Category: War on Terror
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CIA Report on 9/11 Suppressed until after Election
It is shocking: The Bush administration is suppressing a CIA report on 9/11 until after the election, and this one names names. Although the report by the inspector general’s office of the CIA was completed in June, it has not been made available to the congressional intelligence committees that mandated the study almost two years […]
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Nearly Total
Dean reports: SWAT teams are patrolling BART with automatic weapons, “to prevent terrorism in advance of the national elections.” Meanwhile, contradictory speculation on the likely effect of a terrorist attack in the U.S. prior to November 2 abounds: a Kerry victory would embolden al Qaeda and the Iraqi resistance, according to Putin and Cheney; yet […]
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U.S. Knowingly Using Info Obtained by Torture
Who are Bush’s best allies in the war on terror? Not Canada and Mexico, our neighbors to the north and south. Not France and Germany, our allies for the past fifty years. Nope, Bush’s closest buddies are Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, Pakistan, Lybia, Uzbekistan and the like.
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Hidden Detainees
Human Rights Watch has released a new report about at least 11 suspected terrorists who have been grabbed overseas by the U.S. and held in countries allowing torture.
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U.S. Military as Oil-Protectors
Iraq is hardly the only country where American troops are risking their lives on a daily basis to protect the flow of petroleum. In Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and the Republic of Georgia, U.S. personnel are also spending their days and nights protecting pipelines and refineries, or supervising the local forces assigned to this mission…. [T]he […]
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Preventive Warriors
Must Watch or Listen: Democracy Now today was excerpts of a fantastic documentary on the National Security Doctrine and it’s impact on global foreign policy. Presenting convincing arguments from both sides. If you have 50 minutes – I recommend it.
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The Boondocks
Every couple weeks I realize I haven’t read The Boondocks so I trot on over to Ucomics.com and read the past 2 weeks worth. Sometimes I wonder how this guy stays in the funny pages – so much irreverence.
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Outsourcing Torture
You are either for torture or not – you can’t have it both ways. Dennis Hastert wants to: Under the Hastert bill, U.S. authorities could send an immigrant to any country, regardless of the likelihood of torture or abuse. This is repugnant. Much more info on Body and Soul.
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Ashcroft's Convictions: 0
Some will see this as we aren’t pushing civil liberties back enough – others will say that that approach isn’t working. Either way: (via TalkLeft) The Detroit case had marked the only terrorist conviction obtained from the Justice Department’s detention of more than 5,000 foreign nationals in anti-terrorism sweeps since 9/11. So Ashcroft’s record is […]
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U.S. Harbors Terrorists
Remember all the get tough crap about going after terrorists and those that harbor them? Chew on this: (via Mefi and others) Three anti-Castro Cuban exiles flew to Miami from Panama after serving four years in prison for “endangering public safety.” They were arrested in 2000 for plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro by planting explosives […]