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 Will Bush's Secret Legal Memos Be Released? posted by Chisun Lee via gan, 2009-01-30 06:50:51
Last week, President Barack Obama formally repudiated certain counterterrorism tactics, including coercive interrogation, that his predecessor's administration had gone out defending. (full story)
injustice/law / international
America's War in Central Asia posted by Craig Murray via quill, 2009-01-28 07:24:58
Despite being denied proper access to the Law Faculty building, ex-ambassador Craig Murray spoke and answered questions from the entrance for over 45 minutes. He spoke on the US war in Central Asia for control over natural gas pipelines, Lord Taylor of Blackburn and other war profiteers, and anti-Muslim propaganda in the media. Murray explicitly supported several key demands of the occupation as reasonable: that the university withdraw investment from the arms trade; that there be bursaries for Palestinian students; and that the university condemn Israel's recent actions towards Gaza. (full story)
imperialism / international
  Israeli PM in war crimes pledge posted by BBC report via fleet, 2009-01-25 21:00:37
Any Israeli soldiers accused of war crimes in the Gaza Strip will be given state protection from prosecution overseas, the country's PM has said. Ehud Olmert said troops should know Israel would keep them safe after they acted to protect their country. [Sieg Heil!] (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / international
 Open invitation: Are YOU able to wage 7th generation warfare? posted by Yigal Schleifer via quill, 2009-01-24 22:30:25
[Why swallow the preposterous propaganda that emanates from America and its allies? Do not count yourselves among banjo-playing, mindless American morons that actually believe Obama represents real change. DO NOT BE A VICTIM of events, SHAPE events and wage digital warfare on the net against the nefarious forces that seek only to enslave and deceive the FREE WORLD!
OUR VICTORY IS ASSURED; do not remain passive. Be an ACTIVE PARTICIPANT in THE PUSH FOR JUSTICE and REAL DEMOCRACY. Write and video events for the world! We invite YOU to contribute as do all other INDEPENDENT SITES. Be a part of the SOLUTION not part of the moronic, PASSIVE, problem! Ed.] (full story and 2 comments)
mass media / international
The World Won't Buy Unlimited U.S. Debt posted by Peter Schiff via rialator, 2009-01-24 20:17:07
Barack Obama has spoken often of sacrifice. And as recently as a week ago, he said that to stave off the deepening recession Americans should be prepared to face "trillion dollar deficits for years to come." But apart from a stirring call for volunteerism in his inaugural address, the only specific sacrifices the president has outlined thus far include lower taxes, millions of federally funded jobs, expanded corporate bailouts, and direct stimulus checks to consumers. Could this be described as sacrificial? (full story)
social/political / international
Obama's orders leave torture, indefinite detention intact posted by Tom Eley via rialator, 2009-01-23 05:23:02
On Thursday, President Barack Obama issued executive orders mandating the closure of the Guantánamo Bay prison camp in a year’s time, requiring that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and military personnel follow the Army Field Manual’s prohibitions on torture, and closing secret CIA prisons overseas. (full story)
injustice/law / international
Why Bailing Out Banks Doesn't Work posted by Shamus Cooke via reed, 2009-01-22 18:14:33
The New York Times recently posed an excellent question: “Why save banks if they won’t lend?” (January 19, 2009)
Before the first $350 billion “installment” of the bailout, we were told that the money was needed to “unfreeze” the credit markets, meaning that banks would again be willing to lend businesses the money they needed to continue doing business.
Despite hugely popular opposition, the bailout proceeded, and absolutely nothing changed. (full story)
miscellaneous / international
 Iraqis say farewell to George W. Bush posted by Gao Shan, Fu Yiming via quin, 2009-01-18 08:52:37
BAGHDAD, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- "You are a liar and a war criminal! Farewell!" blurted Muhammad al-Salami, a professor in Baghdad University, infuriated by the TV footage of the outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush who was giving a farewell speech after eight years in office. (full story)
social/political / international
Land Rental Deal Collapses After Backlash Against 'Colonialism' posted by Julian Ryall and Mike Pflanz via quin, 2009-01-15 20:19:05
One of the world's largest land deals, a scheme to lease African farmland to rich countries to grow their own crops, has collapsed amid accusations of 'neo-colonialism'. (full story)
imperialism / international
 Obama Nation Upholds US Terror posted by Mickey Z. via budgie, 2009-01-15 19:16:43
Let’s start with two facts:
1. The United States of America is a rogue state built on and maintained by terror
2. Barack Obama will do absolutely nothing to change or challenge the realities behind fact #1 (full story)
imperialism / international
 Israeli forces shell UN headquarters in Gaza posted by Ibrahim Barzak and Amy Teibel via gan, 2009-01-15 08:40:11
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, engulfing the compound and a warehouse in fire and destroying thousands of pounds of food and humanitarian supplies intended for Palestinian refugees. (full story)
peace/war / international
 A Perfect Definition of 'Terrorism' posted by Glenn Greenwald via rialator, 2009-01-14 20:07:16
This war on the people of Gaza isn't really about rockets. Nor is it about "restoring Israel's deterrence," as the Israeli press might have you believe. Far more revealing are the words of Moshe Yaalon, then the Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff, in 2002: "The Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people." (full story)
peace/war / international
The Afghan Scam posted by Ann Jones via quill, 2009-01-12 18:48:01
The first of 20,000 to 30,000 additional U.S. troops are scheduled to arrive in Afghanistan next month to re-win the war George W. Bush neglected to finish in his eagerness to start another one. However, "winning" the military campaign against the Taliban is the lesser half of the story. (full story)
imperialism / international
Demand accountability or suffer more Fraud posted by Frank Rich via rialator, 2009-01-12 18:31:05
Three days after the world learned that $50 billion may have disappeared in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, The Times led its front page of Dec. 14 with the revelation of another $50 billion rip-off. This time the vanished loot belonged to American taxpayers. That was our collective contribution to the $117 billion spent (as of mid-2008) on Iraq reconstruction — a sinkhole of corruption, cronyism, incompetence and outright theft that epitomized Bush management at home and abroad. (full story)
injustice/law / international
Israel's Dress Rehearsal for Lebanon posted by Mike Whitney via reed, 2009-01-08 19:57:33
"The raw logic of Israel’s distorted self-image and racist doctrines is exposed beyond confusion by the now-stark reality: the moonscape rubble of once-lovely Lebanese villages; a million desperate people trying to survive Israeli aerial attacks as they carry children and wheel disabled grandparents down cratered roads; limp bodies of children pulled from the dusty basements of crushed buildings. This is the reality of Israel’s national doctrine, the direct outcome of its racist worldview." Virginia Tilley "The Case for Boycotting Israel" in Counterpunch. (full story and 1 comments)
imperialism / international
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