Allegation by Charity: US troops storm through Afghan hospital

According to a Swedish Charity, members of 10 Mountain Division stormed through a hospital in Warwick province, Southwest of Kabul. Allegations are, that the troops entered the hospital without permission...

Torture Photos Politics: New Pictures Released Despite Obama Ban

New and shocking torture photos have been released despite an announcement yesterday that the Obama administration would not make the pictures public.  The graphic torture photos show that the nightmare of Abu Ghraib is far from being a thing of the past.The...

Obama Nominee Testifies Waterboarding is Torture

President-Elect Barack Obama's nominee for the office of US Attorney-General, Bronx-born New Yorker Eric Holder testified 15 January before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Bush Administration (Dick Cheney,...

White Phosphorus Shells Used in UN Attack, Israel Called to Task

White phosphorus shells are making headlines after reports that a United Nations building, an Associated Press ground center and a civilian hospital were struck with the controversial weapon during an Israeli...

South Africa's ruling party condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza

In a public statement which was released today, South Africa’s ruling party has condemned Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip. The African National Congress (ANC) said that “as long as Israel continues to...

The MNJ in Niger, has suffered losses yet took control of Arlit and the Urani...

Source:http://m-n-j.blogspot.com/ and http://www.republicain-niger.com/index.asp?affiche=Accueil.aspThe War goes on... July 03,2008, the FAN (Niger's Armed Forces) Have tried to take Arlit, yet had to pull back....

Saddam, America's Good Son

When I was a child, I often heard that America "raised Saddam," that he was her son. He was conceived the moment, if not before, he attempted to topple Iraqi President Abdul Kareem Qassim. It was 1959 and...

New Realism, A Progressive Foreign Policy - Democratic Party

Presidential Candidate, Gov. Bill Richardson spoke at The Center for Strategic and International Studies. There he outlined a Progressive Foreign Policy for America’s future.

Gitmo Abuse Charges Cleared Without Interviewing Victims

"Well, that clears that right up..."MoJo Blog:Col. Richard Bassett, the Army officer assigned to investigate possible abuse at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, has concluded that there is no evidence that...

Sanctions: U.S. Violations of the Geneva Convention

Older article but I found it to be relevant so I am posting here:"Before telling you about Sanctions, I have a brief story. It happened when I was your age. It started before I was your age".

Mommy, What's Waterboarding?

"Remember the great harm done to the moral core of our nation when, according to the excited news reports following Kenneth Starr's great work in life, children were asking their parents what oral sex was? Neither...

Torture Insurance

"Torture weakens our country's moral strengthThe administration is being disgustingly disingenuous when it claims it will abide by the Geneva Conventions - but sends to Congress a bill that would authorize the CIA to engage in interrogation tactics the world understands as...

It Doesn't Make any Difference what US Law Says about Geneva

"Editor & Publisher had a good piece yesterday:"Tony Snow conducted one of his most fascinating briefings today in his relatively short time as White House press secretary.Most of it had to do with the administration's attempt to redefine -- or as it claims, simply make...

ABC News: Inside Iraq's Notorious Abu Ghraib Prison

"Today, Abu Ghraib houses 3,060 prisoners. Upon our entry, U.S. soldiers quickly told us the detainees are treated according to the Geneva Conventions. There is no torture, the system has been fixed and oversight is appropriate now, they said."

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