War Crimes
Sharp rise in birth defects in Iraqi city destroyed by US military
By David Walsh, November 17, 2009
As a likely result of the weaponry unleashed on the Iraqi city of Fallujah by the US military in 2004, doctors are discovering a horrifying increase in birth defects and deformities.
Australia-Sri Lanka deal for joint crackdown on Tamil asylum seekers
By Richard Phillips, November 13, 2009
By reaching a deal with Colombo—that is, with the regime responsible for the oppression of Tamils—the Australian Labor government is legitimising its police state measures and nullifying the basic...
Germany: Trial opens of former SS member Heinrich Boere
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, November 2, 2009
The trial has begun of former SS member Heinrich Boere. The 88-year-old is accused of having shot three civilians in occupied Holland as part of an SS murder squad 65 years ago.
US makes cynical overture to Sri Lanka over war crimes
By Wije Dias, October 31, 2009
The US State Department has issued a report detailing Sri Lankan army atrocities in the final months of the country’s civil war. Its purpose, however, is not to bring war criminals to justice, but t...
Israeli cabinet minister cancels visit to Britain
By Jean Shaoul, October 12, 2009
Last week, Israel’s vice-prime minister and minister for strategic affairs, Moshe Yaalon, cancelled a visit to Britain after being warned that he could face arrest for war crimes.
Obama comes to aid of Israel over UN war crimes charges
By Jean Shaoul, September 26, 2009
An authoritative and highly critical United Nations inquiry released last week concluded that Israel “committed actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity” during its three-...
Video evidence of Sri Lankan government war crimes
By Sarath Kumara, August 29, 2009
A grisly video of Sri Lankan soldiers executing naked, bound and blindfolded men in cold blood provides further first-hand evidence of the war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan government and militar...
Former Wehrmacht officer condemned as war criminal
Italian civilians massacred in June 1944
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, August 24, 2009
The Munich regional court has convicted the Wehrmacht (German army) officer Josef Scheungraber to life imprisonment for the murder of 10 Italian civilians and the attempted murder of others in June 19...
UNESCO Report on Babylon
US occupation caused “major damage” to historic site in Iraq
By Sandy English, August 11, 2009
UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organization, has issued a report outlining the extensive damage caused by US occupation forces in Iraq to the archeological site of ancient Babylon.
Sri Lankan government coerces detained doctors to recant war casualty figures
By Nanda Wickremasinghe, July 16, 2009
Sri Lankan government brought five detained doctors to a press conference to recant their previous eye-witness accounts of the military’s shelling and killing of Tamil civilians.
New York Times on Northern Alliance war crime
A cover-up of US massacre at Mazar-i-Sharif
By Barry Grey, July 13, 2009
The New York Times on July 11 published a lengthy front-page article recalling the murder of hundreds of captured Taliban fighters by the US-allied Northern Alliance at the end of November, 2001, duri...
Robert S. McNamara, 1916-2009
Pentagon chief during Vietnam War escalation dead at 93
By Patrick Martin, July 8, 2009
Robert S. McNamara, one of the principal architects of the US war in Vietnam, died Monday morning at the age of 93.
