Guantanamo Crumbles - washingtonpost.com

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‘There is no record of his involvement in hostilities against the United States or its allies. In 2003, a military officer who reviewed Mr. Parhat’s detention recommended his release.’ editorial, washington post, July 7, ‘08

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Focus on School Reform - washingtonpost.com

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‘The group is unsparing in its critique of a system more interested in the political interests of adults than the education rights of children. The system keeps unsuccessful teachers in classrooms, fails to place the best educators where they are needed most and rewards longevity over effectiveness.’ editorial, washington post, July 7, ‘08

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CANOE — CNEWS - World:...ss-executions in South Korea

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‘In the early days of the Korean War, other U.S. officers observed, photographed and confidentially reported on such wholesale executions by their South Korean ally, a secretive slaughter believed to have killed 100,000 or more leftists and supposed sympathizers, ly without charge or trial, in a few weeks in mid-1950.’ Charles J. Haney And Jae-Soon Chang, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 6, ‘08

Filed under Korean War by dianevmc Added 07/06/2008

TorontoSun.com - Eric Margolis - New war brewing

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‘The Bush administration’s last desperate act, its Gotterdammerung, could be war with Iran. UN weapons inspectors concur with U.S. intelligence that there is no proof Iran is working on nuclear arms, but the neocon war party in Washington is determined to loosen a final Parthian shaft by striking Iran. ’ Eric Margolis, Toronto Sun, July 6, ‘08

Filed under Israel, war, Iran, nuclear nonproliferation treaty and Israel by dianevmc Added 07/06/2008

An Expert Reveals Chinese Or...at Guantánamo - NYTimes.com

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‘Chinese methods had been recycled and taught at Guantánamo.’Scott Shane, NYT, July 2, ‘08

Filed under Guantanamo, torture by dianevmc Added 07/05/2008

   From Triumph to Torture...rmation Clearing House - ICH

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‘Israel’s treatment of an award-winning young Palestinian journalist is part of a terrible pattern’ John Pilger, The Guardian/UK, July 2, ‘08

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Anti-Empire Report, July 4, 2008

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‘you’ll parade with your flags and your images of the Statue of Liberty. But do you know that the sculptor copied his mother’s face for the statue, a domineering and intolerant woman who had forbidden another child to marry a Jew?’ William Blum, July 4, ‘08

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Arar outraged over decision blocking lawsuit against U.S.

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‘The majority decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals said federal courts have no jurisdiction over his lawsuit because he was never technically inside the United States when U.S. authorities detained him at New York’s Kennedy Airport. Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service, July 1, ‘08

Filed under war on terror, Maher Arar by dianevmc Added 07/01/2008

CANOE — CNEWS - Canada...lease of Guantanamo detainee

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‘A U.S. court has compared a military decision to detain a Chinese Muslim as an enemy combatant to a nonsensical 19th-century poem by Lewis Carroll.’ Associated Press, June 30, 2008

Filed under war on terror, Guantanamo, Gitmo by dianevmc Added 06/30/2008

TorontoSun.com - Peter Worth...yone care about free speech?

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‘The consequences of curbing, restricting or punishing free speech are worse than tolerating what we might not like to hear. Free speech is the lesser of evils.’ Peter Worthington, June 23, ‘08

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CANOE — CNEWS - Canada...no longer an enemy combatant

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‘Parhat never fought against the United States and the government concedes there is no evidence he ever intended to.’ Pete Yost, Associated Press, June 23, ‘08

Filed under war on terror, Guantanamo, Gitmo by dianevmc Added 06/23/2008

Tories want to keep Khadr aw...8216;extremist’ family

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Filed under Guantanamo, Khadr by dianevmc Added 06/18/2008

Obama names foreign policy panel

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‘Obama has named a foreign policy panel of former U.S. officials to give him advice and possibly fill top posts in his administration if he is elected in November.’ Caren Bohan, Reuters, June 18, ‘08

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Khadr defence crams before facing new judge

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‘Khadr’s gunshot injuries showed he’d been shot in the back, and shrapnel injuries to his eyes showed it was unlikely he could see anything.’ Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service, June 17, ‘08

Filed under Guantanamo, Gitmo, Khadr by dianevmc Added 06/17/2008

John McCain: War Hero or Nor...rmation Clearing House - ICH

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‘On October 26, he was trying to level a power plant in a heavily populated area when a surface-to-air missile knocked a wing off his jet. Banged-up John McCain and what was left of plane splashed into Truc Bach Lake. A compassionate Vietnamese civilian left his air raid shelter and swam out to McCain. McCain’s arm and leg were fractured and he was tangled up in his parachute underwater. He was drowning. The Vietnamese man saved McCain’s sorry ass, and yet McCain has nothin…

Filed under McCain by dianevmc Added 06/14/2008

U.S. Supreme Court sides wit...ees, trial plans in disarray

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‘he court specifically struck down a provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that denies Guantanamo detainees the right to file petition of habeas corpus. ’ Mark Sherman, AP, June 12, ‘08

Filed under Guantanamo, Gitmo, U.S. Supreme Court by dianevmc Added 06/13/2008

U.S. Supreme Court restores ...o foreign terrorist suspects

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‘The court ruled that foreign terrorism suspects at Guantanamo had a legal right known as ‘habeas corpus’ to challenge their detention in court.’

Filed under Guantanamo, Gitmo by dianevmc Added 06/13/2008

Obama Toughens Iran Stance, ...l on Jerusalem - NYTimes.com

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‘He vowed to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and insisted Jerusalem will remain the undivided capital of the Jewish state in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobby group.’ Reuters, June 4, ‘08

Filed under occupation, Obama, Jerusalem by dianevmc Added 06/04/2008

Transit driver busted for alleged impaired driving

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‘A cellphone call to police from a scared passenger sparked the bust of a TTC driver who allegedly blew three times over the legal limit while behind the wheel of a Lawrence Ave. W. bus yesterday morning.’ Brett Clarkson, Sun Media, The Toronto Sun, June 4, ‘08

Filed under seen it all by dianevmc Added 06/04/2008

U.S. guards say Khadr a ‘good kid’

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Khadr dreams of helping the world’s neediest. Ottawa Citizen, June 3, ‘08

Filed under Gitmo, Khadr by dianevmc Added 06/03/2008