But his friends black toms glitter and neighbors remember Bales as a man of honor.
"The thing I buy toms shoes really remember," says neighbor Edith Bouvette, in Lakewood, Wash., "is him in his uniform with his pants tucked inside his boots. He was crisp, clean, military."
Family friend Steve Berling says Bales, "felt that he needed something bigger in his heart and his mind and in his soul, (and) that's why he went in the military."
Bales joined the Army shortly after Sept. 11, 2001. He was already 27 years old at the time.
Capt. Chris Alexander served with Bales and has known him for years.
"Bales is an extremely professional NCO," Alexander told CBS News. "No job too menial or too dangerous, and he would always get it done, and get it done very well."
Bales has secured the services girls toms of attorney John Henry Browne, who left Seattle Sunday and talked to reporters when he arrived in Kansas City to meet his client face-to-face for the first time.
"Everybody (who) has had three or four deployments to the Middle East is probably going to have some form of PTSD," Browne said, adding that his client, "had a concussive head injury that can be as serious, if not more serious than PTSD."
Bales' wife, Karilyn, who kept a running blog, wrote about the stresses repeated deployments were putting on her husband, their two children, and herself. There were financial stresses. A house Karilyn bought before their marriage reportedly was in foreclosure. Their family home was put on the market just this month for $50,000 less than they paid.
"You know," Browne said, "nobody goes and kills women and children because they had financial stresses."
But there were other signs of stress. Bales was charged with assaulting a girlfriend in 2002 but, after he underwent anger management, the charges were dropped. A police report describes a 2008 hit-and-run accident. Bales admits he rolled his car after colliding with a signpost, but says he fell asleep. Witnesses saw a man running away, bloody and smelling of alcohol. Charges were dismissed after Bales paid a fine.
Now, he's seeking support for his toms legal fees stemming from his alleged crimes in Afghanistan.
"Something terribly terrible has happened to him," neighbor Stuart Ness says. "And I think anybody in the shoes military who's been in combat certainly understands the kind of stress these guys have been going through."
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2012年3月19日星期一
2012年3月16日星期五
He complained that he could not get business done
In the square, men flashed victory signs. Flags whipped in the wind: the black, white and red Syrian tricolor alongside the banners of Russia, China and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, some of Mr. Assad’s most stalwart supporters.
In the crowd, a 25-year-old man, the son of an army officer, explained why he had come: “To show to the world that President Assad is our leader forever.”
Carrying a portrait of Mr. Assad, he said, “The best solution is to give the army and security bodies a free hand to finish all these armed gangs and groups, who cover themselves with democracy and freedom slogans.”
But not everyone was buying the government’s narrative. One man who avoided the protest said the government was acting “like a teenager,” anxious to prove its popularity; another called the rally “fabricated.” And an official with Mr. Assad’s Ba’ath Party said that not everyone had come as willingly as the soldier’s son had.
The government, the official said, had canceled a day off — a national holiday called Teachers’ Day — and “forced all teachers and schools to go,” to prevent antigovernment protesters from gathering to mark the anniversary of the start of the uprising.
“We will not keep squares empty to let anti-Assad protesters fill them,” he said.
On March 15, 2011, demonstrations in the southern city of Dara’a turned sporadic protests into a nationwide uprising.
The government responded with violence. Some activists and defecting soldiers took up arms, which led to more crackdowns, and Syria’s became the most violent of the Arab revolts, with more than 7,500 people killed, the United Nations estimates. The government blames the killings on “terrorists” spurred on by Western countries that it says are angry at Syria’s defiance.
Those competing narratives dueled across Syria on Thursday. Hundreds tried to hold a protest just a few miles from the square, in the Damascus suburbs. Others marched in Aleppo, even as security forces fired on them, according to videos from activists. Troops hit pockets of rebellion in Homs, Idlib and Dara’a, activists said, even as pro-Assad rallies purported to celebrate the restoration of order.
Claims and counterclaims of battles, casualties and competing protests are difficult to corroborate because of government restrictions on journalists.
Syrian television borrowed from the youthful, grass-roots uprising in creating a Facebook page, “Likes for Syria,” and elaborate video advertisements in which young men and women, priests and imams declare over soaring music, “I’m going to the Global March for Syria.”
Not all of the support for Mr. Assad is manufactured. Some Syrians, like the soldier’s son at the rally, worry that his departure could usher in sectarian revenge against members of his minority Alawite sect. Many Christians fear rule by the Sunni Muslim majority. Others simply fear instability. The Assad government has stoked those fears by portraying itself as a protector of minorities and a bulwark of order.
A Syrian soldier reached by telephone, who gave his name as Samer, said no one had forced his family to attend the rally. “We danced the dabke,” a traditional dance, he said.
To him, the rally celebrated victory over traitors instigated by foreigners. “We won over the conspiracy,” he said.
But in Harasta, a northern suburb of Damascus, a 40-year-old employee of a state construction company said he had slipped away rather than attend.
He said his bosses had told workers to participate, threatening to punish those who did not. “I couldn’t participate in a pro-Assad rally while our brothers are killed and slaughtered in Homs,” he said.
He was not persuaded by official claims that the fighting was over; he had heard explosions and gunfire the night before. And, he said, while the government might bus in families from military dormitories to protests in the provinces, “every Syrian knows that no citizen in Dara’a will participate in a pro-Assad rally in Dara’a.”
A 50-year-old businessman called the rally “a waste of time.”
“It is ridiculous to see a government force its workers to rally,” he said. “We need wise people to manage the crisis, not old-fashioned officials of the 1960s who solve problems by Soviet-style rallies.”
because the roads were blocked.
“The government thinks like a teenager — it organizes big rallies to show its popularity,” he said. “Popularity is measured by fair and democratic elections, not premade rallies.
“If President Assad has wide popularity,” he went on, “he should call for early presidential elections, not ask his soldiers, security men and their families to gather in public squares.”
In the crowd, a 25-year-old man, the son of an army officer, explained why he had come: “To show to the world that President Assad is our leader forever.”
Carrying a portrait of Mr. Assad, he said, “The best solution is to give the army and security bodies a free hand to finish all these armed gangs and groups, who cover themselves with democracy and freedom slogans.”
But not everyone was buying the government’s narrative. One man who avoided the protest said the government was acting “like a teenager,” anxious to prove its popularity; another called the rally “fabricated.” And an official with Mr. Assad’s Ba’ath Party said that not everyone had come as willingly as the soldier’s son had.
The government, the official said, had canceled a day off — a national holiday called Teachers’ Day — and “forced all teachers and schools to go,” to prevent antigovernment protesters from gathering to mark the anniversary of the start of the uprising.
“We will not keep squares empty to let anti-Assad protesters fill them,” he said.
On March 15, 2011, demonstrations in the southern city of Dara’a turned sporadic protests into a nationwide uprising.
The government responded with violence. Some activists and defecting soldiers took up arms, which led to more crackdowns, and Syria’s became the most violent of the Arab revolts, with more than 7,500 people killed, the United Nations estimates. The government blames the killings on “terrorists” spurred on by Western countries that it says are angry at Syria’s defiance.
Those competing narratives dueled across Syria on Thursday. Hundreds tried to hold a protest just a few miles from the square, in the Damascus suburbs. Others marched in Aleppo, even as security forces fired on them, according to videos from activists. Troops hit pockets of rebellion in Homs, Idlib and Dara’a, activists said, even as pro-Assad rallies purported to celebrate the restoration of order.
Claims and counterclaims of battles, casualties and competing protests are difficult to corroborate because of government restrictions on journalists.
Syrian television borrowed from the youthful, grass-roots uprising in creating a Facebook page, “Likes for Syria,” and elaborate video advertisements in which young men and women, priests and imams declare over soaring music, “I’m going to the Global March for Syria.”
Not all of the support for Mr. Assad is manufactured. Some Syrians, like the soldier’s son at the rally, worry that his departure could usher in sectarian revenge against members of his minority Alawite sect. Many Christians fear rule by the Sunni Muslim majority. Others simply fear instability. The Assad government has stoked those fears by portraying itself as a protector of minorities and a bulwark of order.
A Syrian soldier reached by telephone, who gave his name as Samer, said no one had forced his family to attend the rally. “We danced the dabke,” a traditional dance, he said.
To him, the rally celebrated victory over traitors instigated by foreigners. “We won over the conspiracy,” he said.
But in Harasta, a northern suburb of Damascus, a 40-year-old employee of a state construction company said he had slipped away rather than attend.
He said his bosses had told workers to participate, threatening to punish those who did not. “I couldn’t participate in a pro-Assad rally while our brothers are killed and slaughtered in Homs,” he said.
He was not persuaded by official claims that the fighting was over; he had heard explosions and gunfire the night before. And, he said, while the government might bus in families from military dormitories to protests in the provinces, “every Syrian knows that no citizen in Dara’a will participate in a pro-Assad rally in Dara’a.”
A 50-year-old businessman called the rally “a waste of time.”
“It is ridiculous to see a government force its workers to rally,” he said. “We need wise people to manage the crisis, not old-fashioned officials of the 1960s who solve problems by Soviet-style rallies.”
because the roads were blocked.
“The government thinks like a teenager — it organizes big rallies to show its popularity,” he said. “Popularity is measured by fair and democratic elections, not premade rallies.
“If President Assad has wide popularity,” he went on, “he should call for early presidential elections, not ask his soldiers, security men and their families to gather in public squares.”
2012年3月13日星期二
How will slaughter affect the NATO military mission?
The western district has been known to be a hotbed of Taliban activity, even considered the birthplace of the Taliban. But the woman said she swears she hadn't seen Taliban fighters in five months.
She said she was one of many who had moved back to the village because people on the nearby military base had said it was safe to return home, and that nobody would bother them.
"This base told us to come back to our villages ... we will not bother you. This is your land, and this is your own village," she said. "But these dogs came and grabbed us."
President Barack black Obama girls toms and other top U.S. officials have expressed their sorrow and condolences to the families. But that had little meaning in the village, where a local minister said one family lost 11 members Sunday.
"Look at these bodies. They all belong to one family," one of the villagers said through tears.
Old and young men alike wept openly, while investigators sifted through the grisly scene picking up shell casings and picking through at least one home where the floors and walls were stained with blood.
Sorrow was soon replaced by anger at American forces. Some of the villagers said there was more than one soldier on the ground when the killings occurred.
But the International Security Assistance Force, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, said that was not the case -- that the killings appear to be the result of a single soldier, who walked away from his outpost and acted alone.
There was new information Monday about the soldier accused of the killings. A Department of Defense official told CNN the man, a staff sergeant, was a qualified infantry sniper, trained to hit to kill at about 800 meters. He had spent three tours of duty in Iraq, where he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 2010 vehicle accident.
After treatment, he was cleared to return to duty and was serving his first tour in Afghanistan.
The massacre has further inflamed tensions between U.S. and Afghan leaders and the people of Afghanistan. Afghan lawmakers have asked for a public trial to be held on Afghan soil, but Pentagon spokesman George Little said the case would be handled by the American military.
"The soldier was never in the custody of Afghan forces and will not face punishment under the Afghan justice system," Little said. "The U.S. military has strong means to address wrongdoing. There is an agreement in place with the government of Afghanistan, so that the investigation -- and when appropriate, prosecution -- will be done through U.S. military channels."
She said she was one of many who had moved back to the village because people on the nearby military base had said it was safe to return home, and that nobody would bother them.
"This base told us to come back to our villages ... we will not bother you. This is your land, and this is your own village," she said. "But these dogs came and grabbed us."
President Barack black Obama girls toms and other top U.S. officials have expressed their sorrow and condolences to the families. But that had little meaning in the village, where a local minister said one family lost 11 members Sunday.
"Look at these bodies. They all belong to one family," one of the villagers said through tears.
Old and young men alike wept openly, while investigators sifted through the grisly scene picking up shell casings and picking through at least one home where the floors and walls were stained with blood.
Sorrow was soon replaced by anger at American forces. Some of the villagers said there was more than one soldier on the ground when the killings occurred.
But the International Security Assistance Force, the U.S.-led NATO mission in Afghanistan, said that was not the case -- that the killings appear to be the result of a single soldier, who walked away from his outpost and acted alone.
There was new information Monday about the soldier accused of the killings. A Department of Defense official told CNN the man, a staff sergeant, was a qualified infantry sniper, trained to hit to kill at about 800 meters. He had spent three tours of duty in Iraq, where he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 2010 vehicle accident.
After treatment, he was cleared to return to duty and was serving his first tour in Afghanistan.
The massacre has further inflamed tensions between U.S. and Afghan leaders and the people of Afghanistan. Afghan lawmakers have asked for a public trial to be held on Afghan soil, but Pentagon spokesman George Little said the case would be handled by the American military.
"The soldier was never in the custody of Afghan forces and will not face punishment under the Afghan justice system," Little said. "The U.S. military has strong means to address wrongdoing. There is an agreement in place with the government of Afghanistan, so that the investigation -- and when appropriate, prosecution -- will be done through U.S. military channels."
2012年3月9日星期五
The costliest box office flops of all time
Wall Street media analysts said the toms for girls studio could lose $100 million to $165 million on its big-budget epic, which opened Friday in theaters worldwide.
"We normally would not be changing estimates prior to a movie opening," Alan Gould, senior media and entertainment analyst at Evercore Partners, wrote in an investor note published Friday. "But given the tracking reports, reviews and high profile of this picture, we feel there is little risk in adjusting our estimate early."
PHOTOS: The costliest box office flops of all time
Gould more than doubled his earlier estimates of the studio's loss on the film, to $165 million. An entertainment analyst at Cowen & Co. also projected a write-down of $100 million or more, citing the apparent lack of moviegoer interest in seeing the film about a Civil War hero who is magically transported to Mars.
The debut of "John Carter," a film based on a century-old series by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, looked Friday as if it would be eclipsed by the second weekend numbers for the 3-D animated movie "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax." The family film, from Disney rival Universal Studios, opened at $70.2 million last weekend and could bring in an additional $40 million this weekend.
Based on East Coast screenings and pre-release surveys of would-be moviegoers, "John Carter" could toms girls bring in $26 to $28 million worth of ticket sales over the weekend, according to a competing distributor. That figure, while precipitously low for a movie that cost $250 million, marks an improvement over earlier projections.
Overseas, the fantasy film garnered $13 million in box-office receipts, according to one person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly. In Russia, "John Carter" had the highest opening-day in movie history, with $6.5 million in ticket sales, the person said. The movie also had solid starts in Asia.
The stakes are high for a big-budget event film like "John Carter" because Disney has dramatically curtailed the number of movies it produces each year. The studio has limited its film investments to two categories: developing movies around its established Marvel, Pixar and Disney brands, and financing wide-appeal event movies with the potential to drive sequels, merchandise sales, television series or theme-park attractions.
Cowen & Co. analyst Doug Creutz raised questions about the structure of the Disney studio.
PHOTOS: The costliest box office flops of all time
"Aside from the output of Pixar and Marvel … the company appears to have put itself in a fairly tight box with only a couple of major films per year, that are also expected to be 'Disney-branded' 'franchise' films," Creutz wrote Friday. "We think this puts an enormous amount of pressure on studio management, which has a very limited number of 'shots on goal' each year."
The SNL Kagan Box Office report archly suggested that "it might be best if Walt Disney Co. avoided movies about Mars altogether."
About a year ago, Disney released the box-office dud "Mars Needs Moms." That 3-D animated movie, which cost a reported $150 million, grossed just $21.4 million at the domestic box office.
Kagan noted that "John Carter" could still outperform predictions and do well overseas, where audiences respond to big-budget 3-D epics. And the film's accomplished director, Pixar Animation Studios veteran Andrew Stanton, has proved naysayers wrong before.
"What makes the film risky is not so much its century-old source material or its relatively unknown cast or even the fact that it represents the first live-action film from director Andrew Stanton, who previously helmed 'Finding Nemo' and 'Wall-E,' " wrote Kagan analysts Sarah Barry James and Wade Holden. "Rather, the danger comes from the movie's gargantuan spring classic blue toms budget."
"We normally would not be changing estimates prior to a movie opening," Alan Gould, senior media and entertainment analyst at Evercore Partners, wrote in an investor note published Friday. "But given the tracking reports, reviews and high profile of this picture, we feel there is little risk in adjusting our estimate early."
PHOTOS: The costliest box office flops of all time
Gould more than doubled his earlier estimates of the studio's loss on the film, to $165 million. An entertainment analyst at Cowen & Co. also projected a write-down of $100 million or more, citing the apparent lack of moviegoer interest in seeing the film about a Civil War hero who is magically transported to Mars.
The debut of "John Carter," a film based on a century-old series by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, looked Friday as if it would be eclipsed by the second weekend numbers for the 3-D animated movie "Dr. Seuss' the Lorax." The family film, from Disney rival Universal Studios, opened at $70.2 million last weekend and could bring in an additional $40 million this weekend.
Based on East Coast screenings and pre-release surveys of would-be moviegoers, "John Carter" could toms girls bring in $26 to $28 million worth of ticket sales over the weekend, according to a competing distributor. That figure, while precipitously low for a movie that cost $250 million, marks an improvement over earlier projections.
Overseas, the fantasy film garnered $13 million in box-office receipts, according to one person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly. In Russia, "John Carter" had the highest opening-day in movie history, with $6.5 million in ticket sales, the person said. The movie also had solid starts in Asia.
The stakes are high for a big-budget event film like "John Carter" because Disney has dramatically curtailed the number of movies it produces each year. The studio has limited its film investments to two categories: developing movies around its established Marvel, Pixar and Disney brands, and financing wide-appeal event movies with the potential to drive sequels, merchandise sales, television series or theme-park attractions.
Cowen & Co. analyst Doug Creutz raised questions about the structure of the Disney studio.
PHOTOS: The costliest box office flops of all time
"Aside from the output of Pixar and Marvel … the company appears to have put itself in a fairly tight box with only a couple of major films per year, that are also expected to be 'Disney-branded' 'franchise' films," Creutz wrote Friday. "We think this puts an enormous amount of pressure on studio management, which has a very limited number of 'shots on goal' each year."
The SNL Kagan Box Office report archly suggested that "it might be best if Walt Disney Co. avoided movies about Mars altogether."
About a year ago, Disney released the box-office dud "Mars Needs Moms." That 3-D animated movie, which cost a reported $150 million, grossed just $21.4 million at the domestic box office.
Kagan noted that "John Carter" could still outperform predictions and do well overseas, where audiences respond to big-budget 3-D epics. And the film's accomplished director, Pixar Animation Studios veteran Andrew Stanton, has proved naysayers wrong before.
"What makes the film risky is not so much its century-old source material or its relatively unknown cast or even the fact that it represents the first live-action film from director Andrew Stanton, who previously helmed 'Finding Nemo' and 'Wall-E,' " wrote Kagan analysts Sarah Barry James and Wade Holden. "Rather, the danger comes from the movie's gargantuan spring classic blue toms budget."
2012年3月2日星期五
herve leger 2012 collection online
In the first national vote since a disputed presidential election in 2012 miranda kerr red bandage dress, scenes of crowded polling places and voters with ink-stained fingers dominated state television and online news sites, alongside none-too-subtle editorials declaring that the vote defied Western perceptions of domestic discontent in Iran. Iran’s opposition movement — whose leaders have been jailed or placed under house arrest — had called for a boycott of the vote.
Iran’s supreme leader and other top officials had called in recent days for high voter turnout as a way to show defiance toward the West at time of extraordinary tension. Iran’s economy is staggering under the latest round of sanctions, and there is rising speculation that Israel will bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The elections, which had more than 3,400 candidates competing for the 290-seat Legislature, are widely expected to increase the control of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over Iran’s complex political landscape. They are not likely to have any bearing over issues most relevant to the West, like the efforts to reach a diplomatic compromise on Iran’s nuclear program.
Interior Ministry officials reported an increase of 8 to 9 percent over the turnout in the last parliamentary elections, in 2008, according to the official Mehr news service. The official news agency IRNA declared the elections another “recurrence of epic incidents in the history of the Islamic republic of Iran that blinded the enemies.” Results are expected in two or three days.
The reported turnout seemed at odds with the short lines and relatively empty voting booths described by a number of Iranians in the capital and a few other major cities over the course of the herve leger 2012 collection day. “I went to two polling places at around 2 p.m., one a mosque and one a school, and there was hardly anyone there,” a 41-year-old woman in Tehran said in comments that were echoed by others. Many analysts and government critics have been asserting that the government, which has long held up voter turnout as a sign of its democratic legitimacy, was likely to declare high numbers no matter what.
But others cautioned that the official numbers could very well be accurate, especially in light of a recent campaign by Iranian high officials and clerics that declared voting a national and religious duty at a time of stress and danger. The appeals to patriotism and piety are especially effective in Iran’s hinterland, away from the more worldly precincts of northern Tehran. “We are a minuscule minority up here,” said Mohammad Ali Shabani, a political analyst in Tehran. “They portrayed a high turnout as a way to show unity and resistance in the face of sanctions.”
Results of the vote have been dismissed as meaningless by many of the opposition supporters who filled the streets during the antigovernment protests set off by the disputed presidential election of 2009. That was followed by a harsh crackdown, lasting months, that effectively destroyed the reformist movement and any allied opposition.
Lying below the surface of this year’s election is a fierce struggle between partisans and rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose second and final term ends next year. He hopes to maintain influence by electing lawmakers who are loyal to him.
Iran’s supreme leader and other top officials had called in recent days for high voter turnout as a way to show defiance toward the West at time of extraordinary tension. Iran’s economy is staggering under the latest round of sanctions, and there is rising speculation that Israel will bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The elections, which had more than 3,400 candidates competing for the 290-seat Legislature, are widely expected to increase the control of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over Iran’s complex political landscape. They are not likely to have any bearing over issues most relevant to the West, like the efforts to reach a diplomatic compromise on Iran’s nuclear program.
Interior Ministry officials reported an increase of 8 to 9 percent over the turnout in the last parliamentary elections, in 2008, according to the official Mehr news service. The official news agency IRNA declared the elections another “recurrence of epic incidents in the history of the Islamic republic of Iran that blinded the enemies.” Results are expected in two or three days.
The reported turnout seemed at odds with the short lines and relatively empty voting booths described by a number of Iranians in the capital and a few other major cities over the course of the herve leger 2012 collection day. “I went to two polling places at around 2 p.m., one a mosque and one a school, and there was hardly anyone there,” a 41-year-old woman in Tehran said in comments that were echoed by others. Many analysts and government critics have been asserting that the government, which has long held up voter turnout as a sign of its democratic legitimacy, was likely to declare high numbers no matter what.
But others cautioned that the official numbers could very well be accurate, especially in light of a recent campaign by Iranian high officials and clerics that declared voting a national and religious duty at a time of stress and danger. The appeals to patriotism and piety are especially effective in Iran’s hinterland, away from the more worldly precincts of northern Tehran. “We are a minuscule minority up here,” said Mohammad Ali Shabani, a political analyst in Tehran. “They portrayed a high turnout as a way to show unity and resistance in the face of sanctions.”
Results of the vote have been dismissed as meaningless by many of the opposition supporters who filled the streets during the antigovernment protests set off by the disputed presidential election of 2009. That was followed by a harsh crackdown, lasting months, that effectively destroyed the reformist movement and any allied opposition.
Lying below the surface of this year’s election is a fierce struggle between partisans and rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose second and final term ends next year. He hopes to maintain influence by electing lawmakers who are loyal to him.
2012年2月26日星期日
On Sunday night, she has partnered with 25 media organizations
On Sunday night, WikiLeaks announced the initial release of what it’s calling the Global Intelligence Files, a collection of 5.5 million emails from the private intelligence herve leger sale firm Stratfor. The group claims those emails, to be released over the coming weeks, show Stratfor’s involvement in operations like monitoring activists seeking redress for the Bhopal chemical disaster on behalf of Dow Chemical, payments to the former head of the controversial Pakistani secret service, and even the use of the company’s information for insider trading.
WikiLeaks has partnered with 25 media organizations to sift, analyze and publish those emails: It lists Rolling Stone, the McClatchy News Agency, the Italian newspaper L’Espresso and the Indian paper The Hindu among them.
But more unusual is its other apparent partnership: Several mouthpieces for Anonymous say the hacker group gave WikiLeaks the leaked emails after a widely-publicized breach of the company’s network in December of last year. The Anonymous twitter feeds Anonops and AnonymousIRC both claimed credit for the leak, and the Anonymous “news service” YourAnonnews spelled it out even more clearly: “To clarify to all journalists – YES, #Anonymous gave the STRATFOR emails obtained in the 2011 LulzXmas hack to WikiLeaks.”
WikiLeaks, per its usual practice, won’t comment on its source. But Wired.com reports that a coded tweet from WikiLeaks last December signaled the successful handoff of the files, which Anonops has identified as this one.
Publishing documents taken by Anonymous’ digital intruders would represent a new level of collaboration between the two groups. When Anonymous launched attacks against herve leger bathing suit Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Amazon and others in retaliation against those companies’ financial blockade against WikiLeaks last year, WikiLeaks kept a careful remove. “We neither condemn nor applaud these attacks,” WikiLeaks’ Icelandic spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson wrote at the time. “We believe they are a reflection of public opinion on the actions of the targets.”
When the Anonymous sub-group LulzSec hacked the security firm HBGary a few months later, exposing a proposed plan to sabotage WikiLeaks and intimidate its donors, WikiLeaks posted a PowerPoint presentation from the hacked documents on its site, but left it to Anonymous to publish the rest of the cache on its own site, AnonLeaks.
The Global Intelligence Files represent a far cozier relationship between the two groups, with WikiLeaks actively distributing and promoting the fruits of Anonymous’ work. It’s certainly not the first time that WikiLeaks has published documents that were explicitly hacked rather than leaked by an insider–its past publications have included the stolen “Climategate” emails from East Anglia University and the hacked emails of Sarah Palin. But since hitting the spotlight in 2010, WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange has played down the group’s associations with hacker and focused more on its role as a media organization and a conduit for whistleblowers.
A public association with a hacker group like Anonymous may hurt WikiLeaks’ moral credibility just when the group needs it most. The group is struggling to raise cash and faces an ongoing grand jury investigation that could result in charges against members of the group. Its alleged source, Army private Bradley Manning, faces a trial for numerous charges including aiding the enemy, and prosecutors have hinted in his pre-trial hearing that Assange may have coached him on extracting classified documents from military networks.
On the other hand, a partnership with Anonymous could revive WikiLeaks’ relevance to the public. Since September of 2010, the group hasn’t had a functioning dropbox for leakers, and doesn’t seem to have one in the works any time soon.
WikiLeaks has partnered with 25 media organizations to sift, analyze and publish those emails: It lists Rolling Stone, the McClatchy News Agency, the Italian newspaper L’Espresso and the Indian paper The Hindu among them.
But more unusual is its other apparent partnership: Several mouthpieces for Anonymous say the hacker group gave WikiLeaks the leaked emails after a widely-publicized breach of the company’s network in December of last year. The Anonymous twitter feeds Anonops and AnonymousIRC both claimed credit for the leak, and the Anonymous “news service” YourAnonnews spelled it out even more clearly: “To clarify to all journalists – YES, #Anonymous gave the STRATFOR emails obtained in the 2011 LulzXmas hack to WikiLeaks.”
WikiLeaks, per its usual practice, won’t comment on its source. But Wired.com reports that a coded tweet from WikiLeaks last December signaled the successful handoff of the files, which Anonops has identified as this one.
Publishing documents taken by Anonymous’ digital intruders would represent a new level of collaboration between the two groups. When Anonymous launched attacks against herve leger bathing suit Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Amazon and others in retaliation against those companies’ financial blockade against WikiLeaks last year, WikiLeaks kept a careful remove. “We neither condemn nor applaud these attacks,” WikiLeaks’ Icelandic spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson wrote at the time. “We believe they are a reflection of public opinion on the actions of the targets.”
When the Anonymous sub-group LulzSec hacked the security firm HBGary a few months later, exposing a proposed plan to sabotage WikiLeaks and intimidate its donors, WikiLeaks posted a PowerPoint presentation from the hacked documents on its site, but left it to Anonymous to publish the rest of the cache on its own site, AnonLeaks.
The Global Intelligence Files represent a far cozier relationship between the two groups, with WikiLeaks actively distributing and promoting the fruits of Anonymous’ work. It’s certainly not the first time that WikiLeaks has published documents that were explicitly hacked rather than leaked by an insider–its past publications have included the stolen “Climategate” emails from East Anglia University and the hacked emails of Sarah Palin. But since hitting the spotlight in 2010, WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange has played down the group’s associations with hacker and focused more on its role as a media organization and a conduit for whistleblowers.
A public association with a hacker group like Anonymous may hurt WikiLeaks’ moral credibility just when the group needs it most. The group is struggling to raise cash and faces an ongoing grand jury investigation that could result in charges against members of the group. Its alleged source, Army private Bradley Manning, faces a trial for numerous charges including aiding the enemy, and prosecutors have hinted in his pre-trial hearing that Assange may have coached him on extracting classified documents from military networks.
On the other hand, a partnership with Anonymous could revive WikiLeaks’ relevance to the public. Since September of 2010, the group hasn’t had a functioning dropbox for leakers, and doesn’t seem to have one in the works any time soon.
2012年2月22日星期三
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"Death to America," chanted the angry protesters and automatic weapons fire could be heard, but it was herve leger unclear if Afghan security forces or camp guards were firing.
The city's police chief Mohammad Ayub Salangi arrived at the scene with hundreds of reinforcements in an effort to bring the crowd under control.
A doctor at Kabul's Wazir Akbar Khan hospital said at least 10 protesters had been brought to the hospital with gunshot wounds. The doctor, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said one of the wounded was in critical condition.
Several miles away, hundreds were also gathered outside Camp Phoenix, a U.S. military base, and were hurling rocks at the installation, said Kabul provincial police spokesman Ashmatullah Stanekzai. There were reports that shots were also heard near Camp Phoenix.
Stanekzai said another smaller and peaceful demonstration with just over 100 people was taking place in western Kabul near the capital's university.
Police in eastern Jalalabad city said that thousands were gathering in parts of that city to demonstrate against the incident.
The U.S. military apologized Tuesday for the burning of books, including Korans, that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention center library adjoining Bagram air base because they herve leger sale contained extremist messages or inscriptions.
The White House later echoed military officials and said the burning was an accident.
"We apologize to the Afghan people and disapprove of such conduct in the strongest possible terms," they said in a statement quoted by the embassy on Twitter. ""This does not reflect the great respect our military has for the religious practices of the Afghan people."
U.S. Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, ordered an investigation into the incident, which he was "not intentional in any way."
"These kinds of incidents, when they do occur, will be corrected in the fastest and most appropriate manner possible," Allen said in a statement quoted by the embassy on Twitter. "We've been dying alongside the Afghans for a long time because we believe in them, and we want to give them a bright future."
Allen thanked the local Afghans "who helped us buy herve leger identify the error, and who worked with us to immediately take corrective action."
"We are thoroughly investigating the incident and are taking steps to ensure this does not ever happen again," he said in a statement.
The incident stoked anti-foreign sentiment that already is on the rise after nearly a decade of war in Afghanistan and fueled the arguments of Afghans who believe foreign troops are not respectful of their culture or Islamic religion.
Ahmad Zaki Zahed, chief of the provincial council, said U.S. military officials took him to a burn pit on the base where 60 to 70 books, including Korans, were recovered. The books were used by detainees once incarcerated at the base, he said.
"Some were all burned. Some were half-burned," Zahed said, adding that he did not know exactly how many Korans, the Muslim holy book, had been burned.
Zahed said five Afghans working at the pit told him that the religious books were in the garbage that bandage dress two soldiers with the U.S.-led coalition transported to the pit in a truck late Monday night. When they realized the books were in the trash, the laborers worked to recover them, he said.
"The laborers there showed me how their fingers were burned when they took the books out of the fire," he said.
Afghan Army Gen. Abdul Jalil Rahimi, the commander of a military coordination office in the province, said he Kim Kardashian Dress and other officials met with protesters, tribal elders and clerics to try to calm their emotional response. "The protesters were very angry and didn't want to end their protest," he said.
One protester, Mohammad Hakim, said if U.S. forces can't bring peace to Afghanistan, they should go home.
"They should leave Afghanistan rather than disrespecting our religion, our faith," Hakim said. "They have to leave and if next time they disrespect our religion, we will defend our holy Koran, religion and faith until the last drop of blood has left in our body."
Later, however, the protesters ended the rally and said they would send 20 representatives from the group to Kabul to talk with Afghan parliamentarians and demanded a meeting with President Hamid Karzai, Rahimi said.
The governor's office in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan called the incident a "shameful move by some stupid individuals."
The city's police chief Mohammad Ayub Salangi arrived at the scene with hundreds of reinforcements in an effort to bring the crowd under control.
A doctor at Kabul's Wazir Akbar Khan hospital said at least 10 protesters had been brought to the hospital with gunshot wounds. The doctor, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said one of the wounded was in critical condition.
Several miles away, hundreds were also gathered outside Camp Phoenix, a U.S. military base, and were hurling rocks at the installation, said Kabul provincial police spokesman Ashmatullah Stanekzai. There were reports that shots were also heard near Camp Phoenix.
Stanekzai said another smaller and peaceful demonstration with just over 100 people was taking place in western Kabul near the capital's university.
Police in eastern Jalalabad city said that thousands were gathering in parts of that city to demonstrate against the incident.
The U.S. military apologized Tuesday for the burning of books, including Korans, that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention center library adjoining Bagram air base because they herve leger sale contained extremist messages or inscriptions.
The White House later echoed military officials and said the burning was an accident.
"We apologize to the Afghan people and disapprove of such conduct in the strongest possible terms," they said in a statement quoted by the embassy on Twitter. ""This does not reflect the great respect our military has for the religious practices of the Afghan people."
U.S. Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, ordered an investigation into the incident, which he was "not intentional in any way."
"These kinds of incidents, when they do occur, will be corrected in the fastest and most appropriate manner possible," Allen said in a statement quoted by the embassy on Twitter. "We've been dying alongside the Afghans for a long time because we believe in them, and we want to give them a bright future."
Allen thanked the local Afghans "who helped us buy herve leger identify the error, and who worked with us to immediately take corrective action."
"We are thoroughly investigating the incident and are taking steps to ensure this does not ever happen again," he said in a statement.
The incident stoked anti-foreign sentiment that already is on the rise after nearly a decade of war in Afghanistan and fueled the arguments of Afghans who believe foreign troops are not respectful of their culture or Islamic religion.
Ahmad Zaki Zahed, chief of the provincial council, said U.S. military officials took him to a burn pit on the base where 60 to 70 books, including Korans, were recovered. The books were used by detainees once incarcerated at the base, he said.
"Some were all burned. Some were half-burned," Zahed said, adding that he did not know exactly how many Korans, the Muslim holy book, had been burned.
Zahed said five Afghans working at the pit told him that the religious books were in the garbage that bandage dress two soldiers with the U.S.-led coalition transported to the pit in a truck late Monday night. When they realized the books were in the trash, the laborers worked to recover them, he said.
"The laborers there showed me how their fingers were burned when they took the books out of the fire," he said.
Afghan Army Gen. Abdul Jalil Rahimi, the commander of a military coordination office in the province, said he Kim Kardashian Dress and other officials met with protesters, tribal elders and clerics to try to calm their emotional response. "The protesters were very angry and didn't want to end their protest," he said.
One protester, Mohammad Hakim, said if U.S. forces can't bring peace to Afghanistan, they should go home.
"They should leave Afghanistan rather than disrespecting our religion, our faith," Hakim said. "They have to leave and if next time they disrespect our religion, we will defend our holy Koran, religion and faith until the last drop of blood has left in our body."
Later, however, the protesters ended the rally and said they would send 20 representatives from the group to Kabul to talk with Afghan parliamentarians and demanded a meeting with President Hamid Karzai, Rahimi said.
The governor's office in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan called the incident a "shameful move by some stupid individuals."
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