Some news that may have escaped mainstream attention:

Information Clearing House publishes 'The Evidence File' pertaining to the court case against Tommy Franks in Brussels, including a wealth of picture and video evidence. All whilst Franks is announcing his retirement.

Also, The Observer and nobody else it seems, reports that the Red Cross is denied access to PoWs - Up to 3,000 Iraqis - some of them civilians - believed to be gagged, bound, hooded and beaten at US camps close to Baghdad airport.

Then, you will have heard about US plans to convert Guantanamo Bay into a 'death camp', complete with death row and execution chambers. Detainees will be tried, sentenced and executed without leaving the grounds.