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Veteran Stars of Bush's Inauguration Have Scarsnew

More than 15,000 soldiers have been medically evacuated from Iraq. Some of the injured, like Chris Bain, will be sitting a few tables away from George W. Bush at one of the inaugural balls.
The Village Voice  |  Kareem Fahim  |  01-20-2005  |  War
Tags: Iraq war veterans, Iraq, Afghanistan, post-traumatic stress disorder, wounds

Africans Fleeing Genocide in Sudan Take Refuge in Egyptnew

Thousands of African refugees propelled by wars, economic misery, and politics have resettled in Cairo, a teeming metropolis with room for no more. Desperate conditions there have led to unrest.
The Village Voice  |  Kareem Fahim  |  09-15-2004  |  International
Tags: violence, Ethiopia, demonstrations, international, Arab militias, Damtew Dessalegne, Egyptian police, Eritreans, Khartoum, the Janjaweed, UNHCR, United Nations

Allegations at Guantanamo Linked to Abu Ghraib Abusesnew

Two former inmates at Guantánamo Bay have said that they were either subjected to or witnessed some of the same methods of harsh interrogation seen in pictures taken at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
The Village Voice  |  Kareem Fahim  |  05-19-2004  |  International
Tags: detainees, international, Britain, lawyer, Asif Iqbal, beatings, Camp Delta, Center for Constitutional Rights in New York, chained, Extreme Reaction Force, guards, Lieutenant Commander Barbara Burfeind, naked, shackled, Shafiq Rasul, Steven Watt

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