Three Marine Corps personnel were officially disciplined for their role in the death of 24 Iraqi civilians during a raid in the town of Haditha in 2005. Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck, the former commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division, was given a letter of censure for the “actions he took and failed to […]
Forget not the sheer joy of being a kid, remember how to play and laugh over nothing at all. For childhood fades all to soon, and for some it barely makes an appearance. Millions of children around the world are forced to work, enslaved, beaten and abused, cry themselves to sleep at night from hunger, […]
Adjaratou, pictured above, was around 12 when her parents forced her to marry her maternal cousin, where she suffered countless abuses. When she refused her husband's demands to do such things as cover her head, she was beaten, and therefore suffered two miscarriages (Too Young to Wed). Adjaratou, is just one of the millions of […]
The International Criminal Court is examining holding the trial for the only suspect held for atrocities in Congo in the African nation, rather then The Hague in Netherlands. Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese warlord accused of conscripting child soldiers, was arrested in the capital city, Kinshasa, during a crackdown following the murder and mutilation of nine […]
“Kind of broad at the shoulders, narrow at the hip. And everybody knew you didn’t give no lip to Big John.”* I’ve written about and referenced House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair, John Dingell, a good number of times here. He’s the second-longest serving Congressman ever, highly respected and often feared. There’s a fascinating piece […]
The appeals court to the Iraqi High Tribunal upheld the death sentence of Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majeed – widely known as “Chemical Ali” – for his role in an elimination campaign targeted against Iraqi Kurds in northern Iraq. A appellate court judge, Munir Hadad, stated that “The government now has to carry out […]
I am often asked a number of questions regarding to the feelings, views, and capabilities of children in our society, and while I state clearly now I am by far no expert on the matter of the mind of a child, and the statements are merely my views, thoughts and opinions on the questions at […]
I’ve been in the throes of several big changes the past couple of weeks, one of which, moving our household, has been a bear. I’ve not been lolling around on the beach as I hope many of you have, or hiking, or touristifying in some wonderful, pleasant place. There certainly have been boatloads of tourists […]
The U.S. Supreme Courts’ docket contains new reviews of the rights of detainees held by the United States in the “war on terror.” The Supreme Court has been reviewing the basic tenets of law pertaining to the status of prisoners at the detention facility at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba more or […]
While you are enjoying this day off work, I urge you not to forget the millions of children around the world who are not.
The Article 32 hearing is proceeding for the murder probe of U.S. Staff Sft. Frank Wuterich for the murder of Iraqi civilians in November 2005. Wuterich is charged with 18-counts of murder during a “clearing operation” following in IED – improvised explosive device – on a military convoy of the U.S. Marine's Kilo Company in […]
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