Daily Archives: January 30, 2009 »

Tony Blair admits daily doubts about the war in Iraq

Mick Meaney January 30, 2009 2

By James Kirkup Mr Blair, now an international envoy to the Middle East, spoke of his “sense of responsibility” over the deaths of soldiers and civilians since the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

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POA delegates scorn Straw’s big bribe

Mick Meaney January 30, 2009 0

By ADRIAN ROBERTS FURIOUS prison officers urged their colleagues to reject a £50 million bribe from Justice Secretary Jack Straw on Thursday which they warned would lead to job cuts and downgrading of work.

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Bush okayed torture to outwit defense lawyers

Mick Meaney January 30, 2009 0

By Stephen C. Webster It comes as no surprise that the Bush administration had little love for lawyers. Long before the “Attorneygate” scandal developed around the firing of nine US Attorneys in his second

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Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Mick Meaney January 30, 2009 0

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Continue to Impose a Total Siege on the Gaza Strip     A Palestinian farmer

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