08 October 2006
:: future :: :: US cinemas reject President film :: October :: 2006
Death of a President will be shown on More4 on Monday Two US cinema chains say they will not screen a controversial British film portraying the fictional assassination of President George W Bush. Death of a President, which shows Mr Bush being shot dead, secured a US distribution deal last month.
28 September 2006
:: future :: :: Poll: Iraqis back attacks on U.S. troops :: September :: 2006
About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, and slightly more than that want their government to ask U.S. troops to leave within a year, according to a poll in that country. The poll, done for University of Maryland’s Program on International Policy Attitudes, found:
20 September 2006
Collective punishment in Iraq Al Anbar
Asia Times Online ran an article today quoting residents and officials at Al Anbar province, the largest province in Iraq, sharing a border with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, as saying that the occupation troops were behind the collective punishment of civilians across the province. “Ramadi, the capital of al-Anbar province, is still living with the daily terror of its people getting killed by snipers and its infrastructure being destroyed,” said Ahmad, a local doctor.
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