Imperialism

This Modern World notes a German press report that the U.S. is imprisoning and torturing children in Iraq. Beyond the obvious moral and legal issues this raises, it may also lead to even more coalition partners jumping ship, leaving U.S. troops even more

In the past five days, the posters have appeared mysteriously on walls and buildings across San Francisco. They feature the most enduring image of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal — the Iraqi man, hooded, his hands tied with electrodes — but this time, the prisoner is set against an American flag, and this time, the [...]

The Tribune reported this flight the day after it happened, but missed the significance of it at the time. Since then, the government has denied it completely. Until now. Two days after the Sept. 11 attacks, with most of the nation’s air traffic still grounded, a small jet landed at Tampa International Airport, picked up [...]

The Tampa Tribune, hot on the heels of apologizing for printing a picture of a rock-hard penis, is now worried that images of our brutal suppression of Iraq might be upsetting to some readers. Yes, graphic pictures of war and occupation are disturbing. That’s the whole point. War is not a walk in the park. [...]

Empire Notes has a Chavez update.

The man who never flip flops: President Bush said he was never angry with France over its refusal to back the U.S.-led war in Iraq, as both countries sought to play down past tensions ahead of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. “I was never angry with the French. France is a long-term ally,” [...]

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So, George Bush keeps Saddam’s gun under his pillow, more or less. Time magazine, which first disclosed the gun’s location, said military officials had it mounted after it was seized from Saddam near his hometown of Tikrit last year, and soldiers involved in the capture gave it to Bush. The magazine quoted a visitor who [...]

SP Times: More than 1,200 bulletproof vests donated for the 351st Military Police Company in Iraq remain at the unit’s headquarters here as the Army decides whether to approve the shipment. Marion County Sheriff Ed Dean helped collect the vests, which the Army Reserve unit said it will use to line the bottoms of Humvees [...]