Month July 2005

More torture in Iraq

Revealed: grim world of new Iraqi torture camps Secret torture chambers, the brutal interrogation of prisoners, murders by paramilitaries with links to powerful ministries… Foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont in Baghdad uncovers a grim trail of abuse carried out by…

Downtown Tomatoes

The gardening blog, Downtown Tomatoes, Sue and I just started has some rather amazing photos( if I do say so myself) of dahlias and more, including a close-up of my favorite finger eater, Malo.

Protest Lite AKA the war on dissent

If you are attending the Make Poverty History rally in Edinburgh today, you need to be a “good” protester. The event is intended to lobby G8 leaders to do what the title suggests. Demonstrators are asked to march alongside Gordon…