AltWeeklies Wire
The Bush Administration Gets Away with Torturenew
The torture memoranda written for Bush by John C. Yoo will someday appear in a compendium of infamous documents of American history alongside the slavery tracts, Roosevelt's order relocating West Coast Japanese to compounds in Arkansas and elsewhere and Hirabayashi v. United States, the first U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed its correctness.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-11-2008 |
Commentary
Don't Panic: Your War Questions Answered...new
Is the situation in Afghanistan improving at all?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-03-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: War on terror
Terrorism Wins the War?new
The decision by Congress not to override President Bush's veto of the bill outlawing waterboarding by our government and its agencies makes it unanimous: All three branches of our government have now weighed in on the subject and agree that torture is just fine ... as long as we are the torturers.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
04-01-2008 |
Commentary
The Sloppy Terroristnew
The war on terror on trial in New Haven.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
What Ethnic & Religious Differences Are Dividing Iraq?new
Helpful fella that I am, here's a short and sassy primer on the religious and ethnic divisions Iraq is struggling with.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-13-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, War on terror
Portland Lawyers Fight for Guantanamo Prisoner No. 940new
Two years ago this week, authorities with the U.S. Department of Defense signed a memo approving Adel Hamad's release from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the 49-year-old Sudanese citizen has been held as an "enemy combatant" since 2002. Today, he remains imprisoned for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-14-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tortured Politicsnew
A new version of torture has arrived in the form of arguments and shrugs from Michael B. Mukasey over the use of waterboarding by U.S. interrogators, as he deflected questioning by a Senate panel considering his nomination as the new U.S. attorney general.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
11-09-2007 |
Commentary
Growing Old in Gitmonew
Two years ago the U.S. military recommended Mohamed Mohamed Hassan Odaini for release from Guantanamo prison -- so why is he still there?
Chicago Reader |
Tori Marlan |
10-09-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Academic Colloquium on Afghanistan Riles Anti-War Activistsnew
In a province as almost palpably averse to armed conflicts as Quebec, it's no surprise that a major colloquium on Canada and Afghanistan, featuring a pro-interventionist government minister delivering the keynote speech, would attract some controversy.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
09-21-2007 |
War
The View from Afghanistannew
Afghans have spent most of their history dealing with foreign powers that exert influence by force, political meddling or material support to particular parties, so they find creative ways of explaining phenomena they don't understand.
INDY Week |
Jeffrey E. Stern |
09-13-2007 |
International
The Algiers Connectionnew
Sofaine Laimeche's long friendship with a 9/11 suspect has put his future in America in doubt.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
04-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: War on terror, 9/11
Is Bush Backing Al-Qaeda?new
We know that the Bush family's policies have so far only served to strengthen both Al-Qaeda and Iran -- now there are credible allegations of the Bush administration hijacking American resources and using them to lend material support to Al-Qaeda.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
03-16-2007 |
Commentary
Impeachment Popular With Vt. Voters, Not With Repsnew
Voters in 40 Vermont towns have voted to start impeachment proceedings against George Bush, but elected officials are slow to act.
Seven Days |
Kevin Kelley |
03-16-2007 |
Politics
The Advocatenew
How can you defend a man at Guantanamo, where no law exists?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
01-09-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Bush's War Crimes Cover-Upnew
The Supreme Court ordered him to treat detainees as "civilized peoples" do -- he refuses.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-14-2006 |
Politics
