FirstCircle

joined 1 year ago
 

The database began with In the Dark’s reporting on the killings of civilians in Haditha, Iraq, on November 19, 2005. That morning, a squad of Marines, led by Sergeant Frank Wuterich, was hit by an improvised explosive device, which killed a beloved lance corporal. In the hours that followed, Marines killed men, women, and children on the street and in nearby houses. Four of those Marines, including Wuterich, were charged with murder. Three of their cases were later thrown out, and, when Wuterich went to trial, he was allowed to plead guilty to a single count of negligent dereliction of duty. A judge demoted Wuterich in rank. “Essentially a parking ticket,” Wuterich’s lawyer, Haytham Faraj, said of the sentence. “It’s meaningless.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Comfort maybe, def not junk:

Your local library probably has a subscription to the first, maybe even to the $econd. Granta's a quarterly and I can't say I've ever seen it in a library but its been around a long time and back issues are readily available @used bookstores.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As an American of (partial) Nordic descent, I've always been proud of my link to those "more civilized" countries of the region. It's shocking now to read what's going on in Finland with its Nazi infestation, one that (apparently) reaches into the highest levels of government.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

cool-retro-term for all your old-school CRT needs. 1.8M executable.