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Junio 06, 2007

Ráfagas - 6 junio

--Desde arriba todo se ve más fácil.

In the first 4 1/2 months of 2007, American aircraft dropped 237 bombs and missiles in support of ground forces in Iraq, already surpassing the 229 expended in all of 2006, according to U.S. Air Force figures obtained by The Associated Press. (...)

At the same time, the number of civilian Iraqi casualties from U.S. airstrikes appears to have risen sharply, according to Iraq Body Count. (...) The rate of such reported civilian deaths appeared to climb steadily through 2006, the group reports, averaging just a few a month in early 2006, hitting some 40 a month by year's end, and averaging more than 50 a month so far this year.

--Ser detenido en un control policial en Bagdad puede llevarte no a una celda, sino a desaparecer.

According to Mukhaled al-A'ani, a spokesman for local Iraqi NGO Human Rights Association (HRA), the number of people who have disappeared after being arrested at checkpoints in the capital has increased significantly since February.

--AP informa que miles de soldados turcos han penetrado en el norte de Irak en una operación de represalia contra la guerrilla turca. El Gobierno de Ankara lo niega y dice que no descarta hacerlo en el futuro. Hace 48 horas, siete soldados turcos murieron en un ataque de los kurdos contra un puesto militar. (Me refiero a los kurdos de Turquía, no a los de Irak).

--El Ejército israelí continúa usando a palestinos como escudos humanos en operaciones contra grupos armados.

--Las mujeres iraníes sufren el acoso de la Policía de Ahmadineyad por cuestiones de moral pública y vestimenta. La única ventaja es que al menos no les matan, como sí ocurre en Arabia Saudí, pero de eso no se habla en Washington.

Among recent cases is that of a man who was allegedly beaten to death in the capital, Riyadh, after a raid on his home on suspicion that he was dealing in alcohol. In the north-western region of Tabuk, a man died of what the authorities said was a heart attack while he was detained by the religious police for apparently letting into his car a woman who was not a relative (another offence in Saudi Arabia), His family is asking for an autopsy, suspecting he had been physically abused.

--Los neocon quieren el indulto para Libby. La lealtad a Bush es más importante que el respeto a la ley. La mayoría de los candidatos a la presidencia del Partido Republicano, también. Un ex fiscal como Giuliani dice que no se cometió ningún delito. La de gente que habrá llevado a prisión por perjurio.

--Un 29% de los norteamericanos apoya la gestión de Bush. El 71% restante continúa golpeándose la cabeza contra la pared.

Posted by Iñigo at Junio 6, 2007 07:36 PM

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