#war log

[four-horsemen-arive]

The Unforgiving Hit// Wxldthxngs

Hugh stood in the living room, a soft frown on his lips. He had been standing there for thirty minutes, looking at this name. It was as if he was trying to will it to change. So he wouldn't have to do this, so this person wouldn't end up dead at the end of his job. He blinked a few times, his eyes watering a bit. "Kenneth.. What did you do to get on my list.." His voice cracked as he spoke it and he swore he could feel his heart cracking as well.

He set his phone in his pocket, erasing the message so it wouldn't be suspiciously found. His eyes ghosted over to the bedroom where his sleeping husband was and he knew he would never be forgiven for this. That this hit would end anything with his husband,his life of happiness would cease to exist. His chest was heavy but his feet were light as he moved to the door, pulling it open.

It was easy for Hugh to get in the house, just a few wiggles of the lock and the door slid open. He threw Robert a frustrated few words for not making that harder. Since he hadn't, he was about to loose his beloved pet. He was silent as he approached the bedroom, typing in the already known password for the door to it. The door slid open and his throat caught at the sleeping form in the bed. Robert must be down in the lab.

"Kenneth.." He spoke, trying to keep his voice even as he did so. He wasn't going to do this in the other's sleep. That was wrong. Kenneth deserved to look his killer in the face. Even if it would be the most painful kill he had ever given, those wide eyes looking at him. His bottom lip would probably shake in fear and he would question over and over why Hugh was doing this.

[fitchburghistoryinternship]

Week 13: Thanksgiving Week

Not much occurred this week.  I took some pictures of paintings that are hanging in the front right window.  It's difficult to do with all the toys set up, but I was sure not to step on anything. Other than that I looked into items from the civil war.  This is in reference to my Week 4 post about the War Log and the cannonball that it contained.

There are a lot of items that come up when you search for Civil war artifacts and shrapnel.  None of which was particularly helpful.  When it comes to writing a small information card for the log on display in our main exhibit hall it will most likely be short and to the point regarding where it is from, when it is from and what it is.  

[anarcho-queer]

WikiLeaks War Log: Americans Handed Over Captives To Iraq Torture Squads

The documents appear to show that US commanders passed detainees over to the “Wolf Brigade”, a feared unit controlled by the ministry of the interior.

In files seen by The New York Times, a US interrogator told the prisoner that: “He would be subject to all the pain and agony that the Wolf battalion is known to exact upon its detainees.”

In Samarra, 75 miles north of Baghdad, log entries in 2004 and 2005 describe repeated raids by US soldiers, who then handed their captives over to the Wolf Brigade for “further questioning”.

New York Times writer Peter Maass, who was in Samarra at the time, told The Guardian that "US soldiers, US advisers, were standing aside and doing nothing," while members of the Wolf Brigade beat and tortured prisoners.

Mr Maass interviewed the Wolf Brigade's American military adviser, Col James Steele, at the unit's improvised detention centre in Samarra, housed inside an old library.

The reporter claims that the 2005 interview was interupted by screams from a prisoner.

Wikileaks files showed that the US military gave a secret order not to investigate torture by Iraqi authorities.

But Sunday’s disclosure that the US forces actively handed over captives to known Iraqi torturers will increase calls for a full investigation.

Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, backed calls for a possible investigation into the claims.

"I think anything that suggests that basic rules of war, conflict and engagement have been broken or that torture has been in any way condoned are extremely serious and need to be looked at," he said.