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Mar 16, 1968:
My Lai massacre takes place in Vietnam

On this day in 1968, a platoon of American soldiers brutally kill between 200 and 500 unarmed civilians at My Lai, one of a cluster of small villages located near the northern coast of South Vietnam.

During the Vietnam War, U.S. troops frequently bombed and shelled the province of Quang Ngai, believing it to be a stronghold for forces of the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam, or Viet Cong (VC). In March 1968, a platoon of soldiers called Charlie Company received word that Viet Cong guerrillas had taken cover in the Quang Ngai village of Son My. Led by Lieutenant William L. Calley, the platoon entered one of the village's four hamlets, My Lai 4, on a search-and-destroy mission on the morning of March 16. Instead of guerrilla fighters, they found unarmed villagers, most of them women, children and old men.



The soldiers had been advised before the attack by army command that all who were found in My Lai could be considered VC or active VC sympathizers, and told to destroy the village. Still, they acted with extraordinary brutality, raping and torturing villagers before killing them and dragging dozens of people, including young children and babies, into a ditch and executing them with automatic weapons. The massacre reportedly ended when an Army helicopter pilot, Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, landed his aircraft between the soldiers and the retreating villagers and threatened to open fire if they continued their attacks.

The events at My Lai were covered up by high-ranking army officers until the following March, when one soldier, Ron Ridenhour, heard of the incident secondhand and wrote about it in a letter to President Richard Nixon, the Pentagon, the State Department, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and various congressmen. The letter was largely ignored until later that year, when investigative journalist Seymour Hersh interviewed Calley and broke the story. Soon, My Lai was front-page news and an international scandal. In March 1970, an official U.S. Army inquiry board charged 14 officers, including Calley and his company commander, Captain Ernest Medina, of crimes relating to My Lai. Of that number, only Calley was convicted. Found guilty of personally killing 22 people, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon appeal, his sentence was reduced to 20 years, and eventually to 10. Seen by many as a scapegoat, Calley was paroled in 1974 after serving just one-third of his sentence.

Water torture being used by USA personnel in the Vietnam war.
Photo from the War Remnants Museum, Saigon, Vietnam

UN Protocol on Torture

In 2002 the UN produced a protocol outlawing the use of torture. Australia joined the USA as the only Western Democratic nations to vote against it. A spokesman for the Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, said "This protocol would allow UN inspectors to enter Australian prisons at any time" (to check on whether torture was being used).
One wonders why UN inspectors should not do so. What is there in Australian prisons that the Australian Government would not want them to see?

http://ramblingsdc.net/Australia/FailAust.html

US TERRORIST JUGGERNAUGHT steals palestinian wealth .

US-Israeli oil drilling begins in Golan Heights, locals protest

Published on Feb 28, 2015
Living in a border area disputed by two nations may be hard enough, but the Druze community in the Golan Heights are now facing another difficulty - that of oil exploration on their doorstep. An American company has started drilling wells there with Israel's approval, but locals fear they won't reap any benefits, as Paula Slier found out.

Syria: Militants Seize Large Cache of US Weapons In Aleppo

Published on Mar 4, 2015
Two days after the disbandment of the second U.S. backed “moderate” rebel militia in six months, the Syrian Al-Qaeda branch “Jabhat Al-Nusra” (Al-Nusra Front) seized a large cache of TOW (wire-guided anti-tank) missiles inside Regiment 46 Base in southwestern Aleppo after defeating Harakat Hazzm (Movement of Steadfastness) in a short battle.

Images of Jabhat Al-Nusra fighters with the U.S. supplied TOW missiles surfaced on Monday morning, as they paraded around the captured Regiment 46 Base, posing for pictures in front of boxes with the U.S.’ insignia.

The growing fear of hardline Islamist groups getting ahold of these potent weapons has now become a reality for the hesitant western politicians, who questioned the distribution of these arms to militias affiliated with the likes of Al-Qaeda in Syria.

For Jabhat Al-Nusra, the confiscation of these powerful weapons will pay dividends for their fighters entrenched in rural areas that are swarmed with Syrian Arab Army (SAA) armored divisions; however, at what cost?

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/al-qaeda-militants-seize-u-s-supplied-weapon...



Al-Qaeda Militants Seize U.S. Supplied Weapons in Aleppo  3
BY LEITH FADEL ON      MARCH 3, 2015 FEATURED
Two days after the disbandment of the second U.S. backed “moderate” rebel militia in six months, the Syrian Al-Qaeda branch “Jabhat Al-Nusra” (Al-Nusra Front) seized a large cache of TOW (wire-guided anti-tank) missiles inside Regiment 46 Base in southwestern Aleppo after defeating Harakat Hazzm (Movement of Steadfastness) in a short battle.

Images of Jabhat Al-Nusra fighters with the U.S. supplied TOW missiles surfaced on Monday morning, as they paraded around the captured Regiment 46 Base, posing for pictures in front of boxes with the U.S.’ insignia.

The growing fear of hardline Islamist groups getting ahold of these potent weapons has now become a reality for the hesitant western politicians, who questioned the distribution of these arms to militias affiliated with the likes of Al-Qaeda in Syria.

For Jabhat Al-Nusra, the confiscation of these powerful weapons will pay dividends for their fighters entrenched in rural areas that are swarmed with Syrian Arab Army (SAA) armored divisions; however, at what cost?

It is not clear how many TOW missiles the militants of Jabhat Al-Nusra were able to seize, but their photos depicted dozens of boxes in their possession.







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as you were

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1856 - Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, Tintic War
1857 - Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Utah War, Conflict in Nicaragua
1858 - Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Mohave War, California Indian Wars, Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Paloos War, Utah War, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay
1859 Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Pecos Expedition, Antelope Hills Expedition, Bear River Expedition, John Brown’s raid, U.S. forces launch attack against Paraguay, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1860 - Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Paiute War, Kiowa-Comanche War
1861 - American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign
1862 - American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Dakota War of 1862,
1863 - American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Goshute War
1864 - American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Snake War
1865 - American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Colorado War, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War
1866 - Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Franklin County War, U.S. invades Mexico, Conflict with China
1867 - Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, U.S. troops occupy Nicaragua and attack Taiwan
1868 - Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Comanche Wars, Battle of Washita River, Franklin County War
1869 - Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War
1870 - Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War
1871 - Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, Kingsley Cave Massacre, U.S. forces invade Korea
1872 - Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Franklin County War
1873 - Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Apache Wars, Cypress Hills Massacre, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1874 - Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Red River War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1875 - Conflict in Mexico, Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Eastern Nevada, Mason County War, Colfax County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1876 - Texas-Indian Wars, Black Hills War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1877 - Texas-Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Black Hills War, Nez Perce War, Mason County War, Lincoln County War, San Elizario Salt War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1878 - Paiute Indian conflict, Bannock War, Cheyenne War, Lincoln County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1879 - Cheyenne War, Sheepeater Indian War, White River War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1880 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1881 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1882 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1883 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1884 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1885 - Apache Wars, Eastern Nevada Expedition, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1886 - Apache Wars, Pleasant Valley War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1887 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1888 - U.S. show of force against Haiti, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1889 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1890 - Sioux Indian War, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Ghost Dance War, Wounded Knee, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1891 - Sioux Indian War, Ghost Dance War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1892 - Johnson County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico
1893 - U.S. forces invade Mexico and Hawaii
1894 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1895 - U.S. forces invade Mexico, Bannock Indian Disturbances
1896 - U.S. forces invade Mexico

1897 - No major war

1898 - Spanish-American War, Battle of Leech Lake, Chippewa Indian Disturbances
1899 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1900 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1901 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1902 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1903 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1904 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1905 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1906 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1907 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1908 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1909 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1910 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1911 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1912 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars
1913 - Philippine-American War, Banana Wars, New Mexico Navajo War
1914 - Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico
1915 - Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico, Colorado Paiute War
1916 - Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico

US arms end up in wrong hands in Syria, 'lethal aid always bad idea' - UN envoy

Published on Mar 5, 2015
Military pressure may be needed to oust Syria's President Assad who is reluctant to talk to Washington. That message came from US Secretary of State John Kerry, with America planning to train thousands of Syrian rebels over the next three years.

RT talked to the UN special envoy for Syria - who believes lethal aid is always a bad idea.

it_is_the_light wrote on Mar 5^th, 2015 at 8:55pm:



Where are the TOW missiles and more importantly, where are the TOW launchers?

All I see from that video is some 120mm Mortar Rounds...   

Bobby. wrote on Mar 7^th, 2015 at 2:02pm:


many blessings

1917 - Banana Wars, World War I, U.S. invades Mexico
1918 - Banana Wars, World War I, U.S invades Mexico

again you are found in lack and willful ignorance

this creates criminal negligence

of which you embody both

well done if that is the look you are going for

you are forgiven yet exposed once again

by your own hand ...

namaste