

We know you are innocent, but we’re pissing on your head From Isen blog (who rarely, if ever, mentions foreign politics. A sign of the times, indeed. Everyone is talking about the Iraq prison tortures. Polizeros, which has been covering…

Not to fear, the tigers are Buddhists Taking their tigers for a walk is all in a day’s work for a group of Thai monks who have given 10 of the wild animals sanctuary, saying they have nothing to fear…

A lawyer looks at the Rumsfeld hearing I have watched the Rumsfeld hearings with interest and despair. I don’t know what’s worse: obvious lies by Rumsfeld, or the inability of a single member of the Congressional committee to conduct even…