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Ian Cobain and Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 November 2011 15.38 GMT UK military faces judge-led inquiry into detentions and interrogations after appeal court rules in favour of 140 Iraqis More than 140 Iraqis who were imprisoned by British troops in the years following the 2003 invasion have won a court of [...]
Press TV Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:41PM A War Crimes Tribunal in the Malaysian capital has begun its hearing against George W. Bush and Tony Blair, charging the former officials for the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, Press TV reports. The tribunal will determine whether the formerUSpresident and British prime minister committed war [...]
ThinkProgress6 November 13, 2011 During an interview on Sunday with ‘Meet the Press’ (video below), Rep. Michele Bachmann said that the Iraqshould pay Americafor invading , occupying and destroying their country . “It’s over 800 billion dollars that we have expended [in Iraq]. I believe that Iraq should pay us back for the money [...]
By Ross Caputi The author is a Marine Corps veteran of the second siege of Fallujah and a member of March Forward!. He is the founder of the ‘Justice for Fallujah Project’ which will host various events during the second annual ‘Remember Fallujah Week,’ Nov. 16-19. Click here for more information. November 8, 2011 [...]
by Robert C. Koehler Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. His new book, Courage Grows Strong at the Wound is now available. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com or visit his website at commonwonders.com. Published on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by CommonDreams.org This won’t beVietnam, exactly. No helicopter whisking the [...]
Drone technology is advancing and their use is proliferating exponentially, as the public and the law lag behind by John Glaser Antiwar Forum October 19, 2011 Drone technology is advancing faster than the public or the legal system has time to catch up to their now ubiquitous use inAmerica’s many war zones. US troops inAfghanistanwill [...]
By Conor Friedersdorf Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction. The Atlantic Oct 16 2011, 11:22 AM ET How would a President [...]
In Damascus, the regime presents a picture of vast rallies of support. But as tensions rise on the nation’s borders, cracks are showing. In Beirut, Robert Fisk peers behind the propaganda Independent Monday, 17 October 2011 Cross-border tank incursions; four Syrian opponents of the Damascus regime kidnapped in Lebanon, supposedly in a vehicle belonging [...]
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