BooMan Tribune (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Ft. Hood has exposed a terrible wound in the fabric of America, but that wound was there long before a lone gunman named Major Hassan decided to go postal on his fellow soldiers. Our ethical and moral values have been obliterated since September 11, 2001. Racism is on the rise. Religious fundamentalism of the kind that justifies the slaughter of innocents and torture and inhumanity has reared its ugly...
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILL FISHER (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
By William Fisher Human rights advocates and legal scholars are voicing sharp criticism of President Barack Obama’s revisions to the Bush administration’s Military Commissions Act of 2006, characterizing them as unnecessary and saying the new law will lead to further delays and create a system of “second-class justice.” One powerful advocacy group, the American Civil Liberties...
Sify (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
A former prisoner, who was kept behind bars at the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for six years, has vowed to lodge a criminal case against former Pakistan President General Pervez
The Age (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The Federal Government's tough stance on asylum seekers is attracting international media attention - most of it critical and likely to damage Australia's standing.
Power Line (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
The Uighurs are Muslims from East Turkmenistan who no doubt have legitimate grievances against the Chinese who have conquered and colonized their country, if such it ever was. But some of them decided to pursue jihad against China and went to Afghanistan to train with al Qaeda. They were there at the end of 2001 when we routed the Taliban and captured a number of terrorists and terrorist trainees....
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
As of Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The Barnsby Blog (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
DAY FORTY THREE OF A WORLD NOT THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION ? It is now 43 days since the most powerful man on earth, Barack Obama, told us that he would destroy all nuclear weapons but then, strangely, seemed to change his mind and consorted with the most reactionary forces existing such as the [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pentagon insists need for religious tolerance and diversity far outweighs concerns about Islamists joining the ranks The US military has a long tradition of religious tolerance but military officials bristled today at suggestions that this has aided infiltrators. "What our policies are and what we try to practise very earnestly is inclusion and diversity," said Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant...
JURIST (Free subscription) | yesterday
[JURIST] The US Senate voted 54-45 Thursday to defeat an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have prevented Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of involvement in 9/11 from being tried in federal courts. The amendment was proposed by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in response to a letter opposing federal court trials, signed by families of 9/11 victims. The decision is a success for US Attorney...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
New moves to criminalise rendition are most welcome when such extrajucidial intervention can distort local prosecutions Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro has announced that 23 CIA agents have been found guilty in absentia for their role in the illegal kidnapping and rendition of Abu Omar from a Milan street to an Egyptian secret prison in 2003. People facilitating torture should be prosecuted, but...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jonthan Freedland looks back over a year that began with Barack Obama's victory speech.
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Men Who Stare at Goats Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey Directed by Grant Heslov Rated R It's a deviously warped story, the kind that has to be at least partially true, and according to the disclaimer at the beginning of the film, it is: "More of this is true that you would believe" replaces "Based on a true story" or "Inspired by a true...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's the day after the day after. And the punditocracy is still analyzing the off year elections. I thought E.J. Dionne had the most sober take --bad news for incumbents, Democrats, an annoyed electorate. If anything I think he may have underestimated the level of irritability out there. The defeat of Thomas Suozzi, the executive in Nassau County, should have been a real wake up call to Democrats....
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday turned back a GOP-led effort to bar Sept. 11 terrorists from being prosecuted in civilian federal courts.
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
How RINO is too RINO for Graham? It's unclear. Even he's sour on Scozzafava, but apparently only because she was too far left for the "mainstream" in NY-23, not because she was too far left, period. Like Ace, I'm happy to help build a bridge between centrists and ...
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