Portal:Current events/2005 September 28

September 28, 2005 (Wednesday)

The Pentagon announces it will investigate allegations that US soldiers posted photographs of dead Iraqis on a website so as to get access to free Internet porn. CAIR had earlier called for the investigation after the details of the site came to light. (BBC)
Trade unions inflict defeats against the UK Labour Party government, during the party's annual conference, including on the plan to use private companies in the National Health Service. (BBC)
U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is indicted on one count of criminal conspiracy by Texas grand jury, for allegedly funding Texas state elections secretly through the Republican national office.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian areas continue. IDF planes and artillery strike Gaza knocking out power to parts of the city, destroy a bridge in Beit Hanoun, fire missiles at a Fatah Youth Centre, an office and a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Israeli troops later raided offices of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank. (BBC)
According to reports, Asif Chotu, allegedly a leader of the al Qaeda-linked militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, has been arrested in Pakistan. (BBC) (Reuters)^{[permanent dead link‍]}
An 82-year-old British man was manhandled out of Labour Party Conference for loudly protesting that Jack Straw was lying about Britain's involvement with the Conflict in Iraq. (BBC)