January 06, 2005 | 25 Dhu-l-Qidah 1425 Hijriah
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veiled4allah
veiled4allahimams and rabbis for peace
A hopeful story in the news: Muslim and Jewish leaders from across the world were set to gather in Brussels last night in an effort to quell rising tensions between Muslims and Jews in Europe. High on the agenda was...
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The ClipboardSupporting Torture is not Gonzales' Greatest Sin
Focusing on torture as the main objection to Alberto Gonzales' taking over as Attorney General distracts us from his greater sin: his attempt to give the president the power to imprison Americans incommunicado and indefinitely, without recourse to courts or...
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The ClipboardWe Are All Torturers Now
When Alberto Gonzales takes his seat before the Senate Judiciary Committee today for hearings to confirm whether he will become attorney general of the United States, Americans will bid farewell to that comforting story line. The senators are likely to...
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veiled4allah'I'd like to thank the Academy...'
Actually, its the voters in the Koufax Awards that I have to thank: I'm one of the nominees for Best Single Issue Blog, on the topic of Islam (what else? 
) Thank you very much to everybody who voted...
) Thank you very much to everybody who voted...From: The Clipboard
The ClipboardArmy Doctors Implicated in Abuse
U.S. Army doctors violated the Geneva Conventions by helping intelligence officers carry out abusive interrogations at military detention centers, perhaps participating in torture, according to an article in today's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. Medical personnel helped...
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The ClipboardMan Charged Under Patriot Act for Laser
A man charged with temporarily blinding the pilot and co-pilot of an airplane with a laser beam claims he was simply using the device to look at stars with his 7-year-old daughter. Federal authorities on Tuesday used the Patriot Act...
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The ClipboardGeneral Says Army Reserve Is Becoming a 'Broken' Force
The head of the Army Reserve has sent a sharply worded memo to other military leaders expressing "deepening concern" about the continued readiness of his troops, who have been used heavily in Iraq and Afghanistan, and warning that his branch...
