Saturday, October 14, 2006
American Prison Camps Are on the Way
I'm sometimes asked by fellow bloggers about the loss of civil liberties going on in the US. It seems that some people simply can't, or won't, recognise what's going on right in their own back yard, and it's easier for outside observers to see it clearly. Well, in partial answer to these questions,...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
If You See an Evil...
"If any of you see an evil, change it with your actions. If you cannot do that, change it with your speech. And if you cannot do that, at least detest it in your heart. That is the lowest form of Faith." The Prophet Mohammed
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Saturday, September 30, 2006
Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006)
With a smug stroke of his pen, President Bush is set to wipe out a safeguard against illegal imprisonment that has endured as a cornerstone of legal justice since the Magna Carta. Oh dear. I’m sure he didn’t mean it. In Illinois’ Sixth Congressional District, long represented by Henry Hyde,...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
This is What We've All Signed Up For, Folks!
Kick back and watch a video for half an hour. Expose yourself to the truth. Try to understand.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
War Criminal at Bay
President George Bush, betrayed by the neoconservatives whom he elevated to power and by his Attorney General, Torture Gonzales who gave him wrong legal advice, is locked in a desperate struggle with the Republican Congress to save himself from war crimes charges at the expense of America’s...
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Thursday, September 14, 2006
DISPATCHES FROM ORDINARY PEOPLE INSIDE 'LIBERATED' IRAQ
I've recently received several emails from Iraq. Some, like the first, have been sent to me from people I know. Others were passed on by my friend Gerri Haynes, who receives emails regularly from friends she made during her several trips to Iraq. I include them here, as the brunt of this piece,...
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Thursday, September 7, 2006
WHY DID IT TAKE BUSH SO LONG TO ADMIT HE WAS LYING - AND WRONG?
Bush Admits, Defends Secret CIA Prisons Suspected Terrorist Leaders Transferred To Guantanamo President George W. Bush on Wednesday said for the first time that some suspected terrorist leaders have been held by the CIA outside the United States in secret locations. His comments marked the first...
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
The Return Of People Power
In researching a new film, I have been watching documentary archive from the 1980s, the era of Ronald Reagan and his "secret war" against Central America. What is striking is the relentless lying. A department of lying was set up under Reagan with the coy name, "office of public diplomacy". Its...
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Monday, August 28, 2006
WHAT A CRIMINAL COCK-UP
As the dust settles from Israel's deadly hissy-fit in Lebanon, the world is starting to see what a complete and utter cock-up the entire thing has been. The excuse was the capture of three Israeli soldiers by Hizbollah, looking for a prisoner exchange. This has been done in the past but now, in the...
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Saturday, August 26, 2006
Bush and Saddam Should Both Stand Trial, Says Nuremberg Prosecutor
A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferenccz, who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than 1 million people, told OneWorld...
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