The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

05.22.04 - 6:00pm

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05.21.04 - 6:00pm

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The U.S. military discloses the pentagon has opened 33 criminal investigations of the deaths of at least three dozen prisoners held by us troops in Iraq and Afghanistan …eight are classified as homicides involving ‘suspected assaults of detainees before or during interrogation sessions …the justice department says its opened a criminal investigation of Iraqi prisoner … Continued

05.20.04 - 6:00pm

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Unfettered by international outrage, Israeli troops widen their invasion of the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza strip, killing seven more Palestinians. ….at least 41 Palestinians are dead after three’ days of the Israeli offensive …more buildings are destroyed and residents accuse the troops of flattening a small zoo An Israeli court convicts Marwan Barghoutti … Continued

05.19.04 - 6:00pm

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Israeli forces fire a missile and tank shells at a crowd of Palestinian protesters, killing at least ten people including children …Israeli officials express regret over the deaths…. A U.S. aircraft fires on a house in the Iraqi desert near the Syrian border… Iraqis say the strike killed more than 40 people celebrating a wedding. … Continued

05.18.04 - 6:00pm

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Iraq’s most respected Shiite religious leader calls for both U.S. troops and a rival cleric’s militia to pull out of two Shiite holy cities where battles have threatened the Shia’s holiest shrines…. but the fighting goes on and attempts to broker a truce have apparently broken down The pentagon says it’s cut off the funding … Continued

05.17.04 - 6:00pm

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Dozens of same sex couples exchange wedding vows in Massachusetts — in the first such ceremonies sanctioned by a state in the U.S. . A car bomb kills the head of the U.S. appointed Iraqi governing council — Just six weeks before U.S. occupation authorities are set to hand nominal power over to Iraqis. A … Continued

05.16.04 - 6:00pm

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A new report by investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claims the abuse of prisoners in Iraq grew out of a plan approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld… The pentagon is denying the report. Meanwhile, the first court-martial in the scandal begins next week… The Israeli supreme court gives the country’s military the green light to demolish … Continued

05.15.04 - 6:00pm

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05.14.04 - 6:00pm

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U.S. occupation forces penetrate deep into the holy city of Najaf in Iraq as they fight the militia of Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. . . . .the Iraqis blame the U.S. troops for damage to one of Shia’s holiest shrines there The U.S. military backs off a number of interrogation techniques used on iraqi prisoners, … Continued

05.13.04 - 6:00pm

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Pentagon officials admit to Congress that some of the interrogation techniques used by U.S. troops on Iraqi prisoners violate the Geneva Conventions governing the treatment of prisoners of war. .. The admission comes as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld makes a secret trip to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad in an effort to … Continued