On April 26, 1937, in a small Spanish village, hundreds of civilians were brutally massacred by Fascist and Nazi forces at Francisco Franco’s behest. It was one of the first bombings of civilians by a military air force. That village was Guernica, the spiritual capital of Basque liberties.
The chosen day was a market day. With the town full, carnage ensued. Church bells rang to warn of imminent attack. Heavy bombers released their payload, flattening the town. Incendiary bombs followed, setting it ablaze. Fleeing villagers were strafed with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft.
Guernica was a crime against humanity, an indelible stain on Spain’s soul. Had it been for Franco the world would never have known.
Conspiracy to cover up murder
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Magistrate Rachel Montebello has ordered the prosecution of journalists for filing a story – for doing their job. They published a sordid picture: Joseph Cuschieri, former head of the Malta Gaming Authority and former CEO of the Malta Financial Services Authority, half-naked in an intimate embrace with bare-chested Yorgen Fenech, reclining on Fenech’s luxury yacht – both sticking their tongue out, taunting a nation.
Cuschieri, the regulator tasked with ensuring Fenech adhered to the rules, instead enjoyed the lavish hospitality of the accused. His intimacy with Fenech was starkly revealed in that jeering pose.
Fenech’s defence lawyers demanded action. Action is what they got from a servile judiciary. The magistrate ordered the prosecution of the authors of the