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Pentagon approves Iraq sales worth up to $6 billion
The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday said it had approved the sale to Iraq of weapons valued at up to $6 billion, including 400 Stryker wheeled vehicles, military radios, training aircraft, 20 coastal patrol
Read More »Bush returns to West Point to defend doctrine of aggressive war
By Bill Van Auken President George W. Bush made a farewell appearance Tuesday at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, delivering an unrepentant defense of the doctrine of preventive war that
Read More »HOW 2 FEDERAL JUDGES INVOKED “SECRECY” TO BLOCK ACCESS TO BUSH TORTURE DATA
By Sherwood Ross Two Federal judges have deliberately invoked secrecy statutes to conceal the Federal government’s illegal use of torture, a prominent legal authority says. Named are judges Terence Boyle of the U.S. District
Read More »More reports from Greece
dim It is getting harder and harder to gather information. Today it was the General Strike day in Greece and there was a big gathering at Sintagma square, outside the parliament, where clashes with
Read More »12 years for Saudi student having cannabis
SHAH ALAM: “Please, please” pleaded Muhamed Tariq Sadaquah Abualjadeil in the High Court yesterday, minutes before he was to be sentenced. His counsel, Gurbachan Singh, who was delivering his mitigation plea, shrugged off his
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