This report is Agenda Item 7 for the 15th Session of the UN Human Rights Council sitting in Geneva from 13 September to 1st October 2010. The full report is available from Wikispooks. The following are extracts: 128. The Israeli forces stated that the active phase of the Israeli forces operation concluded at 0517 hours, once the ship was under their control and the three soldiers were released. During the 45-50 minute operation, nine passengers were killed, more than 24 passengers had received serious injuries caused by live ammunition and a large number of other passengers had received injuries caused by plastic rounds, soft baton ……. [Full Post]

Nine years on and here are a few solid, indisputable facts – courtesy of Washington’s Blog 9/11 Commissioners: The 9/11 Commission’s co-chairs said that the 9/11 Commissioners knew that military officials misrepresented the facts to the Commission, and the Commission considered recommending criminal charges for such false statements (free subscription required) 9/11 Commission co-chair Lee Hamilton says “I don’t believe for a minute we got everything right”, that the Commission was set up to fail, that people should keep asking questions about 9/11, and that the 9/11 debate should continue 9/11 Commissioner Timothy Roemer said “We were extremely frustrated with the false statements we were ……. [Full Post]