Month: July 2009

A case of “assertion of the state secrets privilege,” often used against Muslims, is found to be “fraud on the court”: CIA Committed Fraud, Judge Writes in Ruling (Washington Post) An interim report states, “Justice cannot be done … unless those who are accused of crimes are proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a…

Although he sees victory in Afghanistan as a “long-term project,” … Gates: US has One Year to Make Progress in Afghanistan (Christian Science Monitor) … yet, similarities to Vietnam persist in Afghanistan: Marines Face Stiff Taliban Resistance (Washington Post) “Afghans are arbitrarily detained by police, prosecutors, judges and detention center officials with alarming regularity”: Pentagon…

“Breaking the Silence is an organization of veterans who served in the Israeli military during the Second Intifada (since September 2000) and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the routine situations of everyday life in the Occupied Territories”: Breaking the Silence (Shovrimshtika) During his Friday sermon, Rafsanjani “implicitly challenged the…

Described by US forces as a “misunderstanding”, the standoff between a Kurdish militia and Iraqi troops points to a larger issue threatening to fragment Iraq: Kurdish Leaders Warn Of Strains With Maliki (Washington Post) Attacks on Muslims during Jummah prayer underscore concerns over the state of freedom and Islamic democracy in Iran reflected in Rafsanjani’s…

Other news outlets also ran the interview in which Farouk Kaddoumi charged that “Mr. Abbas conspired with Israel in 2003 to kill Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat”: Why Palestinian Leaders Have Banned Al Jazeera (Christian Science Monitor) The meeting was described as an attempt “to investigate the positions in general terms of both parties without any…

Israeli troops confirm the aggressive and indiscriminate nature of their orders during the siege of Gaza: Israel Troops Speak Out on Gaza War (Al Jazeera) The Uighurs were originally protesting a Chinese program that forced hefty fines  on workers who refused  relocation: China Unrest Tied To Labor Program (Washington Post) In supporting Ahmadinejad, Khamenei has…

“The area of real concern in Congress is that the planned operations may also have involved the covert surveillance of American citizens”: Dick Cheney ‘Hid Plans to Kill Al-Qaida Operatives Abroad’ (Guardian) Israelis laugh in the face of British revocations as ineffective, noting that  “177 British arms-export licenses remain intact”: Britain Cuts Some Arms Exports…

“Initiating a criminal investigation is a crucial step towards restoring the moral authority of the United States abroad and restoring the rule of law at home”: Bush Anti-Terror Policies Get Reluctant Revisit (Washington Post) While Israeli interests are hardly in jeopardy in the US, the settlement issue has brought the Israeli lobby into uncomfortable territory:…