Daily Archives: July 13, 2008 »
U.S. forces apologize for civilian death
Thi-Qar | The U.S. forces offered an official apology for the Thi-Qar province police over the killing of a civilian in an airdrop operation on Friday, a security official said. “The apology, offered
Read More »War, oil caused most U.S recessions since 1950
Reuters | Wars and sharp spikes in oil prices were behind most of the seven recessions in the United States since the Great Depression. Following is a list of recessions since 1950: 1953 —
Read More »President George W Bush backs Israeli plan for strike on Iran
By Uzi Mahnaimi in Washington | President George W Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations with Tehran
Read More »Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties
By BENEDICT CAREY and GARDINER HARRIS | It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness from all sides. Psychiatrists would bring to the union their expertise and clinical experience, drug
Read More »SchNEWS SWINGS ITS LONG LENS TOWARDS STATE SURVEILLANCE
SchNEWS | It’s time to get yer party masks out- FITwatch are celebrating their 1st birthday! FITwatch have been a welcome presence at demos – obscuring the view of the police Forward Intelligence Teams
Read More »Troops accused of Iraq boy abuse
Just days after the MoD has to pay out millions to the father of a man UK soldiers beat to death, fresh claims of abuse emerge By Andrew Johnson British soldiers forced a boy
Read More »Scandal of Diego Garcia Rendition Flights
By Andy Worthington | This has been a bad week for the British government, in relation to two of the running sores of its foreign policy, both centred on the Overseas Territory of Diego Garcia
Read More »Westminster blasted over rights of asylum seekers
By Rachelle Money | ALEX SALMOND has blasted the home secretary on the UK’s asylum policy, accusing the government of trampling on asylum seekers’ rights by raiding families at dawn and locking them up
Read More »Suit filed against US law on surveillance
DAWN | The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to stop the US government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually unchecked power to intercept
Read More »PROTEST OVER CHAVEZ ‘BLACKLIST’
Thousands of Venezuelans protested in the capital Caracas to demand the Supreme Court overturn a “blacklist” blocking key opponents of President Hugo Chavez from running in elections. Chanting: “Freedom!” and waving Venezuelan flags, the
Read More »Red Cross finds Bush administration guilty of war crimes
By Andrew McLemore | In a secret report last year, the Red Cross found evidence of the CIA using torture on prisoners that would make the Bush administration guilty of war crimes, The New
Read More »U.S. treatment of Khadr may have exceeded military’s own guidelines
By OMAR EL AKKAD | In subjecting Omar Khadr to the so-called “frequent flier program” – a sleep deprivation technique that has since been prohibited – the U.S. military may have exceeded even its
Read More »Iraqis tortured by UK military settle case for $6M
By GREGORY KATZ | A major case involving the abuse and torture of 10 Iraqi civilians at the hands of the British military was settled Thursday, with lawyers for the victims saying the Ministry
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