newyorker.com - 1/9/2009
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On January 27th, President Bush, in an interview with the Times, assured the world that “torture is never acceptable, nor do we hand over people to countries that do torture.” Maher Arar, a Canadian engineer who was born in Syria, was surprised to learn of Bush’s statement. Two and a half years ...
walt.foreignpolicy.com - 1/5/2009
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walt.foreignpolicy.com —
Here's a thought experiment: Imagine that Egypt, Jordan,
and Syria had won the Six Day War, leading...
to a massive exodus of Jews from the territory of Israel. Imagine that the victorious Arab states had eventually decided to permit the Palestinians to ...
(more)
What if Egypt, Jordan, and Syria had won the Six Day War?
online.wsj.com - 1/14/2009
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online.wsj.com —
Hillary Clinton said at her confirmation hearing for
secretary of state that the new administration would move...
quickly to engage Iran and Syria. (Remarks)
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Clinton to Engage Iran, Syria Soon
walt.foreignpolicy.com - 1/16/2009
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walt.foreignpolicy.com —
Here's a thought experiment: Imagine that Egypt, Jordan,
and Syria had won the Six Day War, leading...
to a massive exodus of Jews from the territory of Israel. Imagine that the victorious Arab states had eventually decided to permit the Palestinians to ...
(more)
What if Egypt, Jordan, and Syria had won the Six Day ...
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No On Eric Holder
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Though Holder has been making noises about opposing Guantanamo and “torture,” it is worth noting that our policy of extraordinary rendition started while Holder was Deputy AG and occurred throughout his tenure. While I, personally, think sending terrorists to countries who will probably make their lives Hobbesian in the sense it will be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” is a great idea and one of the few things Clinton did that I applaud, I only bring the issue up to point out, as in the above cases, Eric Holder does exactly what he is told to ...
After Defending Bush Admin Abuses, McConnell Appointed To Intel Advisory Board By Obama
Think Progress —
... the NIE’s conclusions. After the NIE’s release, McConnell actively pushed back against right-wing attacks on the intelligence community’s findings.
In other cases, however, McConnell has also been a key defender of some of the Bush administration’s most egregious violations of civil and human rights. Last night on Charlie Rose, for example, McConnell defended the Bush administration’s expanded use of extraordinary-rendition on enemy combatants. He claimed such renditions never resulted in ...
Hullabaloo —
... But all that sounds so dry and bureaucratic. You hardly get the sense that any of it had to do with actual human beings. Perhaps this excerpt, from Jane Mayer's 2005 article in the New Yorker called "Outsourcing Torture" about one of Boumadiene's fellow Bosnians, will illustrate that a bit, lest we forget that these were people with real lives and people who loved them: ...
Tomgram: Nick Turse, From My Lai to Lockerbie
TomDispatch —
... On this one-way planet of ours, it's hard sometimes to imagine things any other way, but for a moment let's try. Imagine, for instance, that in recent years the director of Iranian intelligence oversaw a program of "extraordinary rendition" aimed at those who were believed to be prepared to commit acts of terror against that country's fundamentalist regime. Practically speaking, what this often meant was ...
The Great Exception
Commondreams.org Views —
On this one-way planet of ours, it’s hard sometimes to imagine things any other way, but for a moment let’s try. Imagine, for instance, that in recent years the director of Iranian intelligence oversaw a program of “extraordinary rendition” aimed at those who were believed to be prepared to commit acts of terror against that country’s fundamentalist regime. Practically speaking, what this often meant was ...
From My Lai to Lockerbie
Antiwar.com Original —
On this one-way planet of ours, it’s hard sometimes to imagine things any other way, but for a moment let’s try. Imagine, for instance, that in recent years the director of Iranian intelligence oversaw a program of “ extraordinary rendition ” aimed at those who were believed to be prepared to commit acts of terror against that country’s fundamentalist regime. Practically speaking, what this often meant was ...
The Great Exception
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... On this one-way planet of ours, it’s hard sometimes to imagine things any other way, but for a moment let’s try. Imagine, for instance, that in recent years the director of Iranian intelligence oversaw a program of “extraordinary rendition” aimed at those who were believed to be prepared to commit acts of terror against that country’s fundamentalist regime. Practically speaking, what this often meant was ...
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