March 26, 2008

a good round from today's news

Alleged Terrorist Labsi to Stay in Slovakia (Success!)

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 10:37 PM CDT

Kosice/Bratislava, March 13 (TASR-SLOVAKIA) - Slovakia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday decided on the suspension of the extradition of alleged terrorist Mustafa Labsi to his homeland Algeria, Labsi’s attorney Maria Kolikova has told SLOVAKIA. Kolikova welcomed the decision, calling it crucial for her client’s protection. “The Constitutional Court has proven to be an effective tool in the [...]

REPRIEVE RELEASES THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF SAMI AL HAJ PROTEST SKETCHES CONDEMNING US MILITARY ABUSE OF THE AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 09:25 PM CDT

Reprieve is releasing the third in a series of protest pieces called Sketches of My Nightmare, inspired by the suffering of Sami al Haj. Mr. al Haj is an al-Jazeera journalist picked up covering the Afghan war and sent to Guantánamo Bay. He has been on hunger strike in Guantánamo since January 7, 2007. Sami al [...]

Lawyers contend US, Canada violated rights of Guantanamo detainee, seek interrogation details

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 09:15 PM CDT

Lawyers contend US, Canada violated rights of Guantanamo detainee, seek interrogation details The Associated Press Thursday, March 27, 2008 OTTAWA: The United States has violated international laws by holding a Canadian former child soldier at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers told Canada’s high court as they sought to force the country’s intelligence service to provide details from their [...]

America’s Ruling Clique

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:34 PM CDT

Neoconservatives derive much of their political strength from the portrayal of big government as the enemy of the people: a belief that plays only too well in America . Big government is indeed the enemy of the people when it does not serve the people’s interests, or when it betrays them. Where the neoconservatives and the [...]

40% of aid to Afghanistan goes to consultants: report Tom Coghlan, The Daily Telegraph

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:26 PM CDT

KABUL - Nearly half the $15 billion in foreign aid given by Britain, the U. S. and other countries to rebuild Afghanistan since 2001 has been spent on consultants and contractors, according to a report by aid agencies released yesterday. The report by the Agency Co-ordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR), which represents 94 aid agencies, [...]

Syria Now Home to a Million ‘Pillow Drivers’

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 08:12 PM CDT

Inter Press Service By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail* DAMASCUS, Mar 24 (IPS) - More than a million Iraqis in Syria cannot find work. For their idleness, they have come to be called the “pillow drivers”. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says there are at least 1.5 million Iraqi refugees in Syria. If they seek [...]

Oscar winner plans Abu Ghraib photo site

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 07:50 PM CDT

Since Abu Ghraib first came to the world’s attention in 2004, nearly 300 photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse have been shown to the public. But soon an enormous archive of new material — including more than 1,500 other photos, unredacted court papers and interview transcripts — will be posted online by filmmaker Errol Morris, whose [...]


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