Monday, June 19, 2006

Spread 'em asshole! I'm taking you in. I hope you brought your toothbrush!*

  • Italian prosecutors have called for a US soldier to stand trial for the killing of an Italian intelligence officer in Baghdad in 2005.


  • Three US soldiers have been charged over the deaths of three male Iraqi prisoners, the US military has said.


  • Police in Northern Ireland today arrested 10 people in a major anti-terrorist operation targeting alleged dissident republicans.


  • A couple have gone on trial in Spain accused of a murder which marked a turning point in popular attitudes to the Basque separatist group Eta.


  • Egyptian police have arrested 31 members of the banned opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, in the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matruh.


  • Bollywood star Salman Khan has been charged in a poaching case by a court in the Indian state of Rajasthan.


  • The mayor of Jersey City was arrested Saturday morning on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in a clash with the police outside a bar on the Jersey Shore, the authorities said.


  • *What I once heard an officer say to someone he was arresting. We laughed about it for days, and surmised that some police must have a mental list of cool things they are gonna say to people they arrest. Because you know that this cop was just waiting to use that one.

    Bang Bang.