Author Archives: Chris McGreal
Karzai leads wave of condemnation over video of urination on corpses
Afghan president calls video of US marines urinating on corpses ‘inhumane’, but the Taliban says it will not hinder peace talksAfghan president Hamid Karzai has led a chorus of condemnation of US marines filmed urinating on the bodies of dead Afghans a… Continue reading
US marines accused of war crimes
Video posted anonymously on YouTube of American troops in Afghanistan urinating on dead bodiesUS forces in Afghanistan are facing fresh accusations of war crimes after film emerged of American marines urinating on dead bodies and laughing.The US milita… Continue reading
The US schools with their own police
More and more US schools have police patrolling the corridors. Pupils are being arrested for throwing paper planes and failing to pick up crumbs from the canteen floor. Why is the state criminalising normal childhood behaviour?The charge on the police … Continue reading
US set to admit Yemen president for medical treatment
Washington says politically besieged Ali Abdullah Saleh will only be permitted to enter country for ‘legitimate treatment’The US is prepared to admit the politically besieged president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh – ostensibly for medical treatment Continue reading
Americans face Guantánamo detention after Obama backdown
Defence funding bill allows American citizens to be arrested as terrorists on home soil and held indefinitely without trialBarack Obama has abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military to indefinitely detain without trial … Continue reading
Robert Levinson’s family releases ‘proof of life’ video five years after kidnapping
Previously secret video released by family as part of an appeal to win his freedom from unknown captors in IranThe family of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran five years ago has released a previously secret video, showing that he is being held… Continue reading
Virginia Tech shooting brings back memories of 4/16
Police officer killed and second body discovered on campus notorious for the largest single mass shooting in recent historyThe killing of a police officer at Virginia Tech and discovery of a second body, caused a massive manhunt on the campus that has … Continue reading
How Mexico’s drug cartels profit from flow of guns across the border
Cartels using US residents to buy guns legally and smuggle them across the border as Mexico pleads with Congress to actIf anyone at Academy sports shop in Houston was suspicious as John Hernandez pushed $2,600 in cash across the counter, they kept it t… Continue reading