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Ritter Right About Iraq |
by Randy Scholfield
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14 Jan 2005
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The search for WMDs in Iraq ended quietly this week with a whimper, not a bang...
True to form, Bush insisted this week that it didn't matter -- that's right, his main justification for taking this country into a bloody, costly war didn't matter. He would still have invaded Iraq!
Huh? That makes sense only if he had planned to invade Iraq all along, as critics charged. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Globalization : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq : Prisons : Regime |
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A Global Gulag to Hide the War on Terror's Dirty Secrets |
by Jonathan Steele
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14 Jan 2005
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According to the Washington Post, which broke the story last week, one proposal is to have the US build new prisons in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Officials of those countries would run the prisons, and would have to allow the state department to "monitor human rights compliance".
It is a laughable proposition, since the whole purpose of the exercise is to minimize scrutiny.
While making bland statements during his Senate appearance that he found torture abhorrent, Alberto Gonzales gave no clear assurances that its practice would stop. As White House counsel he approved an administration memorandum against torture in August 2002 which was so narrow that it appeared to define it only as treatment that led to "dying under torment". In other words, if a victim survived, he could not have been tortured. |
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BTL:Historic Congressional Challenge to Ohio Election Results Spotlights... |
by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
betweenthelines (nospam) snet.net (verified) |
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14 Jan 2005
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...Voting Irregularities ~ Interview with Bob Fitrakis, an attorney who filed lawsuit challenging the presidential election results in Ohio, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq : Regime |
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Report Singles Out US, Sudan For Strong Censure |
by Jim Lobe
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13 Jan 2005
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"When the United States disregards human rights, it undermines that human rights culture and thus sabotages one of the most important tools for dissuading potential terrorists,ā€¯ Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, said. ā€¯Instead, U.S. abuses have provided a new rallying cry for terrorist recruiters, and the pictures from Abu Ghraib have become the recruiting posters for Terrorism, Inc.ā€¯
"Governments facing human rights pressure from the United States now find it easy to turn the tables,ā€¯ said Roth. ā€¯Washington can't very well uphold principles that it violates itself.ā€¯ |
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Interview :: Labor |
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Building Bridges Radio: Fighting Wal-Mart in N.Y.C & Quebec |
by Ken Nash & Mimi Rosenberg
knash (nospam) igc.org (verified) |
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13 Jan 2005
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Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW |
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A Deep Response to Russell Means' Excellent Analysis of European Political Limitations! |
by unbridled artist network
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13 Jan 2005
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 This is a thought-through response to Russell Means' article "For American to Live, Europe Must Die". The original article, listed in the general publishing archive below (which *should* be put in the features section, but we know that most IMC'ers are playing meta games), is a MUST READ for all who are serious at all about the realities of our time, including post-left anarchists!
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