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veiled4allah
strange fruit
Billmon looks back on America's shameful history of lynching (note: entry contains graphic pictures of lynching). He notes: However, it shouldn't be necessary -- but apparently is -- to point out that the destruction and, yes, savage mutilation of other...
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Court Orders U.S. to Review Mexican Death Penalty Cases
The world court ruled Wednesday that the United States violated the rights of 51 Mexicans on death row to receive diplomatic help, and ordered Washington to review their cases. The ruling by the International Court of Justice could mean a...
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The Clipboard
Legal costs of terror war
The Bush administration's attempt to legally suspend habeas corpus in the Patriot Act was rebuffed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner. Wisconsin Republican. Now the Department of Justice (sic) and the Department of Defense are trying to assert the...