Tag: guantanamo
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Bush Cancels Visit to Switzerland After Arrest Threat
ormer President George W. Bush has canceled a visit to Switzerland, where he was to address a Jewish charity gala, due to the risk of legal action against him for alleged torture, rights groups said on Saturday.
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Warwhores: Intel Porn & Weapon Ads
Pentagon reopens probe of 100s of employees w/child porn // Veterans sue CIA, Army for experiments at Detrick, Edgewood // Weapon ads on DC Metro just part of the scenery // Obama prepares largest arms sale ever … to Saudi Arabia
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9/11 Updates: Threats, Crash, Catch & Release
Dead Osama says Americans will die if KSM is executed // Gate agent asks if Atta’s luggage has been loaded onto Flight 11 // NORAD confirmed Flight 93 crashed near Camp David
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Pentagon Drops Military Charges Against 9/11 Plotters
The Pentagon officially dropped military charges against the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks & 4 other alleged conspirators, a development that likely foreshadows their transfer to NYC to face charges in a civilian federal court.
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obamessiah updates: polls, policies & the bow debate
obama popularity below 50% for first timefrom afp: President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent nationally for the first time, as Americans worry about the war in Afghanistan, a new poll released Wednesday found. The Quinnipiac University poll showed 48 percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his…
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9/11 updates: terror trials, truth & consequences
the real reason only 5 detainees are coming to new york?from history commons: US Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that five detainees would be moved from Guantanamo Bay to New York, where they would stand trial for carrying out the 9/11 attacks. However, five other detainees will continue to be tried before military commissions,…
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obamessiah updates: bitter dilemmas & corrupt agendas
bitterness of war hits home, adds to obama’s dilemma* less than half of US say obama’s election has improved race relations* dem consultant says white house warned him after his fox news appearance* why aren’t obama’s job-creation efforts more direct?* to obama & all 535 voting members of the legislature: it’s official, yr all corrupt!*…
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warwhores: sloganeering, psyops, satellites & suicides
sailors take aim at new recruiting slogan: ‘a global force for good’*US army cancels plan to send another brigade to iraq*US to make blackwater-style entry into somalia*US after new military ventures in africa*US largesse keeps african militaries rolling*photos of military deaths in afghanistan banned*$400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in…
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remember those wars you used to be against? cindy sheehan does
from cbsnews: Cindy Sheehan, dressed all in black with the words “greed kills” printed on her chest, was arrested by United States Park Police today after chaining herself to a White House fence as part of a protest against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. According to organizers, 61 people in total were arrested at…
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obamessiah: change you can indefinitely detain! + the pimpolympics
obama reaffirms power of indefinite detention* dems cave to fbi in ‘patriot act’ debate*shocker!: gitmo won’t be closed by jan as planned* obama makes victoria espinel new copyright czar or ‘intellectual property enforcement coordinator’*uk globe says obama has an enemies list* secret service probing facebook poll*ss probes fbook murder poll*cnn calls for creator of obama…
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9/11 updates: anniversary ailments, plans & beams
media making plans for 9/11 anniversary – and beyond top 5 worst 9/11 memorialsfrom vigilant citizen: 9/11 has inspired a myriad of memorials who are scattered all across America. Some of them are of questionable taste, others contain strange occult symbolism while others simply piss people off. Here’s the five most offensive… #5 Boston Memorial,…
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7/23 newspurge: mystery, media, mayhem, obama, police state +
history/mystery: was twa 800 shot down by a military missile?*300 nazis still go free in america*cia’s past haunts us*watergate hotel to be auctioned next week*watergate sold for $25m to german-owned firm*ukranian former official admits to murdering journalist in 2000*audio: virgina tech gunman’s health records found* media/memes: billboards tell america to cheer up*mkultra guinea pig wrote…
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obamessiah & the apostles of war: change-allelujah!
obama invokes jesus more often than bush*videos: obama is god & great teacher*obama in cairo: a bush in sheep’s clothing?*obama’s french food tested by ‘taster’*most arabs know obama’s big speech makes little difference*feds search for man allegedly on ‘mission to kill the president’*man with ‘eight registered firearms’ allegedly threatens obama*US military technology easily shipped abroad:…
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obamessiah: more troops, more torture, less change
US military deaths in iraq war at 4,285 obama readies troops as afghans pile up body partsfrom jeremy scahill: As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase… Standing between Hamid Karzai and Pakistani president Asif…
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cheneyacs, pnac2, the controlled opposition & yoo
…both wings of this phony bird are ratcheting up the rhetoric, but let’s not get too distracted by the false left/right paradigm… hersh: cheney left ‘stay-behind units’ in obama govt hersh: cheney has moles in obama govtfrom raw replay: Investigative report Sy Hersh talks about his interview with Dick Cheney in which the former vice…