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America’s Violent Extremism - Paul Craig Roberts »
Posted by: dissent 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
After the euphoric attention to idealistic rhetoric dies down, Obama will be criticized for extravagant words that create unrealizable expectations. But were the extravagant words ...
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FBI was told to blame Anthrax scare on Al Qaeda by White House officials »
Posted by: Aidenag 1 year, 4 months ago in News
In the immediate aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, White House officials repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault ...
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Why the Bush torture architects must be prosecuted: A counter-terror expert speaks out »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months ago in Political News
Reading the Bush Administration torture documents released last Thursday by the Department of Justice - documents all about inflicting pain, suffering and discomfort - I felt plenty ...
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We must get out of Afghanistan - Adrian Hamilton - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 9 months ago in News
If you're in a hole stop digging. Denis Healey's admonition to politicians has been so often quoted that it's become almost a ...
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A Taste of AFRICOM: Somalia did find peace and tried to stop piracy until the US bombed the sh*t out of it in 2006 »
Posted by: dissent 8 months, 1 week ago in News
There has been a lot of talk lately about Somali pirates, so it’s probably a good time for a little summary.
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In 2006 "the ...Read (498) | Share | Discuss (4) | Read Full Story at uruknet.de
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Is Obama About To Become Just Another War Criminal? »
Posted by: dissent 3 weeks, 3 days ago in Political Opinion
If you'd have told me that America would ever spritz $65 billion of its annual taxes and manpower into yet another country's civil ...
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Cheney OK with interrogations that violated guidelines »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Cheney has consistently asserted that when reports on the interrogations are released, they will show that torture of detainees worked. However, recently declassified documents show ...
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Detainee Who Gave False Iraq Data Dies In Prison in Libya »
Posted by: Beau7890 7 months, 1 week ago in News
A former CIA high-value detainee, who provided bogus information that was cited by the Bush administration in the run-up to the Iraq war, has died ...
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Condi's Really Bad Day »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
For eight years, Condoleezza Rice dealt with the Beltway punditry and the access-craving White House press corps. The reception she got, with a handful of ...
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Baghdad car bombs cause carnage »
Posted by: junitj88 2 weeks ago in News
A series of car bombings has killed at least 127 people and wounded 448 in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Interrogation Debate Sharply Divided Bush White House »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The proclamation that President George W. Bush issued on June 26, 2003, to mark the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture ...
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Man arrested in alleged attempt to bomb Dallas skyscraper - WFAA.com »
Posted by: pacodecabra 2 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Police arrested a Jordanian man Thursday after he attempted to place a truck bomb in the parking garage beneath the 60-story Fountain Place in downtown ...
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C.I.A. Sought Blackwaters Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists »
Posted by: tehranchik 4 months ago in Political News
The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and ...
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Commentary: Where's Osama bin Laden? »
Posted by: altnrg 3 months, 1 week ago in News
Eight years after September 11, the "war on terror" has gone the way of the dodo. And President Obama talks instead about a war against ...
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Putting Stamp on Afghan War, Obama Will Send 17,000 Troops »
Posted by: tehranchik 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
President Obama said Tuesday that he would send an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer, putting his stamp firmly on ...
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