U.S. soldiers kill Iraqi child
In Iraq, a ten year old girl died Thursday, after U.S. soldiers shot him in northern Baghdad. The Pentagon says the soldiers attempted to fire a warning shot at a woman who was waving to someone.
Witnesses: Seven Iraqis were wounded in U.S. raid
Meanwhile, witnesses say at least seven Iraqis were wounded Tuesday in a U.S. raid in Sadr City. A witness said that U.S. forces had fired at random.
The witness said: We are peaceful families. We were sleeping in our houses, when U.S. forces attacked us. Attacked our homes, our families and our children. We hurt. They bombed our houses at random.
Reportedly, at least five Iraqis were arrested in the raid.
Study: Most U.S. population believes the U.S. death toll in Iraq is less
Four other U.S. soldiers died on Wednesday, bringing the number of Americans who died this week at least twelve. A new study indicates that only 28% of Americans are aware of the total number of soldiers killed in Iraq. The Pew Research Center Research Center found that nearly half the U.S. population believes that the total number of Americans killed in the last five years of occupation of Iraq is less than three thousand, when in fact it is almost four thousand.
ordered Britain to 1,400 refugees returning to Iraq
Britain is closing the doors to many Iraqis seeking asylum. The Guardian reports that the British government has sent letters to more than 1,400 Iraqi refugees in ordering them to return to Iraq or face extreme poverty in Britain. The letters say the Iraqis will have three weeks to return voluntarily to their country, after which period may lose public support and end up in the street. The British government says it believes Iraq is now safe for refugees, but still being asked to sign a waiver absolving Britain of responsibility for their situation once they return to Iraqi territory.
comprehensive study found no evidence of links between Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden
Another Iraq news, a new Pentagon study found no evidence that there were links between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. Elestudio analyzed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi documents obtained during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In September 2002, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the Bush administration had evidence of cooperation between Al Qaeda and Iraq. Middle East
U.S. Commander in the Middle East stance on Iran waiver
The top U.S. commander in the Middle East resigned, in what appears to be a direct result of his differences with the Bush administration with respect to Iran. The resignation of Admiral William Fallon took place months after his highly publicized comments that the continued support from Washington against Iran conflict is not helpful and not useful. These comments were recently reissued in an Esquire magazine profile that described Fallon as the only person able to stop a U.S. attack on Iran. In a statement read by his boss, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Fallon said he resigned because of differences in policies, but because the reports on them had become a distraction.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Admiral Fallon advised me about his decision early this morning. I said, the current embarrassing situation, public perception of differences between my views and policies of government and that creates distraction from the mission make this right. I approved Admiral Fallon's request to retire with regret and reluctance.
Fallon's resignation is seen by some as a sign of a growing threat to Iran. Fallon is also known that clashed with General David Petraeus on the number of U.S. troops in Iraq.
killed forty militants and eight civilians in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, at least forty suspected Taliban militants killed in clashes with NATO forces. In Kabul, eight Afghan civilians were killed when a suicide bomber carried out a bombing against U.S. troops. Another 35 civilians were wounded in the attack.
at least six people killed in U.S. attack on Pakistan
In Pakistan, the U.S. military is being accused of killing several civilians in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan. U.S. says it took action against an imminent and did not notify the Pakistani authorities until after the attack. Witnesses say at least six people died, and that it was of members of one family.
Palestinians demonstrate against Israeli raid in Bethlehem
In Israel and the Occupied Territories, thousands of people from several different Palestinian factions marched in Bethlehem on Thursday, in a rare show of unity against an Israeli attack that killed four members of Islamic Jihad. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are prepared for more Israeli attacks after the end of a five-day tacit truce. Palestinian militants and Israeli soldiers exchanged fire since the attack on Bethlehem. Hamas had called for a temporary ceasefire, but Israel says it is entitled to carry out more attacks. On Thursday, Israeli government spokesman Arye Mekel dismissed talks with Palestinian militants.
Arye Mekel said Israel is not talking to Hamas and the Jihad, Israel will not talk to Hamas and the Jihad. These are terrorist organizations and fight against them, we will fight as part of our war against terrorism and terrorists.
Abbas: Israel practices ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem
Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke at a conference of Muslim states in Senegal, where he said that Israel is practicing ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem.
President Mahmoud Abbas said: Our people in [Jerusalem] are facing an ethnic cleansing campaign through a set of Israeli decisions such as imposing heavy taxes, banning construction and closing Palestinian institutions in addition to separating the city West Bank by the racist separation wall.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, also attended the conference, where he made a rare condemnation of the continuing Israeli strikes. The UN Secretary General said: "The disproportionate and excessive use of force by Israel has caused many civilians, including children, killed or injured. I condemn these actions and call on Israel to halt such attacks. Ban Ki-moon also condemned the rocket fire and shooting Palestinians against Israel.
Israel boycotts Al Jazeera
Meanwhile, the Israeli government announced a boycott of the Arab television network Al Jazeera. The Israeli deputy foreign minister, Magali WHAB said that Al Jazeera has broadcast biased coverage of the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Magali WHAB , said: We sent a letter to the authorities in Qatar and Al Jazeera on this issue. Do not want to deal with a channel that is not realistic and does not give a true picture of its viewers. If no change in the way they treat us, there will be a reaction on our part and we take action.
Al Jazeera says it is being censured for reporting accurately. The Palestinian chief of the agency, Walid al-Umari said, I challenge any Israeli official to mention what they call incitement or lies reported by Al Jazeera. What we reported were real events that occurred at the site. U.S.
qualify Protesters Rice a war criminal at the sitting of the House of Representatives While
both on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a mild criticism of the ongoing construction of Israeli settlements. Rice spoke before an appropriations subcommittee of the House of Representatives, where he said the recent announcement that Israel will build hundreds of new homes in the Occupied Territories is inconsistent and unhelpful.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said the United States believes that settlement expansion is contrary to Israel's obligations under the Roadmap and leave that very clear. I also said that it is certainly not helpful to the peace process. I can assure you that we are following this issue closely to ensure that U.S. dollars are not being used to support activities related to the settlements.
The Bush administration has refused to link billions of dollars in U.S. aid to the arrest of Israeli settlement construction. Israel announced the expansion of three settlements since resuming peace negotiations with the Palestinians mediated by the United States in November last year. During Rice's statement, a line of demonstrators who sat behind her raised hands, which were covered with red paint to symbolize blood. While Secretary of State was withdrawing from the camera, several Protesters said it was a war criminal.
Bush vetoes congressional ban on torture
President Bush vetoed a Congressional measure that would have banned the CIA from using interrogation techniques considered by many forms of torture. The bill would have required the CIA to abide by the rules of interrogation set forth in Army Field Manual. The manual specifically prohibits waterboarding, mock executions, electric shocks, beatings, forcing prisoners to have sex and depriving them of food, water or medical care. In his weekly radio address, Bush said the ban of these techniques would harm national security.
President Bush said: The fact that we were not attacked during the past six and half years is no accident. It is the result of good policies and the determined efforts of individuals carrying them out. We owe our thanks to these guys, and we owe them the skills they need to do their jobs effectively. Our greatest responsibility is to stop terrorist attacks. And this is no time for Congress to abandon techniques that have a proven track record of keeping America safe.
Democrats and human rights groups strongly criticized the veto. Democrats House of Representatives say they tried to construct a new vote next week. Pentagon revises
newly revealed footage of interrogations
The New York Times reports the Pentagon has identified almost fifty new videos of CIA interrogations in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. The military began to review the film in January, after the CIA acknowledged destroying interrogation tapes. Meanwhile lawyers for a prisoner in the so-called war against terrorism are asking the government to make public the footage of his interrogation. Ali Al-Marri has been imprisoned in a Navy brig South Carolina since 2003. According to his lawyers, al-Marri says he was told that there are cabinets full of videos documenting the abuse at the hands of U.S. officials. Former prisoner
reveals the ordeal in U.S. custody lived
A former prisoner of the so-called war against terrorism decided to have lived the ordeal in U.S. custody. Khaled al-Maqtari said he was detained in solitary confinement for nearly three years in a secret location. The Yemeni national was arrested in Iraq in 2004 and sent first to Abu Ghraib. She says, beat him, deprived of sleep, put your feet up in painful positions, was intimidated with dogs and hypothermia caused him. After nine days, Maqtari was transferred to a secret CIA prison in Afghanistan where he was reportedly subjected to further torture for another three months. In April 2004, Maqtari says he was transferred again to another secret location, possibly in eastern Europe, where he was detained for nearly three years in solitary confinement until his release.
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Obama wins Mississippi primary
On the campaign trail, Sen. Barack Obama extended his delegate lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton with a victory in the Mississippi primary. Obama won with 61% of the vote. Both candidates were in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, where key primaries take place within six weeks. Clinton spoke to supporters in the town of Harrisburg.
Senator Hillary Clinton said: I want you to know that if they work for me the next six weeks, if we can achieve a great victory in this nation, I'll be there every day fighting for you in the White House, marking the difference you, your families, your jobs, your health care. Go out and make history together.
New results show that Obama also won in the election of the Democratic caucus in Texas. Due to the allocation rules, CNN Obama expected to meet more delegates in Texas than Senator Clinton, who won the primaries in that State. Obama also campaigned in Pennsylvania, where he spoke to supporters at a meeting in Fairless Hill.
Senator Barack Obama said: This is our moment. This is the time to choose change instead of more of the same, to choose the future instead of the past. This is the time to finally turn the page on the failed politics of yesterday. This is the moment that all Americans have the opportunity to achieve the American dream. Researcher
UN criticizes U.S. immigration prisons
A senior United Nations expert has criticized U.S. immigration policy. In a new report, UN investigator Jorge Bustamante said immigration prisons in America are deteriorating, have very poor living conditions and means of appeal under the rules. The population of the immigration jails tripled in the last nine years, reaching 230 000 people. Bustamante said the U.S. should focus on alternatives to mandatory detention, and improve the legal rights and living conditions of detainees. Immigrant
dam was abandoned in cell for four days
In Arkansas, police blamed a guard to let an illegal immigrant prisoner without food, water or bathroom for four days. Adriana Torres-Flores spent 96 hours in a cell measuring 2.5 by 2.7 meters, since Thursday last week. Torres-Flores has three children and had been arrested for selling pirated CDs. Was left in a temporary holding cell after pleading guilty. He slept on the floor using his shoe as a pillow and having nothing to drink except her own urine. The Chief of Police in Washington County Tim Helder said the episode would bring changes in the prison.
The police chief of Washington County, Tim Helder, said: We must implement some interim measures to ensure that, okay, if someone forgets, what do you remember that someone is there? "We monitor with cameras? "We put a light in the hallway to indicate that someone? Sad to say, but sometimes you need an incident to alert us of the failures of what we are doing. And obviously, this has opened our eyes and we promise to fix it. Latin America. Andean Countries
resolve border dispute
Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador settled their dispute over a Colombian military attack in Ecuador occurred last week that killed at least 24 rebels Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). At a regional summit in the Dominican Republic, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe apologized and said his government will respect the borders of other countries. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa accepted the apology but said it anyway promote research.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said I'm going to give the Justice of the country and the political opposition. We have nothing to fear. And with that, as a country, would overcome this very serious incident that has made us much harm.
Nicaragua joined Ecuador and Venezuela to cut ties diplomats to Colombia. For its part Uribe accused Ecuador and Venezuela of supporting the FARC rebels. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied the claim, but said he refuses to adopt the position of Colombia and the United States.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said, those terrorists declare guerrillas? We do not, we do not. Is the United States, European Union and Colombia. So when we are restrillando in the face that you do not fight against terrorism, what are you talking about? You mean you want me to force me, push me to what? Respect each other. For us there are terrorists for us are insurgent forces, guerrilla forces. And we believe that we must first acknowledge that in order to seek a path of peace.
Bush: Chavez represents vision of terrorists and demagogues
President Bush is accusing the Venezuelan government of supporting terrorism in the transboundary effects of Colombia's attack against rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) this month. On Wednesday, Bush said that Latin Americans should reject what he called the vision of the terrorists.
President Bush said: There is much at stake in South America. As evidenced by the recent situation in the Andes, the region faces an increasingly strong choice: quietly accept the vision of the terrorists and the demagogues or to actively support democratic leaders like President Uribe. I made my choice. I'm on the side of courageous leadership that believes in freedom and peace.
Chavez asked FARC negotiations to resolve the internal crisis in Colombia.
Brazilian protest Rice's visit
In Brazil, hundreds of students gathered outside the foreign ministry in the capital, Brasilia, on Thursday to protest against the visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Secretary of State was in Brazil before heading to Chile. The leader Felipe Vieira student said that he rejects the Bush administration's unilateralism.
Felipe Vieira said: We are against war, against any action by one country to another. United States is the world's policeman.
In a press conference, Rice refused to comment on reports that the Bush administration is considering adding Venezuela to the list of countries supporting terrorism. But he said that the United States is concerned about terrorism in Latin America. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said: We worry about terrorism. We worry about the safety and welfare of the countries of the region, which should be subject to terrorist activities or terrorist attacks within or outside its borders. This is an excellent opportunity. Father
injured student accused of state terrorism Colombia
In Ecuador, the family of a Mexican student seriously injured in the cross-border attack last week against the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is demanding that legal action be taken against the Colombian government. Lucía Morett's parents say their daughter was visiting the FARC camp for an investigation when Colombia attacked. Currently recovering from deep wounds from shrapnel. Lucia's father, Joseph Luis Morett, said the attack was an act of state terrorism.
José Luis Morett said: I have given more attention to human, warmer, more comforting it may have, perhaps understanding that she is a victim of a terribly painful act, an act of state terrorism. Attack another nation, to attack civilians without any declaration of war and massacre to get people not knowing what any human being deserves respect, but some students and young civilians are the guys in the coming UNAM with my daughter.
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Spain celebrates fourth anniversary of attack in Madrid
In Spain, there was a national celebration on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of the bombing of commuter trains in Madrid. 191 people died when bombs exploded at Atocha train station on March 11, 2004. A woman who lost her husband in the attack said he still finds it difficult to face. Sandra
Montserrat said: I went to those who have not lived, but for which he is living, that you have it every day, is very different, very hard, very hard.
In October a English court found 21 people guilty of involvement in the attacks.
East Timor Prime Minister made his first public comments since the attempt on his life
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta spoke publicly for the first time since the attempt on his life last month. Ramos-Horta was seriously wounded when rebels shot him several times on the morning of 11 February. East Timor President spoke from her hospital room in Australia, saying he's lucky to be alive.
President Jose Ramos-Horta said : Today, the first time that I will speak out even though I will refrain from political discourse, being Easter, I hope take this opportunity to thank all who prayed for me, I cared, and cared for me after the assassination attempt against me by Mr. Alfredo Reinado and Mr Salsinha last month. I thank the government of Australia, the Prime Minister, the people of Australia for all the support I received.
continue military operations in East Timor to collect seventeen rebels wanted for the attack.
United States and Poland laid the groundwork for anti-missile shield agreement
says President Bush agreed to increase military aid to Poland in exchange for cooperation in this country to house part of a missile shield U.S.. Bush spoke Monday with the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, and pledged to reach a final agreement before he leaves office.
President Bush said: Well, I think there is a commitment to a system that respects the sovereignty of Poland, which will ensure that the population of Poland will not be subjected to undue risk and that the system is needed to deal with the realities threats. Obviously, there is still much work to do, because often a strategy on paper is a little different than details. And so our experts are working on the system to ensure that the people of Poland are comfortable with idea. Poland
house at least ten missiles as part of the agreement. Those who oppose it say the U.S. is driving the anti-missile system for use as a weapon to attack Iran first. Public opinion polls continue to show that most people are against both Poland and the Czech Republic, another country where you plan to place the system
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