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• MoD investigating alleged rape and torture of Iraqi civilians by troops

  
  Dr Nasir Khan — Authority: 485
  Lawyer alleges collusion between Britain and US over ill-treatment of prisoners, including sexual humiliation Jenny Percival The Guardian , Saturday 14 November 2009 The Ministry of Defence confirmed last night that it is investigating 33 cases of alleged abuse, including rape and torture of ...
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• Origins of ‘Islamophobia’ in US Imperialism and Neo-Colonialism

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 554
  by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy‘Islamophobia’ in the U.S. is a top down phenomenon encouraged and exploited by the right wing. It is easier to whip up war fever if the populace is irrational, mindless, or unduly fearful of an entire class, religion or even race. A crooked, corrupt or illegitimate state is ...
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• Noam Chomsky: Afghanistan – it’s one of the most immoral acts in history!

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 554
  Dandelion SaladChomsky on HARDtalk, Nov. 09 (1/3)ChomskyanNovember 13, 2009Noam Chomsky interviewed on the BBC program HARDtalk, during his tour of the United Kingdom in Nov. 2009.Support our work:The Authority Smashing! HourWeeknights at 8pmhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorit…The show is archived ...
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• US Army Kidnaps Child To Force Single Mother To Deploy To Afghanistan

  
  Ten Percent — Authority: 519
  Ways to help to be found here .
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• Pat Buchanan is OK with imperialism as long as we’re beating up the Mexicans

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 682
  I mean, really, what else explains this latest column ? For all his faults, I had at least taken Buchanan as a principled opponent of unnecessary foreign wars. Now he goes off and writes one long enconium to Polk’s massive land grab. Related posts... Honduras: Reclaiming the American Sphere of Influence ...
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• SEATTLE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT STEPHEN SUNDBORG, A JESUIT PRIEST, NAMED DEFENDANT IN HUGE SEX ABUSE CASE: Majority from Alaska

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 126
  Seattle University President Stephen Sundborg, S. J., is named as a defendant in a lawsuit brought against the Oregon Province of the Jesuits (‘Society of Jesus’), according to an article in the Seattle University Spectator, published since 1933. These allegations were brought by almost 500 plaintiffs, ...
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• Video: Afghan resistance

  
  3arabawy — Authority: 489
  NATO troops out NOW! Spread the word!
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• On the impact of religion on social trust

  
  Economic Logic — Authority: 468
  All religions I know of advocate that one should care and trust others. But "others" needs definition: in many cases it means others from the same religion, to the exclusion of other religions. Thus, if religiosity is higher, does this lead to higher social trust? It is not obvious as more religious people may trust ...
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• US, British media transform tragedies into war propaganda

  
  Dr Nasir Khan — Authority: 485
  Bill Van Auken, WSWS.org , Nov. 13, 2009 With the Obama administration on the verge of announcing an escalation that will almost certainly send tens of thousands more troops into the war in Afghanistan, popular opposition to the war continues to grow. According to a CNN poll released this week, 58 percent of the ...
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• Another security separator that goes unmentioned

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 149
  As well as the various walls other than those built by Israel that I mentioned yesterday, there is of course the Melilla border fence built by the Spanish to protect their enclave in North Africa from people entering from Morocco. Again no mention of this security fence seems worth mentioning by the BBC or the ...
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• SAINT THEODORE “the Studite,” great Byzantine Abbot Doctor: ‘St. Theodore’s body was brought back to Constantinople in great triumph as champion of the holy images,’ 826

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 126
  ‘WE REVERENCE THE HOLY IMAGE, O BLESSED ONE. . . ‘   826 Saint Theodore called “ the Studite” after Studios , Constantinople’s leading monastery, which he revived, populated with over 700 monks, and launched on its period of maximum influence in studies, culture, and Church affairs. As the formost ...
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• ERIC MARGOLIS: Why Canada should get out of Afghanistan

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 126
  ‘ALL FOREIGN SOLDIERS MUST WITHDRAW’   An election held under the guns of a foreign occupation army cannot be called legitimate or democratic. That’s a basic tenet of international law. Nevertheless, the US and its NATO allies have been lauding the recent faux presidential elections in Afghanistan as ...
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• When genocide becomes riots

  
  The Chindu — Authority: 129
  Contrast this with N.Rams approach to Gujarat riots, repeatedly calling it a pogrom. But what the whole world considers as cultural genocide of Tibetans, N.Ram thinks otherwise. He justifies the act of the Chinese perpetrators, and blames the Tibetan victims as savage, violent, thuggish, ransacking mobs.   Indian ...
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• Welcome Home, War! How Americas Wars Are Systematically Destroying Our Liberties

  
  Milfuegos — Authority: 129
  By Alfred W. McCoy In his approach to National Security Agency surveillance, as well as CIA renditions, drone assassinations, and military detention, President Obama has to a surprising extent embraced the expanded executive powers championed by his conservative predecessor, George W. Bush. This bipartisan ...
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• Another Weak Case for Staying in Afghanistan

  
  The Beacon — Authority: 617
  Women’s rights were always a main argument behind invading and occupying Afghanistan. Now Malalai Joya , a female member of the Afghan Parliament, has called on Obama to withdraw: Eight years ago, women’s rights were used as one of the excuses to start this war. But today, Afghanistan is still facing ...
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• US Ambassador To Afghanistan Against Escalation

  
  Ten Percent — Authority: 519
  Karl W. Eikenberry, he say No! General Eikenberry crossed paths with General McChrystal during his second tour in Afghanistan, when General McChrystal led the military’s Joint Special Operations Command, which conducted clandestine operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Their relationship, a senior ...
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• Interview with Mark Bradley and Marilyn Young

  
  New Books In History — Authority: 108
  What to think about the Vietnam War? A righteous struggle against global Communist tyranny? An episode in American imperialism? A civil war into which the United States blindly stumbled? And what of the Vietnamese perspective? How did they–both North and South–understand the war?  Mark Bradley and Marilyn ...
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• American Insurgents

  
  LENIN'S TOMB — Authority: 593
  Review of Gerald Horne, The End of Empires: African Americans and India . “The Vanguard of Anti-Imperialism...” Gerald Horne is an historian who has been revealing neglected aspects of African American history for several decades, particularly those relating to class struggle, communism, and what W E B ...
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• How’s That New Military Job Working For You?

  
  BuelahMan's Redstate Revolt — Authority: 429
  The MIC (Military Industrial Complex or Big Military) is in full tilt. They are growing in terms of money spent and control they have in the world. But even worse is the fact that as normal industrial output is stifled and jobs are forever lost, we have the military to take their place, right? Just like the other ...
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• issue 9 of the commune

  
  the commune — Authority: 476
  The November issue of our monthly paper The Commune is now available. Click the image below to see the PDF , or see articles as they are posted online in the list below. To purchase a printed copy for £1 + 50p postage, use the  ‘donate’ feature here . You can also subscribe (£12 a year UK/£16 ...
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