US Soldier Killed;
Abu Ghraib Photos show Rape
Iraqi guerrillas deployed a roadside bomb to kill a US soldier in Baghdad on Wednesday. Guerrillas have killed at least 20 US troops in May, compared to only 9 last March.
The Daily Telegraph reveals that the unreleased photographs of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib include graphic depictions of rape, both of a female and of a male.
In the wake of the embarrassing resignation of the Trade Minister over charges of corruption, the al-Maliki government says it wants to issue 1,000 warrants for arrests of government officials over embezzlement. Some 33 officials are said to have already been detained.
AFP reports that the al-Maliki government will ask Turkey and Iran for help in making up the shortfall of water and electricity hitting Iraq this summer.
Iraq has begun exporting a bit of oil from its Kurdistan region, suggesting that longstanding disputes between the federal oil ministry and the Kurdistan regional Government are being put aside.
McClatchy reports political violence in Iraq for Wednesday:
' Baghdad
A roadside bomb targeted the motorcade of a high ranking official in Karrada, central Baghdad at 9 a.m. Wednesday injuring two civilians and damaging one civilian car.
A parked car bomb exploded in an open air marker in Abu Ghraib area just as a U.S. military convoy drove away, at around noon Wednesday. The explosion injured 15 civilians. The American army confirmed the attack saying that “A Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldier died of combat-related injuries after an improvised explosive device detonated near a patrol in western Baghdad May 27”.
Nineveh
A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi Army patrol in al Islah al Ziraai neighbourhood, western Mosul Tuesday killing one soldier.
A roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in Shifaa neighbourhood, western Mosul Tuesday injuring two policemen.
- Gunmen opened fire at a man in Al-Dirkazliyah neighborhood in eastern Mosul on Wednesday. The man, who was a grocer, was killed at once.
- Gunmen riding a sedan car killed a civilian in Al-Intisar neighborhood in eastern Mosul on Wednesday.
- A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol in Wadi Ighab (west of Mosul) on Wednesday. One person was wounded.'
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posted by Juan Cole @ 5/28/2009 01:15:00 AM
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Maliki's anti-corruption "drive" does not wash inside Iraq.
He has upheld, and defended, a Bremer era law that allows ministers to veto legal actions against any of their staff!
The resignation of the Trade Minister (who is a member of Maliki's Da'wa party BTW) only came about after a vote of no confidence was imminent. Maliki's friend has escaped the vote and now receives a huge pension. He has left to Jordan to avoid justice.
How can Maliki, who has been silent for over three years, sell this sudden burst of decency to the Iraqis who have be watching corruption and neptism grow with no limits under him?
The world has a right to see what exactly is happening to Muslims in American prisons.
ref : “guerrillas deployed a roadside bomb to kill a U.S. soldier in Baghdad on Wednesday; [KIA, ‘IraqWar’ are] at least 20 U.S. troops in May...” ArmyTimes : Regular duties have been suspended for three days at Fort Campbell, KY — so that base commanders can identify and help U.S. soldiers who are struggling with the stress of war, and focus on suicide prevention training in the wake of 11 confirmed suicides this year; More deaths are being investigated as possible suicides... Army leaders have been developing new guidance for commanders to help installations like Campbell deal with rising suicide rates. Across the Army, suicides from January through March rose to a reported 56: 22 confirmed and 34 still being investigated, pending confirmation. Frequent deployments by the division since 2001 have contributed to the stress suffered by Campbell’s soldiers, said Col. Ken Brown, the head of chaplains on the installation. Three 101st Airborne combat brigades have gone through at least three tours in Iraq; the 3rd Brigade also served seven months in Afghanistan early in the war, and the 4th Brigade just returned from a 15-month tour in Afghanistan.“We’ve been ‘at war’ at this installation for seven years,” Brown said. “I think this is having a cumulative effect across the force.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/world/asia/29pstan.html
May 29, 2009
Taliban Warn of ‘Major Attacks’ in Pakistan
By SALMAN MASOOD and MARK McDONALD
Hours after the Taliban issued an extraordinary warning for people to evacuate cities, as many as three blasts hit Peshawar, killing at least four people and injuring dozens.
[America wanted a war in Pakistan.]
The rape pictures are especially troubling. Now I see why the military and Obama are so concerned. I sure hope that Gen. Taguba gets to the bottom of this all.
The only way I see any credibility to this process is for as much of the Taguba report as possible to become public, especially details on the punishment meted out to the abusers. It sure seems that the written description of the pictures will suffice.
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