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Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Butterflies and Other Bits of Nabokov's Life, Dispersed to the Wind. Dmitri Nabokov, who felt his death approaching, decided to sell his father's memorabilia collection, which was auctioned in Geneva on Wednesday. By Lila Azam Zanganeh. [New York Times: Books] 5:54:02 PM  Permalink  comment []

Rape Rooms: A Chronology. What Bush said as the Iraq prison scandal unfolded. [Slate Magazine] 3:34:34 PM  Permalink  comment []

Thousands of Afghani POWs brutally executed. Quote: This CBC documentary on war-crimes committed against Afghani prisoners with the complicity of the US military is shocking. It alleges that thousands of Taliban POWs were murdered -- most by being locked in baking shipping containers in the middle of the desert, with the survivors brought to a remote place and executed with 30-50 US soldiers in attendance. The source -- the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation -- is hardly known for alarmism or irresponsible journalism. The UN has offered to investigate, but only if the safety of the investigators can be guaranteed, something that the US-allied Afghani warlord has refused to consider -- and since the making of the documentary, many of the sources have been tortured or disappeared. Update: The CBC page on this program has lots more info (Thanks, Simon!) Source: Ninja Dude. [iBLOGthere4iM] 3:20:14 PM  Permalink  comment []

Real WMD case - Most US Media Yawns [Easter Lemming Liberal News] 2:16:30 PM  Permalink  comment []

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