Annals of Liberation
Chris Floyd
Saturday, 25 March 2006
Bound, Blindfolded and Dead: The Face of Atrocity in Baghdad
(NYT):Mohannad al-Azawi had just finished sprinkling food in his bird cages at his pet shop in south Baghdad, when three carloads of gunmen pulled up. In front of a crowd, he was grabbed by his shirt and driven off...Mr. Azawi's body was found the next morning at a sewage treatment plant. A slight man who raised nightingales, he had been hogtied, drilled with power tools and shot
.In the last month, hundreds of men have been kidnapped, tortured and executed in Baghdad. As Iraqi and American leaders struggle to avert a civil war, the bodies keep piling up. The city's homicide rate has tripled from 11 to 33 a day, military officials said. The period from March 7 to March 21 was typically brutal: at least 191 corpses, many mutilated, surfaced in garbage bins, drainage ditches, minibuses and pickup trucks....
Battle for Baghdad 'Has Already Started' (Independent):The battle between Sunni and Shia Muslims for control of Baghdad has already started, say Iraqi political leaders who predict fierce street fighting will break out as each community takes over districts in which it is strongest.
"The fighting will only stop when a new balance of power has emerged," Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of Massoud Barzani, the Kurdish leader, said. "Sunni and Shia will each take control of their own area." He said sectarian cleansing had already begun....
NOTE: **For yet another face of liberation, see the powerful new flash movie ("Children of Abraham: Death in the Desert") put together by our webmaster, Rich Kastelein: you can find it here. Be warned, however: some of the images of the reality of George W. Bush's handiwork in Iraq are very disturbing, and should not be viewed by children or those of a sensitive nature.***
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Saturday, 25 March 2006
Bound, Blindfolded and Dead: The Face of Atrocity in Baghdad
(NYT):Mohannad al-Azawi had just finished sprinkling food in his bird cages at his pet shop in south Baghdad, when three carloads of gunmen pulled up. In front of a crowd, he was grabbed by his shirt and driven off...Mr. Azawi's body was found the next morning at a sewage treatment plant. A slight man who raised nightingales, he had been hogtied, drilled with power tools and shot
.In the last month, hundreds of men have been kidnapped, tortured and executed in Baghdad. As Iraqi and American leaders struggle to avert a civil war, the bodies keep piling up. The city's homicide rate has tripled from 11 to 33 a day, military officials said. The period from March 7 to March 21 was typically brutal: at least 191 corpses, many mutilated, surfaced in garbage bins, drainage ditches, minibuses and pickup trucks....
Battle for Baghdad 'Has Already Started' (Independent):The battle between Sunni and Shia Muslims for control of Baghdad has already started, say Iraqi political leaders who predict fierce street fighting will break out as each community takes over districts in which it is strongest.
"The fighting will only stop when a new balance of power has emerged," Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of Massoud Barzani, the Kurdish leader, said. "Sunni and Shia will each take control of their own area." He said sectarian cleansing had already begun....
NOTE: **For yet another face of liberation, see the powerful new flash movie ("Children of Abraham: Death in the Desert") put together by our webmaster, Rich Kastelein: you can find it here. Be warned, however: some of the images of the reality of George W. Bush's handiwork in Iraq are very disturbing, and should not be viewed by children or those of a sensitive nature.***
Link Here
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