Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
CIA Secret ‘Torture’ Prison Found at Horseback Riding Academy
November 20th, 2009Via: ABC News:
The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official told ABC News this week.
Where affluent Lithuanians once rode show horses and sipped coffee at a café, the CIA installed a concrete structure where it [...]
Chevron Sued for Billions After Poisoning Waterways in Ecuador; One of the Largest Environmental Damage Cases in History
November 17th, 2009Via: Sydney Morning Herald:
Tens of thousands of Amazonians are suing Chevron, the American oil company, for poisoning their waterways in what is billed as one of the biggest environmental cases in history.
The Ecuadorean claimants said the company illegally dumped toxic waste from its oil production, which filtered into the lakes used by thousands of people [...]
Short Video About UAV Combat Operations
November 17th, 2009I wonder if Captain Dan is allowed to have a Bobblehead Jesus on the “flight” deck?
Democracy: U.S. Unveils New $60 Million Prison Wing in Afghanistan
November 15th, 2009Via: Al Jazeera:
Journalists have been allowed to inspect refurbished facilities at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, the largest US military hub in the region and home to a controversial prison.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent James Bays, who was among those who inspected the facilities on Sunday, said Bagram, unlike its Guantanamo counterpart, was clearly not going to be [...]
Medical Doctor Retracts H1N1 Vaccine Advice After Reading Insert
November 15th, 2009Multiple companies are producing H1N1 vaccines for use in the U.S. The inserts are available from the FDA for anyone who’s interested.
Ohio: Teenager Held Down by Two Sheriff’s Deputies and Force Vaccinated
November 13th, 2009It seems like the mom wanted her son vaccinated, but it’s not entirely clear. Anyway… So it goes.
Via: The Intelligencer:
It took the strength of two sheriff’s deputies to keep a middle schooler still enough to receive a shot of the swine flu, or H1N1, vaccine at a recent clinic.
During a regular Wheeling-Ohio County Health Board [...]
Boy Diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Swine Flu Shot
November 12th, 2009Via: MSNBC:
A 14-year-old Virginia boy is weak and struggling to walk after coming down with a reported case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu.
Jordan McFarland, a high school athlete from Alexandria, Va., left Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children Tuesday night in a wheelchair nearly a week after developing [...]
Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraqi Officials After Murder of 17 Civilians
November 11th, 2009Via: New York Times:
Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials.
Blackwater approved the cash payments [...]
And Now… Texas Army Killer Linked to September 11 Terrorists
November 8th, 2009Via: Telegraph:
Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a “spiritual adviser” to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001.
Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, [...]
Mexico: Three Doctors and a Nurse Sold Newborns, Told Mothers Their Babies had Died
November 8th, 2009Via: Telegraph:
Police uncovered the scheme after one of the women learned her baby was alive and had been sold to another woman for 15,000 pesos, said Luis Genaro, the capital’s deputy attorney general.
The woman gave birth to a girl through cesarean section at the Central West Hospital in a working-class district in October 2008, Mr [...]
