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Harrowing Video Backs Afghan Villagers' Claims of Carnage
UPDATE: As the US State Department and Pentagon continue to attempt damage control in the face of mounting evidence of almost a hundred Afghan civilians killed by a C-130 'Specter' Gunship, a grisly eight minute... 911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck
" Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police. ADVERTISEMENT ... Afghan Blast Kills Wedding Party
Yet more carnage from Afghanistan. Roadside bombs do not care who triggers them- it's nothing personal, just chemistry and physics. For the victims, though, it's entirely personal: death, maiming and ruined lives."Both the bride and the groom were among those killed by the... Jump racing carnage kills three horses
"In what can only be described as a day of carnage for the Australasian racing industry, three horses lost their lives in two races on either side of the Tasman on Saturday. The deaths have prompted horse welfare activists to renew their calls for an end to jump racing.... Failed bomber's wife guilty of staying silent about terror plot
The wife of one of the failed suicide bombers, Hussain Osman, is facing jail forfailing to tell police of his plans. The woman, 32-year-old Yeshi Girma, is a Muslim convert and allegedly knew of the plot before it was attempted."The wife of failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman...War-torn Sri Lanka is the last sick man of the region
"Last weekend's carnage underlines the idiocy of pledges to destroy the Tamil Tigers. Peace talks now seem a distant hope. Jonathan Steele The Guardian, Friday May 2 2008 Time is running out for the great...This is how Islam ends
"This is how Islam ends By Bradley Burston, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Burston, Berkeley Marines This is how Islam ends. It is Friday, the Muslim day of prayer. Two mentally disabled women are fitted with bomb belts. Their handlers hold the switches that will activate the...Winter Surfing in Toronto
And here I thought just walking the streets was cold! It was -15 today, I can't imagine how cold that water is!"Canada is brutally cold in the winter. This weekend Toronto had one massive winter storm. 30cm (about a...Here’s the Smell of the Blood Still
"When Martin Luther King Jr. publicly referred to “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government,” he had no way of knowing that his description would ring so true 40 years later. As...A Failure to Protect the Troops? Newsweek
"A Failure to Protect the Troops? IED Strike: The deadly devices cause most U.S. casualties AP IED Strike: The deadly devices cause most U.S. casualties View related photos Today’s Toon Your daily dose. Plus, archived cartoons On Faith Our blog on religion and...The Real Mother’s Day Tradition
""Arise then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be of water or of tears!" So begins the original Mother's Day proclamation of 1870, written by Julia Ward Howe, who also authored "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" as an anti-slavery...Another Day of Carnage in Iraq
One could post an article almost identical to this one seven days a week, and that's the problem. The situation is simply not improving in Iraq."Insurgents slaughtered another 47 Iraqis on Sunday, including 23 members of a small religious minority dragged from a bus and...Bowing Down to Our Own Violence
"Several days after the mass killings at Virginia Tech, grisly stories about the tragedy still dominate front pages and cable television. News of carnage on a vastly larger scale – the war in Iraq – ebbs and flows. The overall coverage of lethal violence, at home and far...Google Earth: Making Katrina amends with Darfur?
Google Earth is partnering with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to show Google users the atrocities occurring in Darfur. Satellite images will be used in conjunction with icons showing "destroyed villages, displaced...Have the Car-Bombers Already Defeated the Surge?
"Have the Car-Bombers Already Defeated the Surge? The weapon no one can stop by Mike Davis Despite heroic reassurances from both the White House and the Pentagon that the six-week-old U.S. escalation in Baghdad and al-Anbar province is proceeding on course, suicide...
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