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• What Barack Hussein Obama NEEDS to Remember About Soldiers!

  
  Right Wing Dog — Authority: 116
  It’s the Soldier, not the reporter Who has given us the freedom of the press. It’s the Soldier, not the poet, Who has given us the freedom of speech. It’s the Soldier, not the politicians That ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.. It’s the Soldier who salutes the flag, Who ...
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• Obama In Norway

  
  The Seventh Sense — Authority: 436
  It is a little awkward that Obama is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize just weeks after announcing that he is sending more troops into Afghanistan.  To his credit, he didnt shy away from addressing this elephant in the room when he received the Prize in Norway today : And yet I would be remiss if I did not ...
  5 hours ago

• ACLU: “No Prohibition against Monstrous Conduct” without Ajudication of Torture

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 711
  The ACLU just finished up a conference call on the status of accountability for torture. Jameel Jaffer talked about accountability generally, Ben Wizner gave an update on the Jeppesen lawsuit (which he will argue next Tuesday, Alex Abdo gave an update on the torture FOIA, and Christopher Anders gave an update on the ...
  6 hours ago

• Demand to probe post-poll 2001 violence in Bangladesh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Dhaka, Dec 10 (IANS) A lawyer in Bangladesh Thursday served a notice on the government to constitute an inquiry commission within seven days to investigate atrocities on religious minorities immediately after the 2001 parliamentary poll.Lawyer Manzill Murshed listed offences of murder, rape and torture of Hindus, ...
  6 hours ago

• Kudos for Obamas peace prize defense of just war

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 822
  " Barack Obama at his best," said Republican stalwart Pat Buchanan . "I thought it was presidential, scholarly.... Its a speech of a very mature president.... His defense of his country was eloquent.... I hope its true that he wrote every word himself." "Thank God Obama won it," said Jamie Weinstein , a columnist ...
  6 hours ago

• Turley: Obama administration ‘gutting’ Nuremberg by seeking to dismiss suit against Yoo

  
  Raw Story — Authority: 813
  The Obama administration has asked the Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit brought by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla against torture memo author John Yoo, asserting that Yoo cannot be sued for legal opinions he offered in the course of advising then-President Bush on national security matters. ...
  7 hours ago

• More on Sharia law enforced in Spain

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 150
  Just in case you thought sharia law meant settling family disputes in a ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ type way, or some sort of My Big Fat Greek Wedding kind of affiar, here is an ANSAMED report on how a pregnant Muslim women in Spain was ‘arrested’ and sentanced to be stoned to death for infidelity. By way of TROP ...
  8 hours ago

• Wednesdays Afghan detainee scandal developments

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 564
  A few points on yesterdays developments, principally General Natynczyks realization that yes, there was torture of a Canadian transferred detainee, undercutting Defence Minister MacKays repeated assertions. 1. For General Natynczyk , who claims to be in the dark as to why he was missing the above, he might want to ...
  10 hours ago

• Yeswecanistan

  
  NOVAKEO.COM — Authority: 134
  All the crying from the left about how Obama “the peace candidate” has now become “a war president” … Whatever are they talking about? Here’s what I wrote in this report in August 2008, during the election campaign: We find Obama threatening, several times, to attack Iran if they don’t do what the ...
  10 hours ago

• Arab countries fail on human rights—report

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 598
  By Samer al-Atrush CAIRO, Egypt — Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practiced in several countries, an Arab watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday. The report by the independent Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies surveyed 12 countries and ...
  10 hours ago

• Baa, Baa, Baa

  
  They Call Me "Mr. Sinister" — Authority: 430
  John Ibbitson outlines all the reasons Peter MacKay will not be fired, even though he is either incompetent or a war criminal . I agree with Ibbitson. Canada has come to the point where the idea of Afghans being tortured is just fine with a huge chunk of the population. Canada is also a place where the phrase ...
  11 hours ago

• Breaking: Barbara Walters rejects Sarah Palin again, picks Michelle Obama as Most Fascinating Person

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 822
  Well, the long wait is over. The holidays can now proceed. Barbara Walters has announced the official Barbara Walters Most Fascinating Person of 2009.  Its not Adam Lambert , the oral sex mime. No, its not Lady Gaga , the whatever. Nor is it Kate Gosselin . Or even Brett Favre . And it is definitely not ...
  12 hours ago

• Obama- Et Tu Brute?- Defending Torture

  
  POLITICAL TRUTH-THE BLOG THAT ROCKS — Authority: 136
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  13 hours ago

• Amnesty slams Irans rights record

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 598
  Human rights violations in Iran are as bad as at any point in the last 20 years, Amnesty International, the human rights group, has said. Amnestys report, released on Thursday, examines allegations of torture, rape, death threats, forced confessions, intimidation, cover-ups and unlawful killings in the period ...
  13 hours ago

• Amnesty International details abuse of Iran protesters

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, Dec.10 (ANI): Distressing accounts of torture, rape and brutal violence meted out to opposition supporters, before during and after the disputed June presidential elections in Iran, are detailed in a damning report from Amnesty International, reports The Independent. Amnesty says that human rights violations ...
  15 hours ago

• True democracy requires popular participation, AHRC reminds India

  
  BHASKAR — Authority: 123
  The following is a statement issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong: In the first week of November this year, the Director General of Police, Mr. Y. Joykumar Singh, of Manipur state publically admitted that 260 persons had been killed so far by the state agencies in that state this year. The officer ...
  16 hours ago

• U.S. Frees Guantanamo Detainee Tortured, Wrongfully Held Since 9/11

  
  The Public Record — Authority: 133
  Fouad Mahmoud al-Rabiah Fouad Mahmoud al-Rabiah, a Kuwaiti national, who was detained at Guantanamo for eight years and tortured in a case of mistaken identity has been freed and was transferred to Kuwait, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. As directed by President Obama’s Jan. 22, 2009 Executive ...
  17 hours ago

• Slap on the Wrist Sentences for Dogfighters!

  
  For the Love of the Dog — Authority: 466
  For men who were arrested and charged in connection with the largest multistate dogfighting raid in US history were convicted in federal court and sentenced to prison time. Teddy Kiriakidis, 50, of Leasburg, Ronald Creach, 34, of Leslie, Michael Morgan, 38, of Hannibal, and Robert Hackman, 56, of Foley were all ...
  18 hours ago

• Classic Muslim logic and ethics

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 150
  
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• A PROBLEM WITH TANGLE.COM ALLOWING PROFESSING ANTI-CHRISTS?

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 125
  When I joined this site, I was under the impression that it was at the very least only for those who professed Christianity. All comments, etc., are moderated. They dont even show up until theyve been approved. Now I see the comment labeled "James Brown posted a comment. Wednesday, December 9, 2009" below ...
  21 hours ago

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