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I love the sharp tongue of the British. A former legal adviser to the British Foreign Office has said George Bush’s war on terrorism is “legal nonsense” and confers no more power on the United States to detain people than the war against obesity. That’s true. The British lady, Elizabeth Wilmshurst, is quite correct, too, … Continue reading “Legal Nonsense”

LONDON – The ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague that the "security wall" Israel is building in the West Bank is illegal marks a major victory for Palestinians. The ruling is not binding. Officially it is termed only an "advisory opinion" offered by the court. Israeli officials briefing media while the … Continue reading “Palestinian Win Rises Higher Than Israeli Wall”

Mohammed ElBaradei – Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency – was in Israel last week. Pakistan next week? Or maybe India? Or North Korea? All in pursuit of a nuke-free world. But getting rid of nukes is not ElBaradei’s job. True, the IAEA was assigned the collateral duty of Safeguards “inspectorate” by Article … Continue reading “ElBaradei’s Clintonian Mission”

Republicans Can’t Handle the Truth Thank you for calling on conservatives to be true to the ideals their party was founded upon. It is very sad to see the GOP devolve into blind, mindless nationalism that represents a road for them, and the nation as a whole, that is pointed straight toward disaster; the proverbial … Continue reading “Backtalk July 7, 2004”

Further evidence of the presence of Israeli operatives in Iraq arose this weekend when the general formerly in charge of the U.S.-run Iraqi prison system, herself considered partly responsible for torture at Abu Ghraib and other prisons under her command, told the BBC that she met an Israeli interrogator working in a U.S.-run “intelligence center” … Continue reading “Israel in Iraq: Evidence Mounts”

On Tuesday, July 6, 2004, Judge Reggie Walton made a decision and ruled on my case. Under his ruling, I, an American citizen, am not entitled to pursue my 1st and 5th Amendment rights guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States. The vague reasoning cited, without any explanation, is to protect “certain diplomatic relations … Continue reading “Our Broken System”

Shortly before I left Washington for the summer (in the good old days whose passing I regret, few stayed in Washington in summertime), my informal intelligence network gave me an interesting report: Iran was beginning to mass troops on the Iran-Iraq border. Did this portend overt Iranian intervention in Iraq? I said I didn’t think … Continue reading “The October Surprise?”

Friends are always accusing me of being overly Pollyannaish, of relentlessly seeing the bright side when the dark side is much more likely to prevail. So take these observations with whatever rations of salt seem appropriate. Nonetheless, I do think it is possible that the foray into aggression in the Iraq war might just have … Continue reading “Inoculated for a While?”

Congressman Ron Paul continued his fight this week against the United Nations and its global government ambitions, authoring two amendments to a State department funding bill that would hobble the UN by cutting off its main source of funding: American taxpayers. Paul’s first amendment would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds for payment of UN … Continue reading “Ron Paul Continues Fight for US Sovereignty”

SANA’A – More than 200 people have been killed in clashes between Islamic rebels and government forces using warplanes and tanks; this is not Iraq, but the picture of new developments in Yemen. Thousands of families are at risk as the clashes continue in the Marran mountains of Saddah area. Saddah is about 150km (93 … Continue reading “Jihad Brewing in Yemen”