Daily Archives: April 6, 2007 »
Of Confessions and Torture
Counterpunch None of the Democratic Contenders Has Called for the Closure of the Guantanamo Prison Guantanamo is awash in confessions these days. Walid Mohammad bin Attash claims to have blown up the USS Cole.
Read More »US has ‘no plans’ to free Iranians
Robert Gates, the United States defence secretary, has said that the US has no plans to release five Iranians who were captured in Iraq and accused of supporting anti-government fighters there. He also rejected
Read More »Nine Inch Nails: Entire ‘Year Zero’ Album Available For Streaming
Nine Inch Nails’ entire new album, “Year Zero”, is being streamed at the YearZero.nin.com web site (free e-mail registration required in top right hand corner of page). Due on April 17, “Year Zero” is
Read More »Guantanamo conditions ‘worsening’
Conditions for detainees at the US military jail at Guantanamo Bay are deteriorating, with the majority held in solitary confinement, a report says. Amnesty International said the often harsh and inhumane conditions at the
Read More »FBI illegally interrogated anti-war activists
Intl ANSWER We encourage everyone to read and circulate this email that features a Washington Post story from April 3, 2007. The article reports on information uncovered from a lawsuit filed by the Partnership
Read More »Despite bumper grain crop, 33 countries in food crisis: UN
AFP Despite projections of a bumper grain crop this year, 33 countries will not have enough food, with Iraq and Zimbabwe among the hardest hit, the UN food agency said Tuesday. Countries with “widespread
Read More »New BBC chairman denies that he will be a government crony
Jonathan Brown The new chairman of the BBC insisted yesterday that he would deliver “absolute independence and impartiality” from the Government, despite having worked three times for Chancellor Gordon Brown. Sir Michael Lyons’ appointment
Read More »Iran charges Washington with sponsoring terrorist attacks
Bill Van Auken A leading government official in Teheran charged Thursday that the Bush administration is sponsoring terrorist attacks as a means of ratcheting up its campaign of aggression against Iran. The charge by
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