Wonder what can’t be handed over to Germany, even to prosecute a member of the cell that planned 9/11? You don’t need to be a conspiracy theorist anymore to sense the problem. America, Sunday Times Judge berates US failures as 9/11 supporter is convicted A German court yesterday convicted a Moroccan student of belonging to the al-Qaeda cell responsible for the attacks on America of September 11, 2001, but acquitted him of direct involvement in the murder of nearly 3,000…
BBC News Aug 18 Rolling in more troops for prison security, taking in more prisoners, building yet another prison camp. As the insurgency continues, there are now nearly 11,000 prisoners in major US-run detention centres – twice as many as last September. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said last month he would like to give Iraq’s government full responsibility for detainees as soon as was feasible. But the US has offered no timetable for such a handover. A Pentagon spokesman,…
Jesua at “And No One Heard a Word” created a list of issues which in his opinion “will lead a good percentage of Americans into heated discussions with each other. How one answers the questions above generally serves as an indicator of whether one is liberal or conservative. I wonder what our ‘top 10′ list will look like ten or twenty years from now. Any guesses??” Well, how could I resist? Our issues change a bit over time, and what…
Action from Save Our Environment Our ocean ecosystems are at risk and we need your help to protect them before August 22nd! Overfishing (when fish are caught at a rate faster than they can reproduce and sustain themselves) is a serious problem in U.S. waters; over a quarter of all commercial fish species are overfished. But right now the Bush administration is poised to take an enormous step backwards allowing even more overfishing in U.S. waters. Click the link below…
No election, whether fair or fraudulent, can legitimize criminal wars on foreign countries, torture, the wholesale violation of human rights, and the end of science and reason. Not in Our Name has announced that they will be sponsoring an International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration. As the charter for the commission states, “When the possibility of far-reaching war crimes and crimes against humanity exists, people of conscience have a solemn responsibility to inquire…
ACLU Freedom Files Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and award-winning producer/director Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films announce an unprecedented new series entitled The ACLU Freedom Files. In ten 30-minute episodes produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Jeremy Kagan, the series will explore pressing issues that are threatening the civil liberties of all Americans, regardless of political affiliation. Coming in September: Beyond the Patriot Act The first episode in the new series The ACLU Freedom Files. This hard-hitting 30-minute…