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massacre stories: 32 news summaries

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WWII Mass Grave of German Civilians Unearthed

Corpses found near Polish castle believed to have been killed as Soviets advanced

Jan 9, 09 2:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The corpses of 1,800 men, women and children believed to be German civilians have been found in a mass grave near the Polish city of Malbork, Der Speigel reports. The city was German until the end of World War II. Officials believe many of its former residents were massacred... More »

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Germany • Poland • Soviet Union • massacre • World War II • mass graves

 'Santa' Gunman Hid Son 
 From Ex-Wife: Cops 

Revelation of child from previous relationship stressed the Pardo's marriage

Dec 26, 08 5:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, who police say killed nine others in a Christmas Eve rampage in California, kept a child from a previous relationship secret from his ex-wife, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pardo did not support his physically handicapped 9-year-old son financially, but claimed him as a dependent for 7... More »

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California • murder • massacre • Christmas • shooting rampage • Santa Claus • guns • Bruce Jeffrey Pardo

Guard: Blackwater Baghdad
Massacre Was Unprovoked

Chilling details emerge in indictments of five guards in deaths of 17 Iraqis

Dec 9, 08 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Five guards working for the Blackwater security company in Baghdad opened fire without provocation and massacred Iraqi civilians on a busy Baghdad intersection in 2007, according to chilling indictments filed against the men. The guards, protecting a convoy, used automatic weapons and grenade launchers to fire on cars, houses, a... More »

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Iraq • FBI • State Department • Blackwater • massacre • Department of Defense • indictment • Nisour Square • shooting • Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act • Paul A. Slough • Nicholas A. Slatten • Evan S. Liberty • Dustin L. Heard • Donald W. Ball • Jeremy Ridgeway

 'Chemical Ali' 
 Gets 2nd 
 Death 
 Sentence 

Saddam cousin convicted of massacre of Shia Muslims

Dec 2, 08 7:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Ali Hassan al-Majid, the cousin of Saddam Hussein dubbed "Chemical Ali," has again been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court, reports the Guardian. The former defense chief was convicted today of orchestrating a mass killing of Shia Muslims during a revolt after the first Gulf War... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • war crimes • Chemical Ali • Ali Hassan al Majid • massacre • Gulf War

 5 Homeless 
 Killed in Calif. 
 Massacre 

Shouts, screams and shots like 'firecrackers'

Nov 3, 08 4:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Three men and two women were shot dead yesterday in a mystery massacre at a California homeless encampment in Long Beach. Several residents in the area heard shouts, screams, and so many gunshots it sounded like fireworks, reports the Los Angeles Times. More »

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murder • homeless • massacre • gunshots • Long Beach CA • Freeway • homeless encampment

 US Opens 
 Probe in Deadly 
 Afghan Strike 

Strike on Azizabad seems far deadlier than military admits

Sep 8, 08 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks after it launched a major airstrike in Azizabad, the American military is still insisting that only 5 to 7 civilians died in the raid. But the villagers, the Afghan government, the UN and human rights groups all say that the civilian death toll was much higher—that more... More »

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Afghanistan • civilian casualties • US military • massacre • airstrike • Azizabad

opinion

 Why No Arab Rage Over Darfur? 

Martin Peretz questions the Arab world's priorities

Aug 15, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel's wrongs against Palestine are "minor" compared to other modern conflicts—yet Arab leaders continue to cry bloody murder over Palestine while ignoring and covering up atrocities in Darfur, writes Martin Peretz, editor-in-chief of The New Republic. Darfur "does not trouble the conscience of Islam," Peretz writes.... More »

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Darfur • genocide • Palestine • Sudan • massacre • Arabs • Palestinians

 My Lai Massacre, 40 Years On  

Survivors, vets among 1,000 who gather in Vietnam to remember

Mar 16, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 1,000 people gathered in My Lai today to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the most brutal chapters in the Vietnam War, the AP reports. Forty years ago, American troops entered the small village in search of Vietcong guerrillas and, unprovoked, slaughtered more than 500 people—... More »

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Vietnam • war • massacre • Vietnam veteran • Vietnam War • anniversary • My Lai Massacre • Charlie Company

'Rape of Nanking' Fresh, 70 Years Later

Massacre still colors Sino-Japan relations, informs China's identity

Dec 15, 07 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Seventy years have passed since the "Rape of Nanking," when Japanese soldiers brutally massacred as many as 300,000 Chinese civilians, but the effects of the trauma are still very much present in China and its relations with Japan. Memorializing the event plays a major role in cementing... More »

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China • Japan • massacre • World War II • Nanjing

Marines Won't Face Charges in Haditha Case

No foul play found in Iraqi civilian deaths

Aug 9, 07 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Marine Corps dropped all charges today against two Marines tied to an alleged massacre of 24 Iraqis in 2005. Citing holes in prosecution evidence, the general reviewing the charges cleared Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, accused of murdering three civilians to avenge a comrade's death, and Capt. Randy Stone, charged... More »

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civilian casualties • US military • massacre • Haditha • Justin Sharratt • Randy Stone • Marine • Iraq war

Twin Infants Among 6 Dead in Family  Massacre

Two-year-old is fighting for her life

Jun 11, 07 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two infant twin boys are among six dead in a Wisconsin massacre that appears to be a murder-suicide. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports a two-year-old girl, found in a van outside the house, survived the slaughter after being shot in the chest. The children's father and a 19-year-old woman were among... More »

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Wisconsin • murder-suicide • massacre

Bosnian War Crimes Suspect Captured

Wanted in 1995  massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys

Jun 1, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the most-wanted war criminals in the world—a suspect in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims —has been arrested in Bosnia. Zdravko Tolimir, a 58-year-old Bosnian Serb, was a close aide of Ratko Mladic, the general who led the slaughter, who is still a fugitive,... More »

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Bosnia • war crimes • The Hague • war • massacre • Belgrade • criminal • Srebrenica • Zdravko Tolimir • Ratko Mladic • fugitive

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