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February 2013America Never Really Ended SlaveryPosted: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 "To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us" The most-storied warrior tribe in Ecuador prepares to fight as the government sells gold-laden land to China America Never Really Ended Slavery The new form of slavery has the same intent and purpose as the old: to rob us of our labor and to keep us powerless. Trayvon Martin's Parents Hold Hoodie Vigil on Anniversary of His Death A year after Trayvon Martin death, families reflect The Norwegian Prison Where Inmates Are Treated Like People On Bastoy prison island in Norway, the prisoners, some of whom are murderers and rapists, live in conditions that critics brand 'cushy' and 'luxurious'. Yet it has by far the lowest reoffending rate in Europe EU Slams Israeli Settlements, Urges Sanctions in New Report Settlement expansion is 'systematic, deliberate and provocative' UN Urges Independent Probe of Palestinian Death How Israel legitimises torturing Palestinians to death Israel's policy of torture has left many dead and completely lacks accountability. Infantile Conservatism How is America, with thousands of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons, scores of warships in the Med, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, bombers and nuclear subs and land-based missiles able to strike and incinerate Iran within half an hour, threatened by Iran? Latest Smoking Gun on Iran's Nuclear Program Just Another Misfire Yousaf Butt lays waste to the magnetic-ring-sign-of-Iran-nuclear-expansion theory. Big powers offer Iran some sanctions relief, await reply Western diplomats describe first day of nuclear talks in Kazakhstan as 'useful,' but say Iranian negotiators did not immediately respond to P5+1's demand that Tehran close underground Fordo facility Iran nuclear talks extended, but hopes remain dim Will the US Continue to Obstruct Justice for Baby Doc's Victims in Haiti? US to Provide Syrian Rebels With Direct Military Aid, Armored Vehicles Definition of 'Non-Lethal Support' Being Broadened Is the US maintaining death squads and torture militias in Afghanistan? Afghan President Hamid Karzai and local residents insist that the answer is yes With Little More Than a Note, Obama Deploys US Troops To Niger West African nation that will host fleet of US drones will also have armed US soldiers with "boots on the ground" Stripped of 'Country of Origin' Label, US Agrees to Sell Tear Gas to Egypt Canisters shipped without company's name, country of origin George Bush, Tony Blair and the century's greatest crime What US and Britain did to Iraq is nothing short of state terrorism The Power to Assassinate a Compliant and Submissive People President Obama's nomination of John Brennan is being held up over Brennan's refusal to state whether the president's power to assassinate Americans (and others) extends to American soil. The controversy is summed up in a great article by Glenn Greenwald. What If the Chinese Killed the Dalai Lama with a Drone Strike? On the same day we learned of the Obama Administration's intent to dig in its heels and refuse to share its standards for drone strike targeting with the U.S. Senate, we also learned that China had considered becoming the second nation to launch a drone-based missile strike against one of its enemies on foreign soil. Dennis Rodman tests out 'basketball diplomacy' in North Korea Six kidnapped foreign sailors freed in Nigeria Nigeria kills Boko Haram commander NIGERIAN troops say they have killed a suspected commander of the Islamist group Boko Haram and three of his lieutenants during an operation in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. Hysteria over Kim's nukes Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2013 On February 23, international protests of Bradley Manning's 1,000th day in jail without trial PFC Bradley Manning has been in jail awaiting trial for nearly 1,000 days for exposing war crimes, corruption, and widespread abuse. Think there's no alternative? Latin America has a few Not only have leaders from Ecuador to Venezuela delivered huge social gains – they keep winning elections too Hysteria over Kim's nukes ARE we about to be vaporised by North Korea's nuclear weapons? Given all the hysteria last week over its third underground nuclear test, one would certainly think so. Gallup: Staggering 99 Percent of Americans See Iran's Nuclear Program as 'Threat' Americans See Civilian Program as a Bigger Threat Than North Korea's Actual Nukes UN Report: Iran is Diverting Uranium for Peaceful Purposes But the US still stubbornly insists Iran stop enriching uranium to 20 percent, despite proving good on its promises Analysis: Iran economy far from collapse as sanctions tighten Russia, Arab League See Chance for Start to Syria Dialogue Russian warships head to Syria in show of power Saudi Arabia, Qatar press for more help to Syrian rebels Arms and influence The Obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous reluctance to send arms to the Syrian rebels. Collaboration between IDF, settlers reaching point of no return Israeli democracy is being severely compromised by the army's collaboration with the settlers, and the fact that more and more Israeli citizens now see the occupation as the natural order of things. Malians Returning to North Face Threats, Bombs, Shortages French General Urges EU to Arm Impoverished Mali Junta Hagel called Netanyahu a 'radical,' urged talks with Hamas In 2010 speech, defense secretary nominee also reportedly warned Israel risked becoming an apartheid state if it blocked Palestinian state North Korea Confirms Successful Underground Nuclear Test Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Christopher Dorner shootout ends with ex-cop believed dead The man believed to be fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner never came out of a California mountain cabin, and a single shot was heard inside before the cabin was engulfed in flames... North Korea Confirms Successful Underground Nuclear Test North Korea has confirmed that it successfully tested a miniaturized nuclear weapon at an underground test site overnight, saying the test was conducted safely and is a response to recent US hostility. Defying U.N., North Korea Confirms Third Nuclear Test North Korea confirmed on Tuesday that it had conducted its third, long-threatened nuclear test, provoking international rebukes, eliciting pledges of further punitive action from the United Nations Security Council and posing a new challenge for the Obama administration in its effort to keep the country from becoming a full-fledged nuclear power. North Korea Says it Has Successfully Conducted a Nuclear Test North Korea's nuclear test will boost Iran Netanyahu: Iran's New Centrifuges Near 'Red Line' Demands More Sanctions Despite Iran's Continued Use of Uranium for Civilian Purposes US to expand assassination program to northern Africa The Obama administration is discussing the expansion of its drone program into Algeria and other countries in northwest Africa, according to media reports. The preparations to extend the military and CIA "kill lists" takes place amidst proposals to more securely institutionalize the global program of assassination. Obama's Turn in Bush's Bind If President Obama tuned in to the past week's bracing debate on Capitol Hill about terrorism, executive power, secrecy and due process, he might have recognized the arguments his critics were making: He once made some of them himself. How America kills If the existence of people out in the world who are actively working to kill Americans means we are still at war, then it seems to me we will be at war forever. The law of war does not shield the CIA and John Brennan's drone kill list The US prosecuted Omar Khadr in Guantánamo for not being a lawful combatant. Exactly the same applies to the civilian CIA Ex-Gitmo prosecutor slams drone policy 'Since 9/11 we've been the constrained and the cowardly' Peace Propaganda And The Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2004) Rogue Cop on the Lam Becomes Folk Hero to Some: LAPD Appears to Want Dorner Dead, not Captured and Talking |
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