Tuesday, August 08, 2006

The obscene and the ridiculous

US Soldiers gang-raped Iraqi girl: GIs drank whiskey, hit golf balls, then grilled chicken. An Army investigator testified yesterday that American soldiers took turns raping a 14 year old girl, before one of them put a bullet through her head after killing her parents and 5 year old sister.

Palestinian PM gets 'toxic' mail. Palestinians launched an investigation yesterday after seven people were hospitalised when one of them opened a suspicious envelope addressed to Palestinian Prime Minister ISmail Haniyeh, officials said.

Prisoner makes 'great escape' from Sulaibiya police station. A security source revealed that Jahra police detained a man wanted for an 11 year prison sentence. Sources said he initially gave police a false name but then heard the policemen whispering to each other that he was a fugitive and had given them false information. Though the man was handcuffed, he still managed to jump from a window in Sulaibiya police station, where he was taken after his arrest. He then escaped in a police car, which had been parked outside with the engine running. The man managed to escape and the police car was later found abandoned in Sulaibiya.

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