Tag: Basra

  • President Obama's Remarks on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

    The Bible tells us, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Ten years ago, America confronted one of our darkest nights. Mighty towers crumbled. Black smoke billowed up from the Pentagon. Airplane wreckage smoldered on a Pennsylvania field. Friends and neighbors, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters…

  • British Army faces public inquiry over Baha Mousa death

    by Aislinn Simpson, 5/15/2008 The British Army will face a public inquiry over the torture and subsequent death of an Iraqi hotel worker in its custody, the Defence Secretary confirmed on Wednesday. The Defence Secretary Des Browne said in a written statement to Parliament that a public enquiry would ensure lessons could be learned. Baha…