Month May 2003

Well now they’re just getting silly… The Santa Monica Mirror, a newspaper that to date has completely ignored the Mike Feinstein story, even though most other Santa Monica newspapers have covered it extensively, did manage the following over-the-top piece of…

Shiite protesters march in Baghdad “In the biggest anti-U.S. demonstration since the end of the war, thousands of Shiite Muslims marched peacefully through the capital Monday to protest the U.S. occupation and reject what they feared would be a U.S.-installed…

Pentagon honked off at BBC over Lynch allegations “Any charge that the U.S. military misrepresented the facts of Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch’s rescue April 1 from an Iraqi hospital to make the mission appear more dramatic or heroic is “void of…

Puts his money where his mouth is! Pink Floyd guitarist gives $5 million to housing for poor. “A rock star is giving £3.6m from his own pocket to bring affordable homes for 400 people to one of England’s most expensive…

Barney and Metallica used to break Iraq POWs “Heavy metal music and popular American children’s songs are being used by US interrogators to break the will of their captives in Iraq. Uncooperative prisoners are being exposed for prolonged periods to…