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New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret C.I.A. Prisons in Poland and Romania
Posted: 3 August 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abdu Ali Sharqawi, Abdul Rahim al-Sharqawi, Abu Dhabi, Abu Zubaydah, Ahmed Khalfan, al-Qaeda, Aleksander Kwasniewski, Andy Worthington, Bagram Air Base, black sites, Bush Administration, CIA, Council of Europe, Dick Marty, Diego Garcia, Dubai, Egypt, Guantanamo Bay, Hassan Ghul Ghailani, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, high value detainees, Human Rights Watch, HVDs, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, Indonesia, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Jordan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Leszek Miller, lithuania, Mauritania, Mohamed Omar Abdel-Rahman, Morocco, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Pakistan, Poland, rendition, Romania, Salah Nasser Salim Ali, Sharqwi Abdu Ali al-Hajj, Stare Kiejkuty, Stephen Grey, Syria, terrorism, torture, UAE, UN, Waleed bin Attash, War on Terror
Investigative journalist Andy Worthington dissects recently released documents shining more light on the Bush Administration’s dark rendition program and the complicity of collaborating governments in the mass-scale extrajudicial kidnapping program.
U.K. Prime Minister: Israel and Egypt Turned Gaza Into ‘Prison Camp’ (Video)
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Angela Merkel, Brazil, Britain, Buah Administration, David Cameron, David Friedman, Egypt, EU, France, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Germany, human rights, international law, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Mavi Marmara, Middle East, Newspeak, Nick Clegg, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama Administration, Palestine, Rafah, Recep Erdgoan, Turkey, UK, US, War on Terror, Zionism
David Cameron, British prime minister and leader of the national Conservative Party, said Tuesday, “Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp.” He also called out governments on double standards against the Turkish State (1:04):
Daily Briefing—26th July 2010
Posted: 26 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, African Union, AFRICOM, AIG, airstrikes, Al Shabaab, Amira Hass, AMISOM, Amnesty International, AU, Boeing, BP, Bradley Manning, Bronwyn Bruton, Charlie Rangel, China, Citigroup, civilian casualties, COIN, Conn Halliman, counterinsurgency, David Goldman, David Kramer, Dennis Kucinich, DHS, drones, Duch, economic sanctions, Egypt, EU, Ezra Klein, Fallujah, Fatah, FinReg, Gaza, Goldman Sachs, Hamas, Horn of Africa, Human Rights Watch, ICC, ICE, ICJ, illegal immigration, India, Iran, ISI, Japan, Johann Hari, Julian Assange, Kashmir, Khmer Rouge, Lehman Brothers, Libya, Lockerbie bomber, Lockheed MArtin, Mike mUlleen, military industrial complex, NATO, Northop Gruman, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Patrick Cockburn, payday loans, Rafah, renminbi, Ron Paul, Somalia, TFG, The Hague, Tony Blair, UK, USD, West Bank, Wikileaks, yuan
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Daily Briefing—14th-15th July 2010
Posted: 14 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Africa, Al Jazeera, Al Shabaab, banking, BDS, Boubacar Coris Diop, BP, Build America Bonds, censorship, China, CIA, corporatism, Darian Worden, David Petraeus, David Rose, Egypt, FCC, Federal Reserve, France, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Gulf oil spill, Horn of Africa, illegal immigration, Iran, ISI, ISIS, Israel, Israel-Lebanon War, Jeff Stein, Jeremy Sapienza, Jim Lobe, Johnny Rotton, Justin Raimondo, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, Mumbai attacks, Newt Gingrich, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, poverty, Robert Scheer, Saddam Hussein, Shahram Amiri, Somalia, South Korea, Stephen Walt, student loan, Tariq Aziz, Thalif Deen, Tonkin Gulf, Uganda, UN, unemployment, Uzbekistan, Vietnam War
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U.N. Secret Detention Report
Posted: 17 June 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abdul Rahim al-Nashiri, Abu Zubaydah, Afghanistan, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Australia, Bagram, Binyam Mohamed, Bisher al-Rawi, Canada, CIA, Egypt, extraordinary rendition, FBI, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, human rights, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, international law, Iraq, Jamil El-Banna, Jordan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KSM, Maher Arar, Majid Khan, Mamdouh Habib, Manfred Nowak, Moazzam Begg, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni, Morocco, Murat Kurnaz, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, Obama, Obama Administration, Omar Deghayes, Pakistan, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Russia, Saifullah Paracha, secret prisons, Syria, torture, UK, UN, UNHRC, US, Walid bin Attash, War on Terror
The heroic Andy Worthington—leading journalist on the Kafka-esque U.S. military prisons at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba and Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan; the Bush-Obama Administrations’ policy and standard operating procedures regarding kidnapping, rendition and torture; and the ensuing legal processes—has outstandingly posted excerpts from the February report conducted by the U.N. Human Rights Council, “Joint Study on Global Practices in Relation to Secret Detention in the Context of Counter-Terrorism” [.pdf].
Read the series at his blog:
Daily Briefing—11th June 2010
Posted: 11 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, AIG, airstrikes, Anastasio Rojas, Andy Worthington, Bagram Air Base, Bolivia, BP, China, CIA, debtor prisons, drones, Egypt, EU, European Union, Federal Reserve, Frank Chavez, Goldman Sachs, Google, Green Revolution, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hamid Karzai, Hugo Chavez, IAEA, INA, indigenous people, Iran, Iran elections, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi National Alliance, John Byrne, labor unions, Latin America, Pakistan, renminbi, Russia, Shahram Amiri, smoking bans, South America, Spain, Taliban, TARP, terrorism, Turkey, UNSC, US, Venezuela, Vincent Fernando, War on Terror, William Fisher
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Daily Briefing—8th June 2010
Posted: 8 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Alan Fisher, Anastasio Hernandez, AntiWar Radi, AntiWar radio, Arab League, Ben Smith, Bhopal, Blackwater, BP, Bradley Manning, Brian Ross, Chicago Public Schools, China, Chris Hedges, Christofascists, CIA, Collateral Murder, Congo, Costa Rica, CPS, David Friedman, DPRK, DRC, economic sanctions, Egypt, Erik Prince, eurozone, Farah Massacre, Felipe Calderon, free market, Garani Massacre, Gaza blackade, gold, Granai Massacre, Guatemala, healthcare, Honda, IAEA, immigration, Iran, Iraq War, Jeff Stein, Kevin Carson, Kurdistan, labor unions, Maggie Hberman, Mexico, Mexico drug war, national debt, NATO, Noah Shachtman, North Korea, PTSD, Red Crescent, Saudi Arabia, Scott Horton, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, stem cell research, tasers, terrorism, The Machinery of Freedom, UN Security Council, war crimes, Wikileaks, Xe
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Weekend Briefing—4th-5th June 2010
Posted: 5 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Anene Ejikeme, Bagram Air Base, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, corporate personhood, Dahr Jamail, David Uhlmann, DEA, DPRK, Egypt, financial crisis, Free Gaza Movement, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gulf oil spill, Gustavo Cadevila, illegal immigration, indefinite detention, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Issandr El Amrani, Japan, Jeremy Scahill, JSOC, KBR, law, limited liability, military industrial complex, MJ Rosenberg, MV Rachel Corrie, Naoto Kan, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Noah Shachtman, North Korea, Obama Administration, oil spills, Pat Buchanan, PTSD, Recep Erdgoan, South Korea, Thomas Knapp, Turkey, Wall Street, Washington lobbyists, West Africa, Will Grigg
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Tunneling for Life in Gaza
Posted: 29 April 2010 by Editors in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: agorism, airstrikes, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Egypt, fascism, Gaza, Gaza blockade, human rights, international law, Israel, Max Ajl, Middle East, Palestine-Israel, Palestinians, tunnel smuggling, UNRWA, Zionism
Max Ajl on the tunnel smuggling nightmare created by Israel’s unlawful blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Daily Briefing—29th April 2010
Posted: 29 April 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 7/7 London bombing, abortion, ACLU, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Amed Wali Karzai, Australia, Baghdad, Baitullah Meshud, Ban Ki-moon, Belgium, China, Collateral Murder, Cuba, drones, Egypt, extradition, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gideon Levy, Greece bailout, Hamas, Honduras, immigration, India, Iraq, Iraq election, Iraq War, Islam, Israel, Jacob Hornberger, James Risen, Japan, journalist shield, Justin Raimondo, Kandahar, Mahmoud Abbas, May Day, Mexico drug war, MI5, military tribunals, Mumbai attacks, NATO, New Baghdad Massacre, NPR, NPT, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, NY Times, Okinawa, Oklahoma, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Rachel Maddow, racial profiling, Salam Fayyad, SCOTUS, Stephen Lendman, Supreme Court, Syria, Tlaiban, Tooryalai Wesa, UN, UNRWA, US, Venezuela, War on Terror, Wikileaks
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