Friday, June 2, 2006

U.S. Is Accused In More Civilian Deaths In Iraq. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Iraq_Civilians_Killed.html By . [TomPaine.com] 10:35:52 AM    comment []

The 60-Second News Sieve. - Yet another account of Iraqi civilians being killed by US soldiers. BBC News has video evidence of a massacre of 11 people in the town of Ishaqi. - If you’re opposed to the death penalty, these are the companies to boycott - the manufacturers of lethal injection chemicals. (via MetaFilter) - Indicted class-action law firm Milberg Weiss starts losing clients: New York State’s retirement fund, an Ohio municipal fund. Already, top partners are fleeing the firm. - Trouble with our new friends in Central Asia? Kygryz leaders want to raise the rent on the U.S. military’s use of an air base for Afghanistan operations to $207 million a year, which is 100 times more than what they’ve been paying. - To commemorate the groundbreaking Arizona Project, the team effort to investigate the bombing that killed reporter Don Bolles in 1976, the Arizona Republic has put together a package of stories, photos and audio clips. The project was instrumental in the genesis of IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.). (via Extra! Extra!) [Muckraked] 10:33:50 AM    comment []

U.S. military probes civilian deaths. The U.S. military is investigating the deaths of nearly a dozen Iraqi civilians during a U.S. raid near Balad in March. The probe is one of at least three into the possible killings of Iraqis, including women and children, by U.S. troops. [CNN.com - World] 10:33:14 AM    comment []

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