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• The horror of war, up close and personal

  
  And, yes, I DO take it personally — Authority: 134
  this is the kind of photo that our esteemed media generally choose not to publish because it brings the reality of war to close to home but its precisely this kind of photo that we need to see... here is a young boy who has obviously been seriously wounded in a rocket attack today on a market in tagab, afghanistan... ...
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• Trials for Terrorists

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
  Justice and Therapy Surely there are legitimate differences of opinion about using civilian courts or military tribunals to try the terrorists who planned 9/11, but it is hard to separate them out from the powerful underlying emotional issues. In the reactions to the Attorney General announcement of his plan to try ...
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• Rudy Giuliani: KSM Should Be Tried Like an ‘Animal’

  
  The Satirical Political Report — Authority: 549
  “I DON’T CARE IF THE OBAMA JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS THE DEATH PENALTY, THEY SIMPLY DON’T HAVE THE POWER TO PUT KSM ON DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION.”
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• At least 26 dead in fresh Iraq violence (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Baghdad, Nov 16 (DPA) At least 26 people were killed in fresh violence on the western outskirts of Baghdad and in the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Monday, police and medics said.In Monday’s bloodiest attack, at least 16 people were killed when men dressed in Iraqi military uniforms attacked members of a ...
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• 13 dead after machine-gun attack in Baghdad

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Baghdad, Nov 16 (DPA) Thirteen people were killed when men dressed in Iraqi military uniforms sprayed homes west of Baghdad with machine-gun fire early Monday morning, police and villagers said.Villagers and local police said that men wearing Iraqi army uniforms - but driving civilian cars - attacked houses in the ...
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• This Week’s Political Winners and Losers

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 501
      Week of 11/8/09 through 11/15/09 LOSERS Eric Holder Once considered the one of the most prominent prosecutors in America, Eric Holder’s decision to forego a military tribunal for the five enemy combatants who have plead guilty to planning the attacks of 9/11, is an ...
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• It will take decades to execute Fort Hood shooter

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Washington, Nov.16 (ANI): Major Nidal Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist, took just seven minutes to kill 13 people and injure more than 30 at Fort Hood in Texas earlier this month, but under the rules of military justice, his execution would require the US Supreme Court to rule on two separate appeals and for the [...]
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• PM to kick off U.S. visit by addressing biz leaders

  
  WhoInnovated.com — Authority: 155
  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will kick-off his five-day visit to the U.S. with an address to the American business community, which had a key role in the passage of the historic Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal. View original post here: PM to kick off U.S. visit by addressing biz leaders
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• Statement by Sen. John McCain (on 9/11 terror trials) ("extremely disappointed" with Obama)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senator John McCain (R AZ) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and four other Al-Qaeda terrorists suspected of planning and executing the September 11th attacks in the United States Federal District Court for the Southern ...
  12 hours ago

• So, What Changed?

  
  The New Ledger Chequer-Board — Authority: 144
  Once upon a time, Barack Obama told us that Khalid Sheikh Mohammad would get a military trial : Now, of course, the Obama Administration wants to try KSM, and others in a civilian court, and it–along with its allies in Congress and the media–suggests that anyone who took Senator Obama at his word is a crazy, ...
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• Photos: USA Fort Hood Victims Farewelled By Nation, President and Families

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 442
  Army Spc. Brian Hill bows during  memorial service for the 12 soldiers and one civilian killed at Fort Hood U.S Army Post near Killeen, Texas, November 10 2009. Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan reportedly shot and killed 13 people, 12 soldiers and one civilian, and wounded 30 others in a rampage on November 5 at [...]
  17 hours ago

• The New York civilian court trial of 9/11 suspects: a clash of opposing propaganda interests?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 605
  The alleged masterminds and perpetrators of 9/11, headed by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are finally facing a civilian court in New York City. In a stroke of agit-propaganda genius, the 9/11 suspects will be tried in a court that is ‘just blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood.’ The decision by US Attorney ...
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• Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court (US Civilian Courts ordered 30 terrorist freed)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba. Complying with a Supreme Court ruling last year, 15 federal judges in the U.S. courthouse here are giving ...
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• Senate Democrats killed amendment to bar U.S. civilian courts from trying terrorist detainees

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  In light of Obamas decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohommed in civilian court, I found it interesting that the US Senate killed an amendment that would have defunded any effort to try anyone in a civilian court, that was involved in the 9/11 attacks. Big surprise - it was killed by Democrats in a 54-45 vote. ...
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• Will Torture Taint Al Qaeda Prosecutions?

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 566
  One of the ongoing mantras of the left during the Bush torture years was that, aside from the fact that torture produces little in the way of reliable intelligence, torturing Al Qaeda suspects might cause a future court to throw out the cases against them. There is one wonderful thing and one frightening thing about ...
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• Frontier Justice and the Frontier Mind

  
  Just Above Sunset — Authority: 425
  So, on a Friday the Thirteenth, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the five men accused of conspiring to commit the 9/11 attacks – and most importantly the alleged mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who actually says he was the mastermind, if you ask him under certain conditions – will be prosecuted in ...
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• Proof that Obama is no Franklin D. Roosevelt!

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 433
  This excerpt, while taken out of context story-wise, makes it unchallenginly clear that Obama is no FDR (no matter how much he keeps telling everyone he is). Furthermore, the acts of terror being discussed were on our own soil and within our own borders...FDR would not allow a civilian trial under that circumstance ...
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• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
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• To Counter GOP Hysteria, Eric Holder Makes Concession on Terrorist Trials

  
  The Satirical Political Report — Authority: 549
  “UNLIKE THE NORMAL SITUATION,  THE U.S. MARSHALLS WILL ACTUALLY LET THE TERRORISTS HIT THEIR HEADS GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE CAR.”
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• The Dutch Approach

  
  Conflict Health — Authority: 115
  I t seems everyone is going Dutch these days. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal recently triumphed a softer Afghanistan strategy focusing on civilian protection and development. This week, the LA Times published a piece on a similar strategy already done by Dutch forces : “Dutch planners said they’ve concentrated on ...
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