Tuesday, July 27, 2010

US intelligence records reveal civilian killings, 'friendly fire' deaths and shadowy special forces

The interactive: IED attacks
16,000 improvised explosive devices are recorded in the logs. See where and who they hit over those five years
- Interactive: key war logs reports mapped
The interview: Julian Assange
Watch the founder of Wikileaks explain why he decided to publish thousands of secret US military files

Logs reveal grim toll on civilians
Hundreds of innocents die in over 140 incidents
Task Force 373 – hunting Taliban
US-led unit sent to kill top insurgents revealed
Commanders point finger at Pakistan
Sensational claims – but no smoking gun
How coalition is losing IED war
Surge in attacks deadly for troops and civilian

About the war logs

This series of reports on the war in Afghanistan is based on the US military's internal logs of the conflict between January 2004 and December 2009. Read more about the logs and how the Guardian investigated them. Read more …
How to read the logs
Video (2min 41sec), David Leigh explains what is in the logs and how the Guardian is using them

Explore the war logs

The key incidents
More than 300 key reports from the Afghanistan war logs selected by Guardian writers
- War logs glossary – military jargon explained

Editorial

The unvarnished picture
Editorial: Logs reveals a very different landscape from the one with which we have become familiar
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Latest comment

Wikileaks: the end of Churchill's bodyguard of lies
Richard Kemp: These revelations will inspire more betrayal by officials and increase dangers to troops fighting an already chaotic war
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Wikileaks and the ISI-Taliban nexus
Peter Galbraith: Pakistan's intelligence leaders should ask whether their support of the Taliban is worth the price the country may have to pay
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Further coverage of the war logs

Latest news

Afghanistan war logs: Recriminations fly over alleged support for Taliban
Leaked documents reveal hand of Pakistan's spy agency behind insurgency, say officials in Afghanistan and India
Afghanistan war logs: tensions increase after revelation of more leaked files
US, Pakistan and Afghanistan trade angry accusations after the leak of thousands of military documents reveal more attempts by coalition to cover up civilian casualties
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Daniel Ellsberg describes Afghan war logs as on a par with 'Pentagon Papers'
Former US military analyst leaked documents in 1971 revealing how the American public was misled about the Vietnam war
More news on the Afghanistan war logs

The backstory

Biggest leak in intelligence history
From US military computers to a cafe in Brussels, how classified papers found their way to online activists

The death toll

Civilians caught in UK firing line
War logs contain accounts of shootings or bombings on at least 21 separate occasions
- Full list of the 21 cases
'Friendly fire' deaths that plagued invasion from the start
British soldiers both perpetrators and victims in cases of deadly confusion among allies
'Green on green' – clashes between Afghan police and troops
Bad blood, corruption and poor discipline have led to the security forces rounding on each other

The region

US condemns Pakistan over Taliban
More than 180 files detail accusations the ISI has supplied, armed and trained insurgents since 2004
Secret war along the Pakistan border
Americans caught in middle of flare-ups over disputed colonial boundary
Iran's covert operations in Afghanistan
Behind-the-scenes help of the Taliban includes training, medical treatment and bribes

The air war

US covered up missile strike on Chinook
Surface-to-air strike over Helmand shows Taliban had strong anti-aircraft capabilities earlier than previously thought
Drones bring remote control death
Unmanned planes that unleash missiles effective but expensive weapon for US forces and RAF
Nato feared Taliban could tap phones
Analysts warned major Afghan network for mobile phones might harbour enemy sympathisers

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NPR: Daniel Schorr And Frank Zappa Were Friends. Really.

Daniel Schorr And Frank Zappa Were Friends. Really.

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Frank Zappa and NPR’s Daniel Schorr were indeed friends, and at one of his concerts in 1988, he invited Dan to join him onstage. Host Scott Simon pays a final tribute to Daniel Schorr with a remembrance of Schorr's unlikely friendship with rocker Frank Zappa… http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128738162

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Bryan P. Sears: Baltimore County Council and Bereano, the sequel

Baltimore County Council and Bereano, the sequel

By Bryan P. Sears
Posted: July 27, 2010
http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/blog/politics/645/bereano-bill-round-2/

Bereano — Baltimore Sun file photo (click to enlarge)

Bruce Bereano will be back in Towson Tuesday to testify against a bill that would ban lobbyists and contractors with felony criminal convictions from doing business.

This is the second time in two months that the issue has come before the council. The new version would bar contractors convicted under state procurement laws from doing business with the county. Lobbyists convicted of crimes related to lobbying would similarly be banned...

http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/blog/politics/645/bereano-bill-round-2/

Bryan P. Sears

Political editor for Patuxent Publishing Co.'s eight Baltimore County community newspapers. Covers government and politics in Baltimore County and state government and politics as it relates to the county. Know something that's not getting covered or want to send in a tip? Bryan can be reached by email or follow him on Facebook and on Twitter.

http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/blog/politics/645/bereano-bill-round-2/

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About Today: 25 Ways to Stop Spam

From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor

It's sort of comforting to know that certain things stay the same, no matter how much the world changes. People will complain about the weather. Things will always cost just a little bit more than we think we can afford. And junk mail will continue to plague us, even if we do almost everything online.

25 Ways to Stop Spam

The last time I went on vacation, I came home to 2000 email messages. Only 238 were actually related to my job or social life. This gives you some idea of how much spam I get on a daily basis.

6 Ways to Avoid Getting Spam in the First Place

Sometimes spam is hilarious. For example, if you were to try to figure out who I am by looking at my inbox, you would assume that I was a middle-aged man who was concerned about his love life and dying to secure a younger Russian bride.

How Spammers Get Your Email Address

This is something I've always wondered about: How the heck do all these spammers find my email address anyway? It turns out, sometimes I'm giving it to them.

Protect Yourself From Phishing Scams

Or: How to not give your personal information to a fictitious Nigerian prince.

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About Today: 25 Ways to Stop Spam

Newsmax - Ron Kessler; As Death Threats to Obama Rise, Security Efforts Stumble

As Death Threats to Obama Rise, Security Efforts Stumble
Assassination threats against President Obama have become so disturbing that a secret FBI task force has been created to track the ones arising from terrorism. Yet a beleaguered Secret Service is spread too thin by needless protection demands for administration aides — further jeopardizing the president’s safety.
Read the Full Story — Go Here Now.

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James Hirsen: Barbara Boxer Gets Hollywood Help
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Charles Theatre: "5 Easy Pieces" Final Show Tonight!

OMG - One of my all-time favorite movies...

FINAL SCREENING TONIGHT.

FIVE EASY PIECES

Restored Print

Showtime:

Monday, July 26 - 7 PM.

No Thursday Show!

1970 Bob Rafelson. Jack Nicholson, Karen Black. 98 m. Technicolor.

"In one of his finest performances in a run that established him as one of the great film stars of his generation, Nicholson plays Bobby Dupea, an angry young man working in the oilfields of Southern California.

Bobby lives a white trash life with his sweet but dim girlfriend Rayette (Black), and goes boozing with his buddies. But he is escaping from his upper-class, musically talented family and he is forced into a painful reunion with them when his father suffers a near-fatal stroke.

Blending the road movie with social critique, the film offers a brutally enlightening picture of America during the Vietnam era. Bobby is the embodiment of the time and the country - part drifter, part redneck, part patrician.

The split between Bobby's upbringing and his adult life is expressed in the film's soundtrack, which is divided roughly half and half between classical piano pieces and the country songs of Tammy Wynette, beloved of Rayette.

It is an urgent, funny, bleak film with Nicholson electric in the lead, relishing the surreal scene in which he plays a piano on the back of a truck in the midst of a traffic jam, and the famous chicken salad sandwich set-piece in the roadside diner". (Channel 4)

Charles Theatre: "5 Easy Pieces" Final Show Tonight!

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THE BEST EXPRESSION OF MODERN HOUSEHOLD LUXURY: Collecting Early Appliances by Nancy Gibson

MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010

THE BEST EXPRESSION OF MODERN HOUSEHOLD LUXURY: Collecting Early Appliances

by Nancy Gibson

http://blog.vandm.com/2010/07/best-expression-of-modern-household.html

Patrick Sheary spends his days deeply immersed in the 18th century. As curator at a decorative arts museum in Washington, DC, he is responsible for the care and interpretation of objects made or used in the United States prior to 1840. In addition, he is in charge of all historical research and projects in 30 period rooms depicting scenes of early American life. Mr. Sheary can quickly point out the finer points of an 18th century camelback sofa made in Philadelphia or authenticate an 18th century Newport, Rhode Island high chest.

During Mr. Sheary’s off hours he passionately searches for early electric appliances. He has long been interested in early technology such as typewriters and telephones, and, he is known to have a few of these things lying around the house. Recently, when this writer called him, the clang of the phone (it was made in 1929) as he picked it up was a dead give-away that he was not talking on an iPhone... More: http://blog.vandm.com/2010/07/best-expression-of-modern-household.html

THE BEST EXPRESSION OF MODERN HOUSEHOLD LUXURY: Collecting Early Appliances by Nancy Gibson

LABELS: ANTIQUES, HISTORY ANTIQUES, JOURNALISTS GIBSON NANCY

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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Explore Baltimore County most read / most e-mailed

most emailed

Marguerite Clay German
Posted: January 21st, 2009 in Towson Times
Girls lacrosse: Baltimore-area prep stars win club championships
Posted: July 23rd, 2010 in Baltimore Messenger, Owings Mills Times, Towson Times
Beloved Baltimore County police officer killed in accident is mourned in Towson
Posted: July 21st, 2010 in Towson Times
Look, but don't touch, the water at the Inner Harbor
Posted: July 21st, 2010 in Arbutus Times, Catonsville Times
Swimming: Stoneleigh dunks York Manor
Posted: July 16th, 2010 in Towson Times
Sidewalk improvements scheduled to start July 26
Posted: July 15th, 2010 in Catonsville Times
Men's lacrosse: Johns Hopkins alum leads Team USA to world title
Posted: July 25th, 2010 in Baltimore Messenger, Towson Times, Catonsville Times
Glencoe Road bridge to be closed for repairs
Posted: July 23rd, 2010 in North County News
City Council's living wage bill could 'imperil' planned shopping center
Posted: July 23rd, 2010 in Baltimore Messenger
Hampden, Medfield residents oppose wine store's plan to relocate to shopping center
Posted: July 22nd, 2010 in Baltimore Messenger

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Update http://tinyurl.com/23vwll4: motorcyclist dies in accident with city police - Officer reportedly suspended pending investigation

Cockeysville motorcyclist dies in accident involving city police officer - Officer reportedly suspended pending investigation http://tinyurl.com/23vwll4

http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com Baltimore City Officer reportedly suspended pending investigation after Cockeysville motorcyclist dies in accident involving city police officer

http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/news/107669/cockeysville-motorcyclist-dies-accident-involving-city-police-officer/

By Kevin Dayhoff, Posted 7/25/10

A Cockeysville motorcyclist died Sunday morning as result of a traffic accident that involved a Baltimore Police Department officer.

The motorcyclist is identified as Haines E. Holloway-Lilliston, 27, of the 200 block of Lord Byron Lane, Cockeysville. He was operating a 2002 Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle, according to a report by Maryland State Police spokesperson Greg Shipley.

[…]

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Beall was suspended pending an internal investigation, according to Baltimore City Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

[…]

http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/news/107669/cockeysville-motorcyclist-dies-accident-involving-city-police-officer/

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Cockeysville motorcyclist dies in accident while fleeing police

For updated story see: http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/news/107669/cockeysville-motorcyclist-dies-accident-involving-city-police-officer/ Cockeysville motorcyclist dies in accident involving city police officer - Officer reportedly suspended pending investigation http://tinyurl.com/23vwll4

July 25, 2010

By Kevin Dayhoff

A Cockeysville motorcyclist died this morning as result of a traffic accident that involved a Baltimore Police Department officer.

The motorcyclist is identified as Haines E. Holloway-Lilliston, 27, of the 200-block of Lord Byron Lane, Cockeysville, Md. He was operating a 2002 Suzuki GSX 600 motorcycle, according to a report by Maryland State Police spokesperson Greg Shipley.

Maryland State Police report that troopers at the Golden Ring Barracks were called around 3 a.m. this morning by the Baltimore City 911 Center and advised that Baltimore City police officer Timothy E. Beall, 31, was behind a motorcycle that was speeding north on I-83. Holloway-Lilliston had allegedly previously been observed committing traffic violations in the city.

Beall, according to Shipley, was operating a marked Baltimore Police Department patrol car. “Preliminary information indicates the police officer had witnessed the motorcycle involved in a possible speed contest with a car on Northern Parkway. When the officer attempted to pull the motorcycle over, the driver did not stop and continued north on I-83.”

State Police also report that “Beall was the only police officer involved in following the motorcycle. No other police units from the city or other police agencies were involved.”

“Soon afterwards, State Police were notified by the Baltimore County Emergency Operations Center to respond to a traffic crash on the ramp to southbound Dulaney Valley Road from the Inner Loop of I-695,” reports Shipley.

Maryland State Police and Baltimore County fire department and EMS personnel arrived on the scene where they found that the accident involved Holloway-Lilliston and Beall.

EMS personnel pronounced the motorcyclist, Holloway-Lilliston, dead at the scene.

The Maryland State Police CRASH Team responded to conduct a detailed crash investigation which “indicates the motorcycle was in front of the police car as both proceeded south on the off-ramp where the vehicles collided and the motorcyclist was ejected from the motorcycle onto the hood of the police car and then onto the roadway. The speeds of the vehicles at the time of the collision have not been determined,” report State Police.

The investigation continues as the Maryland State Police CRASH Team is conducting a “detailed accident reconstruction.” No charges have been filed at this time. . The completed investigation will be forwarded to the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office for review.

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