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Interrogating Abu Ghraib
Tony Diaz, a former military-police sergeant who served at Abu Ghraib, stares into Errol Morris’ camera and speaks in baffled tones about being called into a shower room at that notorious Baghdad prison where
Read More »‘Terror’ asset-grab absurd and unjust
By Gerri Peev | ANTI-TERRORISM legislation drawn up by Gordon Brown to allow the Treasury to seize assets from suspects has been ruled unlawful by a High Court judge. The practice, which was dubbed
Read More »Blackwater wants to use N.C. airport
By Connie Sage | The town is negotiating with Blackwater to allow the private security company to lease space at Northeastern Regional Airport to use for its driver training program. Blackwater would instruct defensive
Read More »Brain-plug weapons could provide war crime immunity
By Lewis Page | An American law student has published an analysis of international law regarding war crimes that might be committed using future brain-interface-controlled weapon systems. Stephen White, studying at Cornell Law School,
Read More »Civil rights groups sue state officials
By Adam Jadhav | Voting-rights activists filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Missouri public aid officials and election authorities in St. Louis and Kansas City, saying that agencies have failed to help poor people
Read More »Watchdog ruling – Iraq dossier was sexed up
By Chris Ames | The government is attacked as “dodgy” after a ruling that criticises the way in which author of the September 2002 Iraq dossier has effectively been allowed anonymity. The Information Tribunal
Read More »Scientists Uncover Secrets at Centre of Black Holes
Salford Online | Scientists say they have moved one step closer to understanding the processes occurring in supermassive black holes. Black holes are thought to be the feature at the rotational centre of most
Read More »Fallout from New York Times “Pentagon Pundits” Story
IPA | The recent New York Times front-page article “Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand” discloses Pentagon records which “reveal a symbiotic relationship where the usual dividing lines between government and journalism have been
Read More »More than 100 MPs employ family members on expenses
By Ben Russell and Nigel Morris | More than a hundred MPs – including two cabinet ministers – employ family members as taxpayer-funded assistants, the House of Commons has disclosed. The first official list,
Read More »The Biofuels Scam and Food Shortages
By Mike Adams | It was one of the dumbest “green” ideas ever proposed: Convert millions of acres of cropland into fields for growing ethanol from corn, then burn fossil fuels to harvest the
Read More »Is Rice the New Global Currency?
By Otto Spengler | China is exchanging its depreciating reserves of the greenback for things of value, notably rice, with deadly consequences for U.S. foreign policy. The global food crisis is a monetary phenomenon,
Read More »Bush And Sharon Had Secret Deal To Expand West Bank
By Glenn Kessler | A letter that President Bush personally delivered to then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon four years ago has emerged as a significant obstacle to the president’s efforts to forge a peace
Read More »Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK
By Owen Bowcott | Airline passengers are to be screened with facial recognition technology rather than checks by passport officers, in an attempt to improve security and ease congestion, the Guardian can reveal. From
Read More »Coming Soon – The Summer of Strikes
By Christine Buckley and Francis Elliott | Britain faces a wave of industrial unrest this summer as unions, emboldened by Gordon Brown’s climbdown after the 10p tax revolt, ballot millions of members on strike
Read More »Breaking the Silence – Israeli Soldiers Speak Out
By Stephen Lendman - RINF | They’re called “Refuseniks” but not for refusing to serve. They’ve done it proudly and courageously, and here’s how “Courage to Refuse” members state their position: “We, reserve officers and
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