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US jets bomb Iraq’s Diwaniya city
US aircraft have carried out air strikes in the city of Diwaniya in central Iraq, as clashes between armed groups and security forces continued for a second straight day. An Iraqi army source said
Read More »ID Scanners at Bars Raise Privacy Questions
Katie Crowther We’re used to giving personal information about ourselves when there’s a security issue, maybe using a credit card in a store or getting on an airplane. But new technology tracks us in
Read More »US intelligence chief criticizes surveillance laws
Current law prevents the government from fully using its capabilities to protect the United States, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell said Wednesday. Speaking to a conference of federal officials, McConnell said he wants the
Read More »More than 650,000 civilians dead in Iraq
With more than 650,000 civilians dead in Iraq, our government must take responsibility for its lies Richard Horton Our collective failure has been to take our political leaders at their word. This week the
Read More »British marine admitted that captured patrol was spying on Iran
Chris Marsden Captain Chris Air, the man in charge of the 15 marines and sailors captured by Iranian revolutionary guards and released on April 4, told Sky News that they were on an intelligence-gathering
Read More »911: Can You Handle The Truth?
9-11 is one of the most infamous days of our current time. Many people experienced the events of that day with surprise, shock, sadness, and anger. I am one of them.All of these emotions
Read More »The Long Ordeal of Sami Al-Arian – Civil and Human Rights Advocate and Political Prisoner
Stephen Lendman Sami Al-Arian is one of many dozens, likely hundreds, of political prisoners in the US today but is noteworthy because of his high-profile status and as an especially egregious example of persecution
Read More »Freed British sailors say they were in Iraqi waters
The freed British sailors on Friday insisted that they were in “routine boarding operation” inside Iraqi waters at the time of the capture by the Iranian navy. “I can clearly state we were 1.7
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