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Gitmo Trial Puts White House In Tight Spot
By Michael Isikoff National investigative correspondent Top U.N. official calls defendant a 'child soldier,' says proceedings violate international legal norms. http://www.informa tionclearinghouse.info/art icle26124.htm... ...
The Crime of the Century: What BP and US Government Don’t Want You to Know
http://www.democracynow.or g/2010/8/4/environmental_a ctivist_jerry_cope_on_the -------- 'Just Not True': White House Accused of Spinning Report http://www.commondr eams.org/headline/2010/08/ 06-3 Crabs... ...
What's The War About?
The Lunatic's Manual By Bob Herbert The way to fight a war is to mobilize the country - not just the combat troops - behind an integrated wartime effort. To do that, leaders have to persuade the public... ...
WikiLeaks Iraq Cache More Than Three Times As Big
The cache of classified U.S. military reports on the Iraq War as yet unreleased by WikiLeaks may be more than three times as large as the set of roughly 76,000 similar reports on the war in Afghanistan... ...
Neue Verklärungsstudie der Bertelsmann-Stiftung
Arbeitsmarkt 2020: Alles wird gut! „Während der Sozialstaat unter den Folgen verantwortungsloser politischer Fehlentscheidungen zusammenbricht und den Menschen jede auch nur halbwegs glaubwürdige Zukunftsperspektive... ...
Obama's Afghan War in Perspective
By Gary Leupp Practically everyone now understands that the war in Afghanistan is going very badly. This is not because the Taliban and other "insurgent" forces are strong and their foreign foes weak.... ...
The Origins of Habeas Corpus
Stephen F. Rohde, The Daily Journal: "As U.S. courts grapple with the right of Guantanamo detainees to seek release through habeas corpus, understanding the history and the purpose of the Great Writ seems... ...
It’s Obama’s war, all right
Cato Institute by Gene Healy 07/13/10 Republica n National Committee Chairman Michael Steele caught grief recently for suggesting the war was doomed to fail. Steele, who has offended everyone from pro-lifers... ...
First, do no harm
The New Republic by David Rieff 07/12/10 How can anti-interventionists pay so little heed to the views of the victims? It is a fair question. I would respond first as an American: I do not want my country... ...
Death by Remote: But Is It Legal?
By William Fisher A 1998 report from the United Nations Special Rapporteur that noted, "extrajudicial executions can never be justified under any circumstances, not even in time of war. Willful killing... ...