Apt Pupils: Assassinating the Truth About Atrocities in Iraq »

Posted By populist 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News

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To speak out for human rights in an occupied land -- to investigate and publicize the systematic tortures and atrocities practiced by the client regime of the occupying power -- is a dangerous, often deadly business. Harith al-Obaidi found that out in Iraq this week, when he was gunned down in a Baghdad mosque a day after he condemned the American-installed government for its flagrant abuses.