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Guantanamo Bay - 110 years of togetherness: Closing for good? »
Posted by: WikiMap 7 months, 1 week ago in News
Back in 1898, US Marines and Navy invaded the Bay and took control. They tried other incursions into Cuba from there but failed. In 1903 ...
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Gaza homeless toll 'hits 50,000' »
Posted by: tehranchik 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been left destitute by Israel's three-week offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, the UN estimates.
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The Report Sending Shockwaves Through Washington »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The explosive secret Red Cross report on the Bush administration’s torture policy has Washington in an uproar comparable to the revelations from Abu Ghraib ...
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Red Cross Described 'Torture' at CIA Jails »
Posted by: Beau7890 9 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded in a secret report that the Bush administration's treatment of al-Qaeda captives "constituted torture," a finding ...
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How Bush And Cheney Tortured II:Verschaerfte Vernehmung »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
More leaked Red Cross testimony , this time from one of the first 'enhanced interrogation' victims on whom Bush and Cheney experimented. Remember: these guards and ...
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Revealing The Truth About Torture Is‘Debilitated…By The Practices Of The American Press’ »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
On Sunday, journalist Mark Danner revealed a previously secret International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) report, which concluded that the Bush administration’s treatment ...
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'120 die' as US bombs village -
Asia, World - The Independent »Posted by: dissent 7 months, 4 weeks ago in News
A misdirected US air strike has killed as many as 120 Afghans, including dozens of women and children. The attack is the deadliest such bombing ...
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Red Cross: Israeli troops ignore Gaza wounded »
Posted by: iamamaniac 11 months, 4 weeks ago in News
GENEVA - The international Red Cross accused Israeli forces Thursday of failing to assist wounded Palestinians and of "unacceptable" delays in letting rescue workers reach a ...
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CIA doctors face human experimentation claims »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Human experimentation without consent has been prohibited in any setting since 1947, when the Nuremberg Code, which resulted from the prosecution of Nazi doctors, set ...
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Afghans Detail a Secret Prison Still Operating on a U.S. Base »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month ago in Political News
An American military detention camp in Afghanistan is still holding inmates for sometimes weeks at a time and without access to the International Committee of ...
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Stanley McChrystal: A History Of Condoning Torture? »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
As Fred Kaplan noticed, the man Obama has just selected to be his new commander in Afghanistan has a history. It appears to involve some ...
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Polly Want a Lifesaver Award? »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 9 months, 1 week ago in News
In Denver, Willie has won an award for saving a little girl choking on her breakfast, by warning a baby sitter. Willie, however, is a ...
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Bush's living legacy at Bagram prison »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
Still, ever since the Oval Office changed hands in January, I've had a nagging feeling that something was amiss. And when I finally focused ...
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Six Questions for Karen Greenberg, Author of The Least Worst Place »
Posted by: tehranchik 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Karen Greenberg, the director of NYU’s Center on Law and Security, took a close-up look at the first hundred days in the life of ...
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Israel, Hamas on Verge of Truce Deal »
Posted by: tehranchik 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
A long-term truce between Israel and the Islamic resistance organization Hamas could be reached within the next 48 hours, according to sources in Cairo.
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