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President Obama’s Nobel Acceptance Speech
Newsroom Magazine —
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We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth: We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations — acting individually or in concert — will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.President Barack ObamaBarack Obama — Nobel Peace Prize AddressUnited ...1 day ago -
President Obama’s Nobel Acceptance Speech
Newsroom Magazine —
Authority: 127
We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth: We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations — acting individually or in concert — will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.President Barack ObamaBarack Obama — Nobel Peace Prize AddressUnited ...1 day ago -
The Michael Behenna Story: Part Nine
Bob McCarty Writes —
Authority: 437
EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad. Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company, 5th platoon of the Army 101st Airborne Infantry ...3 days ago -
Israeli Poster Artists Honor 60th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions
Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place —
Authority: 545
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel is sponsoring a poster competition to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. The winner of the contest will be announced on December 10th, International Human Rights Day. The graphic art is extraordinary and confronts Israel’s human rights ...4 days ago -
A Difficult Case for Suicide
Sensen No Sen —
Authority: 111
In June 2006, three inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp - Yassar Talal al Zahrani , Mani Shaman Turki al Habardi al Tabi , and Ali Abdullah Ahmed - were discovered in their cells, dead . Each had either hanged themselves or been hanged. Camp commander Admiral Harry Harris made it clear that he ...5 days ago -
On December 8
IntLawGrrls —
Authority: 504
On this day in ... ... 2005 , at a diplomatic conference, states parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the laws of war established establishes a new emblem -- the red crystal -- that serves alongside the red cross and red crescent as symbols of the International Committee of the Red Cross , the ...6 days ago -
U.S. envoy Rice says Geneva Conventions help America [it gave a moral edge.........]
Stupidica —
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U.S. envoy Rice says Geneva Conventions help America Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS Fri Dec 4, 2009 3:50pm EST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Obama administration has issued a ringing defense of the Geneva Conventions on the conduct of war, which officials of the Bush White House had said did not apply to their ...1 week ago -
Obama Troop Announcement Renews Focus on Bagram
The Washington Independent Blog —
Authority: 153
One of many consequences of President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is that those troops are likely to capture many more prisoners that end up at the U.S.-run prison at Bagram air base . That’s raising concerns among human rights groups that the recently revealed secret prison run ...1 week ago -
BIICL: The Future of the Geneva Conventions
International Law Reporter —
Authority: 143
Adam Roberts (Univ. of Oxford - Centre for International Studies) will speak today at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on "The Future of the Geneva Conventions." This is the fifth in a series of five seminars on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of ...2 weeks ago -
Knight Investments LLC meet at US Rotary Club to discuss local humanitarian issues
Press Release Pad —
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“ In recent attendance at a meeting in Cocoa, FL members of Knight Investments LLC met with local Rotary Club Members to discuss projects in the humanitarian spectrum of project financing.” In a recent meeting KI Officials met to discuss humanitarian issues in conformance with some of the policies of the ICRC ...2 weeks ago -
The New York Criminal Court Trial of the 9/11 Masterminds and International Law: legal dilemma?
Trends Updates —
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Former US president George W. Bush convoluted some definitions. ‘The ambiguity began shortly after 9/11, when then-U.S. President George W. Bush defined two missions: waging a war on terror, and bringing Osama bin Laden and his followers to justice. Both made for good rhetoric. But they also were fundamentally ...3 weeks ago -
Bowing to world opinion
Stupidica —
Authority: 177
In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists who have committed acts of war against the United States in federal court, as if they were American citizens accused of crimes. Terrorists are ...3 weeks ago -
The Berlin Wall in Palestine
Kawther Salam The Daily Life of Kawther Salam —
Authority: 122
German, Auf DeutschOn the ninth of November 2009 hundreds of thousands of Germans celebrated the twentieth anniversary of removing the wall of shame in Berlin, which was razed in 1989.Many leaders... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]4 weeks ago -
MPAA Joins IRS As An Entity Above the Law
Revelations From An Unwashed Brain —
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In an amazing turn of events, the MPAA has managed to shut down the municipal wi-fi network in a small city in Ohio. In what might be called the most outrageous event in that state since Kent State in 1970, another egregious miscarriage of justice has occurred. The slashdot article references another article in ...4 weeks ago -
Another GTL™ Open Post Friday: Is Sarah Palin “Dumb”? Should 9/11 Terrorist “Mastermind” Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (”KSM”) Be Tried As A Civilian? Should The Obama Administration Legalize Illegal Mexican Aliens? SOUND OFF HERE
The Gun Toting Liberal —
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THE Gun Toting Liberal Reaches Out To His Fellow Commentators -Slash- Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On Any Of The Above, Below, Or Anything Else Political One Wishes To O-Pine On…My apologies — it’s been quite awhile yet again since the last time I’ve... This is only a comment summary. ...4 weeks ago
