War and Conflict

More Syrians missing, hinting at wider crackdown - by Anthony Shadid for the New York Times

24/04/2011 19:00
Dozens of residents have gone missing in Syria since Friday, many of them from the restive city of Homs and towns on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, human rights activists said on Sunday amid signs that the Syrian government may widen its crackdown on a five week uprising that has already...

Ivory Coast Archbishop urges forgiveness - by Agence France Presse reporter

24/04/2011 18:41
Abidjan Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa on Sunday appealed for "forgiveness, reconciliation and peace" among Ivorians in an Easter message read in all parishes across the sprawling metropolis. >>>>

U.S. launches first drone missile attacks as Libyan rebels claim badly beaten Gaddafi forces have retreated from Misrata - by Daily Mail staff reporter

24/04/2011 18:36
The first predator drone strikes were launched in Libya on Saturday, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates has confirmed. >>>>

Syria's spontaneously organised protests - by Kim Ghattas for BBC News

24/04/2011 18:24
While the Syrian Army deployed overnight to the restive city of Homs, preparations were underway in dozens of towns and cities across Syria to make this Friday's protests the biggest yet. >>>>

Foreign Office strongly usges Britons to leave Syria - BBC News

24/04/2011 18:21
British citizens are strongly being urged to leave Syria unless they have "a pressing need to remain there", following weeks of unrest. >>>>

Libya is at stalemate - now a new strategy is needed - by Douglas Alexander for The Guardian

23/04/2011 18:51
When military action was first proposed in Libya, I said that those of us advocating the use of force have to accept that it can have unforseen and often unpredictable consequences. >>>>

Oscar nominated journalist Tim Hetherington killed in Libya - by Chris Bradley for The Nattering Nabob

21/04/2011 20:52
An Oscar nominated journalist from Merseyside has been killed in an attack of "indiscriminate" violence in Libya.    Tim Hetherington, 40, died on Wednesday in a rocket-propelled grenade assault in Misurata, Libya’s third largest city, where Colonel Gaddafi has concentrated much of the...

Merseyside soldier killed six days before returning home - by Chris Bradley for The Nattering Nabob

21/04/2011 17:40
Two soldiers have been killed just six days before they were due to return home.   Lance Sergeant Mark Burgan, 28, from Kirkby, died alongside Major Matthew Collins, 38, from Somerset, when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb as they were returning to base from an operation to disrupt insurgent...

Children of Agent Orange - by Chris Bradley for The Nattering Nabob

21/04/2011 15:14
As bombs dropped on Libya, President Barack Obama said: “The United States has a proud history of standing alongside those who stand up for their own freedom”. The violence of Agent Orange, the name of a highly poisonous chemical used to destroy vegetation, shapes the lives of children in Vietnam...

U.S. fears Syrian reprisals after Wikileaks disclosure - by James Rosen for Fox News

18/04/2011 18:56
Senior Obama administration officials worry that the Syrian government may seek to exact revenge on members of an opposition group that has recieved millions of dollars in covert American funding. >>>>

Ivory Coast's justice minister admits both sides have 'blood on their hands' - by Dean Nelson for The Telegraph

15/04/2011 18:45
Jeannot Anousso told the Daily Telegraph that while most atrocities had been committed in the economic capital by fighters loyal to ousted Presidetn Gbagbo, the new Ivory Coast president's forces had been involved in the killing of up to 70 people in Duekoue, Gbagbo stronghold in the west....

Catholic policeman killed in Northern Ireland bomb attack - by International Business Times staff reporter

03/04/2011 19:45
A Catholic police officer has been killed in Omagh, Northern Ireland, after he was the victim of a car bomb that is believed to have been planted by Republican dissidents. >>>>

The Kill Team: How U.S. soldiers murdered in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians - by Mark Boal for Rolling Stone

27/03/2011 21:40
Early last year, after six had months soldiering in Afghanistan, a group of American infantrymen reached a momentous decision: it was finally time to kill a haji. >>>>

YouTube: Reuters video of the Syrian protests 

YouTube: Tim Hetherington discusses his film, 'Restrepo' 

YouTube: Libyan rebels killed by coalition air-strike, claim Reuters 

YouTube: Lanterns released in memory of L/Sgt Burgan

Photo Gallery: Children of Agent Orange

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The Vietnamese government and NGO's provide money to fund Peace Villages in Vietnam. The Red Cross estimates that there are 1,000,000 people suffering the effects of Agent Orange, but the Villages only house 50-100 people. Since the Vietnam War ended, the U.S. government have refused to accept resonsibility for the use of Agent Orange and the deformity it has caused.  

 

Picture: Corporal Jeremy Morlock and Staff Sgt David Bram, U.S. Marines who conspired and killed an innocent Afghan, a 15-year old farm hand with no links to the Taliban or Al-Qaeda.