Burying his face in his hands, a 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan sobs and calls out “Oh Mommy!” in a hidden-camera video released Tuesday that provides the first look at interrogations inside the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay. Lawyers for Toronto-born Omar Khadr released the tapes in hopes of generating sympathy for the young prisoner [...]
Archive for July 27, 2008
How would Jesus treat a 15-year-old accused of throwing a grenade at him?
Posted: July 27, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Guantanamo, torture
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At least 78 civilians in Afghanistan have been killed this month by forces fighting in our name
Posted: July 27, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, casualties, NATO, Taliban, war
From The Washington Post: U.S. and NATO military officials in Afghanistan have launched investigations into three separate U.S.-led airstrikes that Afghan officials say killed at least 78 civilians this month. More collateral damage from our obsession with violence as a way to solve our problems. If the 151 million of us Christians in the U.S. [...]
