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“In China, At Least I Would Have a Trial”

“The U.S. government has just received the ultimate put-down from one of its Guantanamo prisoners. Arkin Mahmud, a Chinese Uighur who has been held at the prison camp for 8 years, stated ruefully, “In China, at least I would have a trial and sentence.”

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2009-09-29.asp

[Free Spirit]

And your family would get the bill for the bullet used when the sentence is carried out.

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Envoy says his firing will hurt U.N. mission in Afghanistan

“WASHINGTON — A former U.S. ambassador said that his firing Wednesday as the deputy United Nations envoy to Afghanistan in a dispute over the country's fraud-tainted presidential election was a "mistake" that could erode Afghans' confidence in the U.N. and the election.”

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/76345.html

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Exit Afghanistan and Leave Iran Alone

“The Obama administration’s quest to control the health-insurance industry has dominated the headlines for months, but finally — with the news out of Iran and Afghanistan —foreign policy has again asserted itself. It was almost easy to forget that the United States maintains a worldwide empire, but the reminders came leaping off the front pages and the television screens.

Word that the U.S. commander in Afghanistan wants 40,000 more troops and that Iran has a hitherto undisclosed uranium-enrichment facility gave the empire enthusiasts something to get excited about. The advocates of Pax Americana tell us that we must “win” in Afghanistan and be ready to bomb Iran if the leaders there don’t prostrate themselves to the U.S. government forthwith.”

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0910a.asp

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Americans manufacture another nuclear crisis

“NEW YORK -- The U.S., Britain and France staged a bravura performance of political theatre last week by claiming to have just "discovered" a secret Iran uranium enrichment plant near Qum. On cue, a carefully orchestrated media blitz trumpeted warnings of the alleged Iranian nuclear threat and "long-ranged missiles."

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/colum ... 1-sun.html

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Who Will Stand Up to America and Israel? (Paul Craig Roberts)

“The two great murderous, refugee-producing countries are the U.S. and Israel. Between them, they have murdered and dislocated millions of people who were a threat to no one.

No countries on earth rival the U.S. and Israel for barbaric, murderous violence.”

http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/200 ... nd-israel/

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Banned at Guantanamo library: Noam Chomsky (no surprise)

“Professor Noam Chomsky may be among America's most enduring anti-war activists. But the leftist intellectual's anthology of post 9/11 commentary is taboo at Guantanamo's prison camp library, which offers books and videos on Harry Potter, World Cup soccer and Islam.
U.S. military censors recently rejected a Pentagon lawyer's donation of an Arabic-language copy of the political activist and linguistic professor's 2007 anthology "Interventions" for the library, which has more than 16,000 items.”

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/76947.html

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Eight Years of Big Lies on Afghanistan

”It seems like only yesterday that President George W. Bush was bragging about having brought “freedom and democracy” to 25 million Afghans, a key theme in his second inaugural address.
For 8 years, the American people have been fed one big lie after another regarding Afghanistan. Now, when the Pentagon is saber-rattling to vastly increase the number of U.S. troops sent there, a refresher course on the Biggest Lies is in order."

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0910d.asp

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Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes

“President Obama promised to usher in a new era of government transparency when he was sworn into office nine months ago.”

“But since that time, the Obama administration has sought to conceal information in several high-profile court cases, in an effort that civil libertarians say amounts to covering up crimes committed by the Bush administration.”

http://www.truthout.org/10120912

[Free Spirit]

Get a life you sad moron.