465. Free Syria

Marie Catherine Colvin (12 January 1956 – 22 February 2012) was an award-winning American journalist who worked for the British newspaper The Sunday Times from 1985 until her death. She was killed while covering the siege of Homs in Syria.
(tags: Political Series, Politics, Syria, War, Marie Colvin, AF Flag, Obituary Series, democracy)

443. Our Heroes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps took a first, formal step on Friday toward possible charges against four Marines who, in a widely circulated video, appear to be urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

(tags: Political Series, Military, marines, abu ghraib, Military, marines, War, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Terrorism, War, Taliban, democracy, gwot terrorism, Pakistan)