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On Being Led By the Nose The Unchallenged Power of the Israel Lobby

by RAINman on 14. Jul, 2010 in General

By JAMES ABOUREZK
James Abourezk is a former U.S. Senator, who practices law in Sioux Falls. He can be reached at georgepatton45@gmail.com.
CounterPunch - July 12, 2010
I picked up a copy of a memoir written by the long-gone CIA Director, George Tenet.   On the first page of the book’s preface, Mr. Tenet described what it [...]

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Iraqi shoe-thrower’s release held back

by RAINman on 15. Sep, 2009 in General

Muntazer al-Zaida, who flung his brogues at George Bush, is due out today but prison says his papers are not ready
Martin Chulov in Baghdad and Matthew Weaver
guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 September 2009
Celebrations to mark the planned release of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush have been put on hold after his release [...]

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Same policy, different face

Same policy, different face

by RAINman on 25. Aug, 2009 in Opinion

U.S. Says Rendition to Continue, but With More Oversight

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration’s practice of sending terrorism suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation, but pledges to closely monitor their treatment to ensure that they are not tortured, administration officials said Monday.

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In a corrupt world, nothing succeeds like satire!

by RAINman on 18. Jun, 2009 in Opinion

by Greg Felton
Mr. Greg Felton is a Canadian writer on the Middle East. He writes a political column every second Thursday for the Canadian Arab News, and is writing a book on the rise of fascism in the U.S.
Media Monitors Network        Tuesday, June 16, 2009
We live in irrational times, where truth [...]

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Obama in Cairo: A Bush in sheep’s clothing?

by RAINman on 11. Jun, 2009 in Analysis, Opinion

Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada
 
 
 
Once you strip away the mujamalat — the courtesies exchanged between guest and host — the substance of President Obama’s speech in Cairo indicates there is likely to be little real change in US policy. It is not necessary to divine Obama’s intentions — he may be utterly sincere and I [...]

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From Guantánamo To The South Pacific: Is This A Joke?

by RAINman on 11. Jun, 2009 in Analysis, Opinion

 
by Andy Worthington
Andy Worthington is a journalist and historian, based in London. He is the author of The Guantánamo Files, the first book to tell the stories of all the detainees in America’s illegal prison. For more information, visit his blog here: http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/
 
Published on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
 
Let’s face it, when it comes to Guantánamo, [...]

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Video: Recently Released Gitmo Detainee Talks to ABC News

by RAINman on 10. Jun, 2009 in Videos NEW!!!

 
Held Seven Years, Former Aid Worker Tells ABC News He Was Tortured

By JAKE TAPPER, KAREN TRAVERS, and STEPHANIE Z. SMITH
 
ABC News Internet Ventures        June 8, 2009
 

For 7½ years, Lakhdar Boumediene was known simply by a number: “10005.”
 
These were the digits assigned to him when he arrived at the detention center at Guantanamo [...]

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Tariq Ramadan : Action must follow Obama’s words

by RAINman on 04. Jun, 2009 in Analysis, Opinion

 
Obama’s speech to Muslims will mean little if its symbolism is not followed up by concrete measures to restore trust
 guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 3 June 2009
 The relationship between the United States and Muslims has been so damaged after eight years of the Bush administration that the whole world is now wondering: what is Barack Obama going to [...]

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Netanyahu cites secret deal with Bush to justify more settlements

by RAINman on 04. Jun, 2009 in General

Revelation puts more strain on relations with US as Obama heads for Middle East

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Robert Fisk: Most Arabs know this speech will make little difference

by RAINman on 03. Jun, 2009 in Analysis, Opinion

I suspect that what the Arab world wants to hear is that Obama will take his soldiers out of Muslim lands

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Busted, Pentagon — Why The Photos Probably Do Show Detainees Sodomized and Raped

by RAINman on 02. Jun, 2009 in Hard News

By Naomi Wolf               Huffington Post    May 29, 2009
 The Telegraph of London broke the news – because the US press is in a drugged stupor — that the photos Obama is refusing to release of detainee abuse depict, among other sexual tortures, an American soldier raping a female detainee [...]

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Colin Powell Skates Free on Torture

by RAINman on 27. May, 2009 in Analysis

by Robert Parry
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat. His two previous books are Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty [...]

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