Afshin Rattansi

@afshinrattansi

On this day in 1991: ‘The Highway of Death’

Iraqi🇮🇶 troops and vehicles were withdrawing from Kuwait in compliance with UN resolution 660 along Highway 80.

George H. W. Bush ordered the bombardment of the retreating column, which included civilians, of 3000 trucks, jeeps, cars, ambulances, and tanks. For 10 hours, US warplanes bombed the highway mercilessly as Iraqis were burned and blown to pieces by US bombs.

By the end of the massacre, some estimates put the final casualty count as high as 10,000. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater had promised that the US and its coalition partners would not attack Iraqi forces leaving Kuwait, which turned out to be a blatant lie, revealed in this heinous war crime.

“Even in Vietnam I didn’t see anything like this. It’s pathetic,” said Major Bob Nugent, an Army intelligence officer.

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Georgia election board drops suit after group fails to produce ballot-stuffing evidence

This story was updated on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at 7:28 p.m.

The Georgia State Election Board on Wednesday voted to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena against a conservative group that was unable to produce evidence to support its claims of ballot stuffing in the state.

Texas-based True the Vote in 2021 filed complaints with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, including one in which it said it had obtained “a detailed account of coordinated efforts to collect and deposit ballots in drop boxes across metro Atlanta” during the November 2020 election and a crucial runoff election for two U.S. Senate seats in January 2021.

https://www.wabe.org/georgia-election-board-drops-suit-after-group-fails-to-produce-ballot-stuffing-evidence/

Sydney Kashiwagi

@SydneyKashiwagi

New #MNSEN: Gov. Tim Walz has decided he won’t run for U.S. Senate

“He loves his job as Governor and he’s exploring the possibility of another term to continue his work to make Minnesota the best state in the country for kids,” his spokesperson Teddy Tschann said.

8:04 AM · Feb 26, 2025

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