* "The death penalty is back in force in Iraq.
The Iraqi authorities have hanged 13 people accused of taking part in the insurgency, the first execution of militants since the US-led invasion....The US-led coalition abolished the death penalty in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, but it was re-instated during the handover to Iraqi control in June 2004." (link)
ftr, one of the oddest decisions ever was the CPA's decision to abolish the death penalty.
* abu gonzales: "We do not transport anyone to a country if we believe it more likely than not that the individual will be tortured." (link)
* "Geography is fate.
United Arab Emirates is located at the center of an oil-dependent world. This tiny state forms the promontory that juts out into the famed Straits of Hormuz through which 40% of the world’s oil passes every day. Across the narrow straights sits Iran, the next victim on the list of “axis of evil” nations. Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the straits and the subsequent devastation that would occur to world oil supplies and financial markets.
This is the critical point that is being intentionally concealed by America’s diversionary media. This is the reason that President Bush continues to force the Dubai port plan even though 70% of the American people and Congress resoundingly oppose it." (link)
(via simbaud)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
On the off chance you missed my previous note about the UAE kerfuffle and Ptech: (link)
thnx damien - i did write about that - but i cant find it on the site. perhaps i lost it in a computer crash, or maybe Blogger ate it.
will write it up again.
cheers mate
"ftr, one of the oddest decisions ever was the CPA's decision to abolish the death penalty."
It was one of those important symbolic showcase moments of "witness this tyrannic regime go down". Torture chambers, death penalty and saddam statue.
Also, it would've looked quite bad if CPA justice had handed death penalties in courtroom. And now, the predictable decision to bring it back was made by iraqis themselves ("see, they're bloodthirsty savages and we cant help it").
Post a Comment