January 18, 2005 | 7 Dhu-l-Hijjah 1425 Hijriah
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The Clipboard
The ClipboardExporting Democracy - or Terrorism?
From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, Hersh has consistently given us the inside scoop on what the War Party is up to, and this time he has a real blockbuster: "The President has signed a series of findings and executive...
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The ClipboardUS Citizen Tortured in Saudi Arabia - at US Govt's Behest?
"Reports that FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] officials tortured Ahmed Abu Ali are extremely alarming and we are calling on the U.S. and Saudi authorities to act quickly to now guarantee his safety," said Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International...
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A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah at-Tahrim ayah 8
Ya ayyuha alladhina amanu tubu ila Allahi tawbatan nasuhan 'asa rabbukum an yukaffira 'an kum sayyiatikum wa yudkhilakum jannatin tajri min tahtiha al-anharu yawma la yukhzi Allahu an-nabiyya wa alladhina amanu ma'ahu nuruhum yas'a bayna aydihim wa bi aymanihim...
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The ClipboardBritish general's pledge on abuse claims
General Sir Mike Jackson, the head of the army, last night condemned "utterly" all acts of abuse by British troops in Iraq. He said that any evidence of such wrongdoing was immediately investigated. In a statement made after the pictures...
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The ClipboardTerror detainees and America's gulag
This is the kind of conduct that was practiced in the Soviet Union's Lubiyanka prison, where people were held interminably without ever facing their accusers. Indeed, it is the kind of treatment often doled out in Saddam Hussein's palace of...
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veiled4allah
veiled4allaha little milestone
I just recently passed 3000 entries at Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs, the conglomeration that includes not just this blog but also my clip blog (where I post up interesting articles I find) and my Quran blog. This entry is actually number...
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The ClipboardAmid Talk of Withdrawal, Pentagon Is Taking Steps For Longer Stay in Iraq
As the Bush administration drops hints about withdrawing troops from Iraq as early as this year, the Pentagon is building a permanent military communications system that suggests American soldiers will be in Iraq for the foreseeable future. The new network,...
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The ClipboardU.S. Military Resorting to Collective Punishment
The U.S. military is resorting to collective punishment tactics in Iraq similar to those used by Israeli troops in the occupied territories of Palestine, residents say. Military bulldozers have mown down palm groves in the rural al-Dora farming area on...
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The ClipboardAin't gonna study war no more
Kevin Benderman, formidable at 6 foot 2 inches and 240 pounds, has a deep Southern voice and 10 years of decorated military service. He began having misgivings about war in general, and the Iraq war in particular, during his six-month...
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The ClipboardThe New American Militarism
Bacevich, West Point graduate, Vietnam veteran, and soldier for 23 years, is a true conservative. He is an expert on U.S. military strategy and a professor at Boston University. He describes how civilian strategists - especially Albert Wohlstetter and Andrew...
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The ClipboardDeath squads invite murder in our name
Much of what Central America's fascist killers perpetrated in our name during the dirty conflicts of the Cold War remains hidden in secret files, although much of what they did has been revealed during the past few decades. Women and...
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The ClipboardEven Bush's Most Loyal GOP Soldiers Alarmed by Strain on Troops
These dissents signal an important shift in the political weather as Bush begins his second term. Until recently, complaints about the Pentagon's personnel strategy came from Democrats and a few maverick Republicans such as Sen. John McCain of Arizona. But...
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The ClipboardNew intelligence reports raise questions about U.S. mission in Iraq
The Bush administration claimed before invading Iraq that Saddam had strong ties to international terrorism, but most counterterrorism experts dispute that and no evidence has been found to support the claim. "The sad thing is we have created what the...
