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 Torture: Beyond The Pale posted by SPI Editorial via reed, 2008-04-14 20:02:08
The image of CIA officers demonstrating and detailing torture techniques considered for use during detainee interrogations in the White House is one most Americans could probably never conceive. And yet, ABC News reported last week that senior Bush administration officials were privy to such presentations in the Situation Room as they discussed and approved the brutal treatment (such as waterboarding) of terror suspects. They also approved combining various techniques to be used on a suspect. (full story)
injustice/law / international
Washington Plays ‘Tibet Roulette’ with China posted by F. William Engdahl via reed, 2008-04-10 06:41:26
Washington has obviously decided on an ultra-high risk geopolitical game with Beijing by fanning the flames of violence in Tibet just at this sensitive time in their relations and on the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. It’s part of an escalating strategy of destabilization of China which has been initiated by the Bush Administration over the past months. It also includes the attempt to ignite an anti-China Saffron Revolution in the neighboring Myanmar region, bringing US-led NATO troops into Darfur where China’s oil companies are developing potentially huge oil reserves. It includes counter moves across mineral-rich Africa. And it includes strenuous efforts to turn India into a major new US forward base on the Asian sub-continent to be deployed against China, though evidence to date suggests the Indian government is being very cautious not to upset Chinese relations. (full story and 1 comments)
imperialism / international
Saudi prisoner 'slams' then leaves Guantanamo hearing posted by Jane Sutton via fleet, 2008-04-09 19:08:26
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, April 9 (Reuters) - In a hearing plagued by translation problems on Wednesday, a Saudi Arabian prisoner first criticized and then boycotted the U.S. war crimes court where he is accused of plotting with al Qaeda to blow up ships in the Middle East. (full story)
injustice/law / international
U.S.-Russia row over Kosovo escalates with Moscow aid shipments posted by Andrew Wander via reed, 2008-04-06 21:28:23
Russia is sending humanitarian supplies worth $1.7 million directly to Kosovo Serbs, challenging the authority of the US-backed government in Pristina. (full story)
social/political / international
US lawmakers have as much as $196 million invested in defense companies posted by AP via rialator, 2008-04-03 15:55:59
WASHINGTON: Members of the U.S.Congress have as much as $196 million (€126.2 million) collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, earning millions since the start of the Iraq war, according to a new study by a nonpartisan research group. (full story)
imperialism / international
Bush facing resistance in NATO expansion goals posted by Associated Press via rialator, 2008-03-30 07:11:37
"I think this NATO summit is basically the 'Goodbye George' summit," said Daniel Hamilton, Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. "A lot of the energy is looking beyond the administration." (full story)
social/political / international
10 days That Changed Capitalism posted by Rob Johnson and Robert Borosage via reed, 2008-03-29 08:35:20
The world has changed. The market fundamentalism that has dominated our economics over last three decades has been unmasked as a sham, deemed useless by the guardian of the integrity of finance itself, the Federal Reserve. (full story)
miscellaneous / international
U.S. visit to Pakistan shows 'panic' posted by Saeed Shah via rialator, 2008-03-28 08:36:25
ISLAMABAD — The visit to Pakistan of top U.S. officials this week was supposed to cement ties with the country's incoming government. Instead, it ended up roiling local sensitivities and inadvertently showing up key policy differences. (full story)
social/political / international
“Free market” zealots bring death to America posted by Paul Craig Roberts via rialator, 2008-03-13 19:23:41
March 12. Crude oil for April delivery hit $110 per barrel. The US dollar fell to a new low against the Euro. It now takes $1.55 to purchase one Euro. These new highs against the dollar are the ongoing story of the collapse of the US dollar as world reserve currency and corresponding collapse of American power. (full story)
imperialism / international
  British colonialism meets PNAC posted by Liliana Segura via reed, 2008-03-11 23:29:08
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband issued an embarrassing apology to members of Parliament last month. Despite "earlier explicit assurances" to the contrary, he admitted, two planes carrying prisoners of the U.S. "war on terror" had landed on the British-owned island of Diego Garcia in 2002 before flying to foreign territory as part of the American extraordinary rendition program. (full story)
imperialism / international
 War Crimes Trial Begins for Croatian General Who Worked With Americans posted by Marlise Simons via rialator, 2008-03-11 19:27:10
PARIS — A popular Croatian general who led a brutal operation that drove the Serbs out of Eastern Croatia near the end of the Balkans war went on trial in The Hague on Tuesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Gen. Ante Gotovina, working closely with American advisers, was the commander of a military campaign in the summer of 1995 that put an end to the Serbian occupation of Eastern Croatia and forced more than 150,000 Serbs to flee towns and villages where they had lived for generations. (full story and 1 comments)
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 I'm NOT alright, Jack! posted by Anna Salleh via quill, 2008-03-10 19:14:19
The food industry's increasing use of nanotechnology in ingredients, additives and packaging has prompted two new reports calling for better consumer protection. (full story and 1 comments)
health related / international
 Serb leader quits over Kosovo posted by Douglas Hamilton via rialator, 2008-03-08 18:08:58
"A government that has no united policy cannot function, of course, and this is the end of the government." Kostunica told a news conference. "That means that we have to give the mandate back to the people." (full story)
social/political / international
 The two winners of the 2008 presidential election: fear and war posted by Larry Chin via reed, 2008-03-07 07:09:28
The 2008 US presidential charade has already been decided. Come November, the next White House occupant (who will be installed via political malfeasance, computer vote theft and other election “irregularities”) will be the puppet who proves to be the most effective in echoing Bush-Cheney’s “war on terrorism” lies, and expanding the Bush-Cheney “national security” agenda. (full story)
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NATO/EU hypocrisy and the demonisation of Serbs posted by Ljiljana Smajlovic via rialator, 2008-03-05 07:30:56
BELGRADE, Serbia -- As editor-in-chief of Serbia's oldest and most prestigious daily newspaper, Politika, I am at a loss to explain the West's stubborn support for Kosovo independence to my readers. Only nine years ago, my country was bombed for 78 days by the most powerful military alliance the world has ever seen, and the last thing I want is to pour oil over the fire of anti-Western sentiment. But the truth is, I find myself grappling with the same bitterness and resentment as most of my countrymen. (full story and 2 comments)
injustice/law / international
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