This second leaked batch of secret US army field reports – this time nearly 400,000 reports on Iraq following the 90,000 on Afghanistan – is truly horrible in what it reveals. But what will be the result? The details of torture, sadistic abuse, summary executions, and every kind of war crime are utterly shocking in […]
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Exorcising the ghost of Pinochet
Oct 17th, 2010 by Mark Seddon.By delicious irony, the local Member of Parliament for the impoverished Atacama region of Chile – which includes the doomed mine of San Jose – is none other Isabel Allende. Allende is the daughter of the late President Salvador Allende, who put a revolver to his head in the final hours of the August 1973 […]
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Tony Blair’s War Reparations
Aug 17th, 2010 by Mark Seddon.There is much excitement and controversy too over the decision by former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to hand over the proceedings from his soon to be published memoirs. The Royal British Legion, and in particular a hospital for limbless ex Servicemen will be the main beneficiary – of an estimated £5 million from likely book […]
