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[George's Bottom Line] Bond: Released Torture Memos Will Provide 'Propaganda for Al ...: and to the person who said our military is trained by being waterboarded, the memo released today states that the intensity is not the same: Bush officials also acknowledged in a different footnote that for a period of time, waterboarding was "used with far greater frequency" and "intensity" than advised, so much so that medical personnel could not confirm the safety of the detainees. Authors of the memo said they instructed interrogators to change their use of the technique to make it more similar to its practice in Marine Corps training.

[Larvatus Prodeo] Hicks pleads guilty at Larvatus Prodeo: It amazes me the confidence of some peoples attitudes to Hicks and what he may or may not have done.Recently I have been visiting You Tube and I have found videos political on matters Habeas Corpus.There seems little left in the American Constitution that would bring a comfort to Australians as a right at Law.Any depiction of Hicks an Australian citizen frightens me.Even Mori has been tested and to resist had to counter with his own test.I accept Hicks unhappiness with losing lawyers,because after five years and a obvious mental condition,as expressed by rapid weight gain,the Hell hole justice as place and routine is getting to him.31 years of age and 26 when this nightmare started doesnt in my mind mean he is a conscious recruit to what he has pleaded guilty to,and any name calling in his other war experiences are pretty blind,when compared with the age of the strange case of a gun killing some one off duty in Iraq,and the endless discovery of bastardisation in the Australian ranks.

[Political Punch] Political Punch: Exclusive: In New Video Obama Girl Pleads for ...: Security breaches were done by employees of his advisor/contributer. I feel he is either looking America in the eye and lying about these events - which contradicts his message about “changing the way things are done in Washington” or he really is oblivious to his own surroundings.

[All Things Beautiful] All Things Beautiful: Playing The Board: Security Council in response to Iran’s continued refusal to cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s investigation of its clandestine nuclear program. While these sanctions should be targeted at the current regime and spare the Iranian people as much as possible, I believe the array of sanctions should include travel bans on Iranian leaders, a ban on sales of nuclear equipment and dual-use technology that could be useful to Iran’s nuclear program, a ban on extending credits or loans to Iran, and a freeze on overseas assets of Iranian officials, government agencies, and corporate entities that facilitate the importation of equipment and materials for the nuclear program.

[SyriaComment.com] SyriaComment.com: Fighter Infiltration from Syria into Iraq" by ...: I do not know where some writers are living ,is,nt the US who was calling after the fall of Baghdad for (GO LEFT POLICY)to invade Syria and if that is the case does,nt Syria have the right to defend itself by making the American buisy in Iraq,about the Golan ther is a treaty between Syria and Israel and Syria houners it,s obligation thinking that with a treaty well hounerd by Syria Israel will recognise that a peace treaty with Syria will be in it,s interest,but i think Syria is proven wrong ,the only languege Israel understand is force ,that was proven in south Lebanon which Israel leftunder fire as they did from Gazza so Syria should ignite the Golan Hights and le us remember that Israel is still there because the arab /Israeli wars were never long enough to affect the Israeli economy and that should change ,some people asked Bashar to his father,s deeds and help the American ,ther is a dfference ,when syria sided with the US to liberate Kuwait it was to liberate not to occupy an arab country ,If the US and president Bush want to win in Iraq they should change their policy and promise Syria economic assistant and the return of the full Golan Hights ,in reurn Syria will withdrow it,s troops from the Golan and help the American in Iraq especialy that people in congress are asking to leave Iraq and about 57% of american are weary of thee president leadership,i know that Syria does not have a majer rule in Iraq,s insurgency but i hope Syria will get the credit when the Americans leave.

[Dispatches from the Culture Wars] Dispatches from the Culture Wars: This Just In: People Still Suck: Because If you know it's an experiment, you not only have permission, you have no ultimate responsibility for the consequences, and you also "suspend disbelief" as to appearances and observations in what you have to know is a simulated world. So you have authority, in essence, to play a game where you can do apparent damage with no real world retribution.ӬThere is no more empathy at work in this situation than in one where you are both watching a show while acting in it at the same time.

[Pajamas Media] Pajamas Media » Six Keys to Turning Around the Republican Party: If we want to fix what ails the Republican Party, it’s worth taking a few moments to diagnose what went wrong, while acknowledging what the Democrats did right. Once we’ve diagnosed the disease and figured out how another patient overcame similar problems, we can start to get the GOP’s health back on track.

[Lone Star Times] Thursday Open Comments : Lone Star Times: Bush in order ensconce fellow Texan Lyndon Johnson in the White House, thus laying the historical background necessary to facilitate Lady Bird Johnson’s highway beautification scheme years later””a scheme that encourages oil consumption by brainwashed pleasure drivers entranced by the wafting aroma of beautiful mind-controlling uber-poppies.

Norman G. Finkelstein: Al-Arian in the contempt case, wrote on his blog: "The use of civil contempt to prolong his punishment has been a shocking abuse of the system by the Justice Department." "Unable to convict Dr. Al-Arian before a jury, .

[BBC Blog Network] BBC NEWS | The Reporters | Brian Taylor: Brian, There's a question nobody has asked the Labour leadership this week: if you get a chance to quiz Mr Brown about this, ask him: "will Damian McBride ever work for the Labour party again?" Because thats the thing with these 'resignations' - the offenders disappear for a few weeks or months and then miraculously reappear with a different job title but doing the same job! So thats the question to ask if you want to know if Brown has really disowned him.

[The Spectator.co.uk Melanie Phillips Blog] Candid friend? No -- morally bankrupt | The Spectator: Here, views are frequently exchanged about the Middle East - particularly when the thread is concerned with Israel/Palestine - as this one is - Finance Doc, would you please extend your geographical advice to Adam B - he keeps parping on about Darfur - I think that's a different continent isn't it. Just kidding - of course I do appreciate that when seeking to defend the indefensible - such as the ongoing and increasing occupation of Palestinian land, a handy tactic is to attempt to change the subject - talk about anything - just steer clear of the occupation.

[Blogs For Victory] Blogs For Victory » Blog Archive » Bobby Jindal Shows How Its Done: The Truth about human nature is especially what conservatism gets right - that Man is Fallen and he needs a savior to ultimately set things to right…but, meanwhile, this fallen, sinning man has to live and grow and the only way he’s going to have even partial success is by paying close attention to Truth and conforming his actions to the decrees about right conduct (telling the truth, loving one’s neighbor as one’s self, not stealing, not being envious, etc, etc, etc…). Some of my fellow conservatives have got themselves hung up on defending the particular economic arrangements of today (most of which were set in place by liberals who, once again, didn’t get it right because they got the first thing wrong) while forgetting that how money is moved around is trivial compared to how we live.

[Grotian Moment] Grotian Moment: The International War Crimes Trial Blog | Dujail ...: While it may furthermore be true, as Professor Scharf says, that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the principles of which the Iraqis sought to bring into their own law through the IHT Statute and parts of which had already been so adopted (see, for example, the adoption of Article 15 of the Covenant in subsection 1 of the Iraqi Penal Code of 1969 as discussed in Newton and Scharf, Enemy of the State at 198-99), does not require that a defendant have the opportunity to petition for review of an appellate decision, it does not in any way exclude the provision of such a right. More importantly, the silence of the IHT Statute and Rules and the role of the ICPL as gap filler require the provision of the right under Iraqi law, and as such, particularly insofar as we wish to call Saddam’s trial a trial by the Iraqis, it is largely irrelevant that such a right does not exist in most other countries.

[Israpundit] Israpundit » Blog Archive » Obama Embraces Anti-Semites and ...: In support of Steve’s thought that the attack on Hagee, Parsley and CUFI is about their pro-Israel/anti-Annapolis positions, BINGO! At least a year ago or more, back when I was supporting Mike Huckabee for the Republican nominee, I noticed a concerted effort by the neo-nazis, white supremacists, Ron Paulians and replacement theology (anti-Israel) denomination websites develop about how to defeat Huckabee precisely because of his support for Israel (and they said they’d use Hagee against Huckabee, because they wrongly assumed Hagee would back Huckabee), then when Huckabee got out and McCain got the endorsements of the Christian Zionists, these same anti-Israel antisemites took all the exact same standard anti-Christian Zionist arguments (i.e., the Christian Zionists don’t love Israel, they hate her and want her destroyed in judgment, they are antisemites!)

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