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Georgia Accusing Ossetians of Massacres of Ethnic Georgians
After the Russians called a halt to their military incusion into Georgia through South Ossetia, new stories begins about the slaughter of ethnic Georgians by Ossetians. After the Russians called a halt to their military incusion into Georgia through South Ossetia, new stories begins about the slaughter... more
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Gorilla Murders, Tuesday July 1st.
National Geographic Explorer investigates the execution-style murder of six mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park. Their search reveals corruption and how Virunga has become one of the most dangerous places on earth.
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National Geographic
(comcast San Francisco: 273)
above link for NG channel link.
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also, Terry Gross interviewed the photographer Brent Stirton on 07/24
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91... National Geographic Explorer investigates the execution-style murder of six mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park. Their search r... more -
Video: The Rugendo Family Massacre
From the report: On July 22 of last year unknown assailants crouched in the forest, preparing to execute a family of gorillas. Hidden on a side slope of the Mikeno volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, armed with automatic weapons, the killers had hunted down the twelve-member rugendo family, well-known among tourists and well loved by the rangers of Virunga National Park. From the report: On July 22 of last year unknown assailants crouched in the forest, preparing to execute a family of gorillas. Hidden ... more
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Marine cleared over Haditha Massacre
A US military jury has acquitted a marine of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.
Lt Andrew Grayson had been charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements - charges he denied. He had been accused of instructing a sergeant to delete digital photographs of the incident.
Four marines and four officers were initially charged in the case, but the case against five of them was dropped. The marines were charged with murder and the officers with failing to investigate the deaths. The trial is being held at Camp Pendleton, a military base in California. Lt Grayson was the first to be tried.
The killings occurred after a roadside bomb in Haditha on 19 November 2005 left one marine dead and injured two others. The US military at first reported that the Iraqis had been killed by that explosion, or in a subsequent gunfight with insurgents.
But Iraqi witnesses said the US troops shot dead five unarmed men when they approached the scene of the bombing in a car. The troops were then accused going to nearby houses and killing 19 other civilians.
There was no full US investigation into what happened until January 2006, when video footage emerged of the aftermath, filmed by a local human rights activist. A US military jury has acquitted a marine of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2... more -
Peru: Mass grave uncovered
Forensic teams have exhumed 60 bodies from what is thought to be the largest mass grave from the Peruvian government's bloody war against the Maoist.
Several children were among about 140 peasants massacred by the military in the Andes Mountains of southern Peru in 1984. Fifteen of 60 bodies recovered so far were those of children.
Excavators are comparing DNA extracted from the remains with living relatives who believe they lost loved ones in the incident.
The burial site in Putis is believed to be the largest mass grave related to the Peruvian military's fight against the Shining Path, a Maoist group that fought in the 1980s and '90s to replace Peru's government with a revolutionary regime. Forensic teams have exhumed 60 bodies from what is thought to be the largest mass grave from the Peruvian government's bloody war... more -
The Massacre...'I've never seen anything so inhumane'
Coralie Letica of WildCare says the kangaroo cull at a Defence site in Canberra is the most open display of animal cruelty she has ever encountered.
For the latest images from this wildlife massacre visit his site www.kangaroolives.com
Please Visit: http://www.savethekangaroo.com/what_you_can_do/Belconne... Coralie Letica of WildCare says the kangaroo cull at a Defence site in Canberra is the most open display of animal cruelty she has eve... more -
IRAQ: SOLDATI AMERICANI MASSACRANO INTERA FAMIGLIA
Entire family of an Iraqi girl murdered by the US soldiers
Eman Waleed, a 9-year-old girl who survived the massacre told the told Time: "First, they went into my father's room, where he was reading the Koran, and we heard shots. Then, the soldiers came back into the living room. I couldn't see their faces very well -- only their guns sticking into the doorway. I watched them shoot my grandfather, first in the chest and then in the head. Then they killed my granny." Safa Younis Salim, a 13-year old girl, who in an interview said she lived by faking her death. "I pretended that I was dead when my brother's body fell on me and he was bleeding like a faucet," she said. She said that she saw American troops kick her family members and that one American shouted in the face of one relative before he was killed. Entire family of an Iraqi girl murdered by the US soldiers ... more -
"We must kill all Tutsis"
Thousands of people were massacred during the genocide of 1994 in Rwanda. Now, in the crucible of the ensuing war in neighbouring Congo, the fugitive killers are training their children to carry on the Hutu mission of extermination. Thousands of people were massacred during the genocide of 1994 in Rwanda. Now, in the crucible of the ensuing war in neighbouring Cong... more
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EYE-WITNESS TO SABRA-SHATILA MASSACRE
Dr Ang Swee Chai grew up supporting Israel. Arabs, she was told, were terrorists. But in 1982, on the television she saw the relentless bombing of Beirut by Israeli planes. Shocked, her view of Israel began to change. It was then that she heard of an international appeal for an orthopaedic surgeon to treat war victims in Beirut. The petit woman - she was just under 1.5 meters - resigned her job in London, bade her husband farewell and set out on a journey to civil war Beirut, there she was to eye-witness the Sabra-Shatila massacres*.
With her husband Francis Khoo, and some friends, Dr Ang Swee Chai helped to form the British charity, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), following the 1982 Sabra-Shatila massacres. In 1987, PLO chairman Yasser Arafat awarded Dr Ang Swee Chai the "Star of Palestine" the highest award for service to the Palestinian people. Dr Ang Swee Chai grew up supporting Israel. Arabs, she was told, were terrorists. But in 1982, on the television she saw the relentles... more
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