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Pakistan:
Will Aafia Siddiqui Live To Tell Her Tale?
Posted: 22 Oct 2008 08:55 PM CDT
By
Zofeen T. Ebrahim “Whatever the truth, it is immaterial. Nothing
justifies the depths of sadism that the US government and its lackeys
routinely descend to,” remarked Najma Sadeque, a Pakistan-based rights
activist and [...] ![]() |
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Guantanamo
Alternative Eludes Bush Administration
Posted: 22 Oct 2008 08:49 PM CDT
By
Al Pessin U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Bush
administration will not be able to close the detention center at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba before leaving office, even though he, the
president and other officials wanted to do so. VOA’s Al Pessin has
more from the Pentagon.
US guard at the military-run Camp Delta prison [...] ![]() |
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Guantanamo
will remain open after Bush leaves office
Posted: 22 Oct 2008 08:45 PM CDT
Paul
Woodward, Online Correspondent
“Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never
considered proposals drafted in the State Department and the Pentagon
that outlined options for transferring the detainees elsewhere,
according to senior administration officials,” The New York Times
reported.
“Mr Bush’s [...] ![]() |
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US
drops Guantanamo charges
Posted: 22 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT
Six
military prosecutors have quit the Guantanamo court in the last four
years.
The US military has refused to release five Guantanamo Bay detainees -
despite confirming it is to drop war crimes charges against them.
No reason was given for the decision on Tuesday.
The military said in a statement it retained the right to file new
charges against the five [...] ![]() |
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America’s
False Ideology of White Supremacy
Posted: 22 Oct 2008 08:18 PM CDT
by
Seth Sandronsky
“Anti-Muslim bigotry, a demonization of the ‘Other,’ works for the U.S.
political class.”
See or hear the woman who told Sen. John McCain at a recent Minnesota
rally that his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, is an Arab and therefore
not to be trusted? McCain “defended” Obama by contrasting Arabs and
Americans as separate groups [...] ![]() |
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