Monthly Archives: August 2008

· Karzai orders new rules for all foreign military activity· 90 civilians killed in worst incident since 2001 Julian Borger, diplomatic editorThe Guardian,Wednesday August 27 2008 Sixty children were killed in air strikes by US-led coalition warplanes in western Afghanistan … Continue reading →

· MI5 criticised for role in torture case· UK intelligence agent questioned about alleged war crimes Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian, Friday August 22 2008 Article history Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held in Guantánamo Bay. Photograph: PA MI5 participated in … Continue reading →

George Osborne blames the state for the country’s woes, but they are the result of Labour’s enthusiastic embrace of Tory ideology All comments (54) Prem Sikka guardian.co.uk, Thursday August 21 2008 18:00 BST Article history It has become fashionable for … Continue reading →

It has been recently reported in a number of news sources that the British army struck a deal with the al-Mahdi militia in Basra in an attempt to secure greater security there, which involved the release of al-Mahdi prisoners and … Continue reading →