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We’ve No Business Allowing War Criminals to Walk
Just a few war criminals here … Bush Cabinet, 2001.Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtueBy Joseph L. Galloway / November 18, 2008 With two months still to go before his inauguration as the 44th President of the … Continue reading
Guantanamo Irregularities Yield Broken Men
Cal study finds ex-Guantanamo prisoners brokenBy Bob Egelko / November 17, 2008 The first extensive study of prisoners released from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, finds that many of them are physically and psychologically traumatized, debt-ridden and … Continue reading
Junior Doesn’t Really Want to Catch Bin Laden
Afghan article says US Bin-Ladin hunt phoneyBy Juan Cole / November 17, 2008 The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Persian Afghan press alleging that French troops were at one point close to capturing Usamah Bin Ladin … Continue reading
The TSA and Airport Security: A Dismal Failure
The Things He CarriedBy Jeffrey Goldberg / November 2008 Airport security in America is a sham—“security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner … Continue reading
Guantanamo Torture : CIA Officers Could Face Trial in Britian
‘British resident held in Guantanamo Bay was brutally tortured after being arrested and questioned by American forces.’By Robert Verkaik / October 31, 2008 Senior CIA officers could be put on trial in Britain after it emerged last night that the … Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Kabul Is Under a Siege of Sorts
A typical doorman at a Kabul hotel. Photo: Tom Blackwell/National Post.Tom Blackwell in Afghanistan: The bubble has burstBy Tom Blackwell / October 22, 2008 When I was last on assignment in Afghanistan, in May 2007, my few days in Kabul … Continue reading
Global War on Terror : A Report Card
F is for Failure:The Bush Doctrine in RuinsBy Tom Engelhardt / October 21, 2008 On the brief occasions when the President now appears in the Rose Garden to “comfort” or “reassure” a shock-and-awed nation, you can almost hear those legions … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Not a ‘Good Fight’ Against Terrorism
Time To Face The Facts On AfghanistanBy Eric S. Margolis / October 6, 2008 TORONTO — For those who savor historical irony, the Soviet Empire collapsed in the years 1989-1991 because of an implosion of its economy brought on by … Continue reading
Seeing the Crime in Guantanamo Slowly Stopped
Judge orders 17 Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo BayBy David G. Savage / October 8, 2008 U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina is to decide where in the U.S. the men can be released. The Pentagon cleared most of them of … Continue reading
The Guantanamo Military Commissions: A Parody of Justice
Who’s Pulling the Strings? The Dark Heart of the Guantánamo TrialsBy Andy Worthington / October 3, 2008 On September 24, Col. Lawrence Morris, the chief prosecutor of Guantánamo’s Military Commission trial system, announced that Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, the prosecutor … Continue reading
Afghanistan : The Slaughter of Innocents Is an American Policy
The War to Promote Terror: What it is, indeed, is racismBy Robert C. Koehler / October 2, 2008 The “necessary war” in Afghanistan, which both presidential candidates support — the one, you know, that’s really about terrorists and Osama and … Continue reading
Blowback from US Aggression – Get Used to It
Smoke billows outside the US embassy in Sana yesterday after a car bomb set off a series of explosions outside the heavily fortified embassy in Yemen.Reaping The Iraq WhirlwindBy M Duss / September 18, 2008 The Washington Post confirms that … Continue reading
