[ 25 January 2003 ]
Out of the ordinary (1) (2)
Long, excellent article on the events that brought Argentina to its current
political and economic situation
( Naomi Klein via Guardian )
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See also this eyewitness account by activist John Jordan, and this blog
entry from May. LINKS?
http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm
US interrogators turn to 'torture lite'
'While the official US position is that torture is not used and that all
international conventions are observed, within some agencies of law
enforcement the reality appears to be one of "don't ask, don't tell" ...
"The constitution has been cast aside. The United States is no longer the
moral leader of the world." ' ( Guardian )
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See also the first article in this series, from yesterday, this Human
Rights Watch report from August, this Amnesty report from March, the Center
for Constitutional Rights website, and this blog entry from last month
http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm
