By AJP and agencies, aljazeera.com The International Committee of the Red Cross warns that the humanitarian situation for ordinary Iraqis is getting steadily worse, and calls for greater protection of civilians. In a report, titled “Civilians without protection: The ever-worsening crisis in Iraq“, the ICRC deplores the daily acts of violence such as shootings, bombings,…
By Shanna McCord, Santa Fe Sentinel City leaders launched a pre-emptive strike at the Bush administration Tuesday, declaring their opposition to any possible military action in Iran. The City Council, after a two-hour debate, passed a resolution that denounces the war in Iraq and the possibility of military involvement with Iran, one of Iraq’s neighbors…
By Edward Wong, The New York Times Tens of thousands of protesters loyal to Moktada al-Sadr, the Shiite cleric, took to the streets of the holy city of Najaf on Monday in an extraordinarily disciplined rally to demand an end to the American military presence in Iraq, burning American flags and chanting “Death to America!”…
Typical cases involve falsified records, lost equipment, sleeping on the job By Mike Stuckey, MSNBC With no public discussion or input from Congress, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has quietly obtained armed federal police status for a small office of investigators whose big cases typically involve people sleeping on the job, falsifying documents or misplacing equipment.”I…
