JERUSALEM – Israel does not object to talks between the West and Iran if the intent is to stop Iran’s nuclear program and as long as Iran does not take advantage of these talks, top-level Israeli government sources tell IPS. But the sources go on to reiterate that Israel still expects the international community to …
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The prose of the recently leaked report of the International Committee of the Red Cross [.pdf] on torture seems colorless. It is at the same time obscene – almost pornographic. The 41-page ICRC report depicts scenes of prisoners forced to remain naked for long periods, sometimes in the presence of women, often with their hands …
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Charles Peña on doing the same thing and expecting different results
Updated at 8:23 p.m. EDT, Apr. 14, 2008
At least one Iraqi was killed and 10 more were wounded in the latest attacks. No Coalition deaths were reported, but stunning testimony was given in the trial of a U.S. soldier accused of murdering two fellow Americans. Also, the Iraqi government reiterated their promise to fold Awakening Council members into mainstream security forces or otherwise find them employment.
Fulfilling a key campaign promise, U.S. President Barack Obama Monday lifted all restrictions on Cuban-Americans to visit their homeland and send money to family members there. In an executive order, Obama also authorized U.S. telecommunications companies to apply for licenses to do business in Cuba in what the White House described as an effort to …
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“[W]hat lengths men will go in order to carry out, to their extreme limit, the rites of a collective self-worship which fills them with a sense of righteousness and complacent satisfaction in the midst of the most shocking injustices and crimes.” – Love and Living, Thomas Merton On Wednesday, March 25, Maj. Gen. David Perkins …
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Jeff Huber on missing the point of the Surge
Philip Giraldi calls for open hearings on war crimes
Updated at 8:59 p.m. EDT, Apr. 13, 2008
Only three Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in light violence today. A U.S. soldier was also killed during an incident near Karbala. In other news, the Islamic State in Iraq has claimed responsibility for last week’s bombing in Mosul that took the lives of five U.S. soldiers.
Justin Raimondo has good news for a change
