Human Shields stories:
Yemen president says rebels use "human shields"
Sep 20th, 2009 - Reuters
SANAA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Yemen's president on Sunday accused northern rebels of killing innocent civilians and using "human shields", in an address carried in state media.
Sri Lanka fighting 'killed 20000'
May 29th, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
More than 20,000 civilians were killed in the final days of the Sri Lankan military's operation against the separatist Tamil Tigers, Britain's Times newspaper has reported. Citing confidential UN documents...
Sri Lanka forces West to retreat over 'war crimes' with victory at UN
May 27th, 2009 - Times Online
Sri Lanka claimed a propaganda victory last night after the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution praising its defeat of the Tamil Tigers and condemning the rebels for using civilians as human shields. China...
Pakistani Troops Battling Taliban for Main Swat City
May 24th, 2009 - VOA News
Pakistani security forces are going street-to-street in the main city of the Swat Valley in what the army describes as fierce fighting. The army made its push into Mingora Saturday...
Pelosi Stands By CIA Charge, Ducks Questions
May 22nd, 2009 - The Huffington Post
The length of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's opening remarks at a press conference often correlates to the political barometric pressure level. The longer the opening, the worse the pressure. If the Pelosi-Pressure-Correlation-Matrix is any guide...



