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 Regions - International
  The Price of Complacency posted by cleaves, 2007-04-09 14:01:09
The price of inaction in the face of criminal government is about to be extracted; the cost will be borne by ALL. Would the point finally be driven home if the irrefutable, clearest indicator of psychopathology in government were to be demonstrated to the whole world? The manic and ruthless determination by Washington neocons to pursue an inherently sociopathic plan for world domination (PNAC) now threatens to open Pandora’s NUCLEAR box. Once open every nation would have been given license by the USA to utilise any weapon it chooses – perhaps that is the wish of doctrinaire neocons who subscribe to the permanent war philosophy? The near future should confirm whether Israeli training exercises and U.S. intelligence gathering materialises into a nuclear attack on Iran. (full story)
peace/war / international
 Euphemisms, Militarism and U.S. Psychopathology posted by barra, 2007-04-09 00:43:53
I have long since given up wondering why the masses tolerate the most heinous criminals in government; the answer to that was so obvious it was elusive. These days freelancers and associated drunks in the ranks of Murdoch’s Orwellian media, review past stories when nothing dramatic presents for ‘gory story’ and associated press! Hacks are instinctively attuned to language. Word abuse from those in high places always grates and alerts to possible subterfuge. Professionals do not appreciate the tools of their trade being abused by oafs and unqualified sordid types. (full story)
social/political / international
 Britain delivers damning verdict on Blair's 10 years posted by Gaby Hinsliff via rialator, 2007-04-08 13:11:38
A remarkable picture of the way Tony Blair has lost the faith of British voters over his 10 years in power is revealed today by a comprehensive study of public attitudes towards the Prime Minister. (full story)
social/political / international
 ppp club posted by reed, 2007-04-07 02:21:21
where have all the poets gone? (full story)
prose/poetry / international
 The Pro-Democracy Wildfire in America's States posted by David Sirota via rialator, 2007-04-06 22:03:33
April 6, 2007 -- As Washington and Wall Street elites happily try to choke the life out of democracy, states are fighting back on three fronts. (full story)
social/political / international
 Cultural Inversions and Criminal Leadership posted by finch, 2007-04-05 15:13:22
Imagine coalition leaders recoiling in horror at the prospect of facing the truth that it is they who are the most criminally liable and culpable terrorists in the world today! Former Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan, stated that in order to effectively combat terrorism a universal definition of ‘terrorism’ would be imperative. A ratified definition would eliminate politically motivated, arbitrary definitions made by various groups/States for the principal purpose of serving their own interests. In the absence of a universal definition the legal system and International criminal courts are ‘hamstrung’ or worse, subject to manipulation by powerful (criminal) interests. (full story)
social/political / international
 Pelosi power: Neocons face Judgement posted by Ali Akbar Dareini via rialator, 2007-04-04 12:21:43
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Fifteen British sailors and marines held captive for nearly two weeks in Iran arrived at the country's airport early Thursday after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced their surprise release the day before. (full story)
peace/war / international
 Even Mormons Jumping Off Bush Bandwagon as War Takes its Toll posted by Bill Gallagher via rialator, 2007-04-03 11:30:35
DETROIT -- Iraq is lost militarily and politically. Even the Mormons are now abandoning President George W. Bush's mad war. That's akin to the Swiss Guard deserting and leaving the pope to fend for himself with the Vatican under siege. (full story and 2 comments)
social/political / international
 Delayed Eye Movements posted by stylus via reed, 2007-04-02 23:03:50
a storeroom of experience and a mind out of time (full story)
prose/poetry / international
 Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border posted by RIA Novosti via rialator, 2007-03-29 22:44:01
MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran's borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday. (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
German Guantanamo victim accuses government posted by DW staff via rialator, 2007-03-29 13:28:12
Kurnaz accuses the German government of turning down an offer to release him from Guantanamo Bay in 2002: Germany's former interior minister Otto Schily has said he was "politically responsible" for the case of a German-born Turk who languished in Guantanamo Bay for nearly five years before being released without charge. (full story)
injustice/law / international
 How analysts in the Arab world see the Iraq war posted by Helena Cobban via rialator, 2007-03-28 13:13:06
LONDON -- Policymakers and strategic analysts in the Arab world have little confidence that current US troop surge in Iraq will do much more than – at best – postpone a complete political-security breakdown in Iraq, which, they fear, could then spread across the Middle East. During my lengthy recent discussions with experts in Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and with some well-connected Iraqis in Jordan, I heard a lot about how Iraq's collapse has been affecting these Arab societies. (full story)
imperialism / international
 American Justice: Hicks Tortured, Rumsfeld Exonerated! posted by Kingfisher, 2007-03-28 12:14:37
The now infamous Donald Rumsfeld has avoided legal responsibility for the extremely controversial ruling he made in December 2002, which effectively allowed the U.S. military to utilise torture methods against their perceived or imagined enemies. An American court ruled that Rumsfeld had no case to answer due principally to the fact that as Secretary of Defence he was IMMUNE from the charges! One Law for you and another for me! If the public ever wondered why Bush, Blair and Howard appear unconcerned over the prospect of war crimes charges, perhaps the Rumsfeld decision sheds some light on the matter. (full story)
social/political / international
 Howard blunders badly over Hicks Case posted by nano, 2007-03-27 12:14:51
John Howard, the servile Australian prime minister has probably ended his tenure in office over his blind, sycophantic support of the flagrantly illegal proceedings against the Australian citizen, David Hicks. Howard’s extraordinary support of a foreign power at the cost of his own nation and its values is a political blunder from which it is almost impossible to recover. The very widely known facts of the Kangaroo military proceedings against Hicks speak for themselves. Any nation that legalises torture, flouts the Geneva convention and International law; attacks civil liberties and human rights; denies habeas corpus; admits hearsay ‘evidence’ obtained under duress and torture has no legal or moral claim on the concept of justice whatsoever. The entire world (with the exception of John Howard) is cognisant of that fact! (full story)
social/political / international
 Aussie Torture Victim pleads ‘Guilty’ posted by finch, 2007-03-26 12:14:00
In circumstances that could only be described as ‘railroading’ and coercive, the Aussie battler, David Hicks has pleaded guilty to one count of providing material support to terrorists. Few Australians, including leading legal advocates accept the ‘trial’ of Hicks as legally legitimate. The flagrantly rogue court convened under the most biased and unfair conditions also disqualified Hicks’ civilian lawyers at the last minute. Hicks’ (now) disqualified lawyers accused the presiding judge, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Kohlmann of making up the rules as he went along – there is nothing new in the ‘legal’ proceedings at Guantanamo Bay! (full story)
injustice/law / international
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