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ALASKA FREEDOM NEWS |
| Seventh Edition February 4, 2012 First Military Edition |
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IRAN, ANOTHER FALSE ENEMY? I This is the claim made by the pro-warfare wing of the Republicrat Party, eight out of nine candidates seeking the Republican nomination for President. It is a given within this frightened circle that Iranians are plotting their mass suicide as a people just to make a negative point about the freedoms enjoyed in the United States. It was only fifty years ago the US Congress- Industrial-Pentagon Machine attacked demon North Vietnam for its war to reunify the nation, split apart by WWII and by years of French imperial Full Story |
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Reprinted from Al Jazeera 30 Jan 2012 |
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Torture, and Impunity in US Courts |
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New York, NY
- An important question confronting courts in the
United States is whether individuals subjected to torture and other
abuse in the "war on terror" can obtain a judicial remedy for their
mistreatment. A recent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia, concludes that they may not.
The decision, which throws out the civil suit of former enemy combatant
Jose Padilla,
is troubling, both in its result and potential sweep. It not only
threatens core freedoms protected by the constitution, but also
undermines the principle that government officials should be held
accountable for their illegal conduct.
Padilla was the victim of one of the most extraordinary uses of military
detention power after the 9/11 attacks. In May 2002, Padilla was
arrested by the FBI at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and
detained as a material witness in connection with the government's
investigation into the attacks. The government suspected that Padilla
was involved in a plot to explode a radioactive "dirty bomb" in the
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America’s Leading Chicken-Hawks
Many, many men in the United States are incredibly brave with the lives
of US soldiers and generously open-handed in spending the treasure of
our nation in dozens of foreign countries.
They see death and destruction as a primary way to conduct
American foreign policy.
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Reprinted from Reuters January 26, 2012 |
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The Drone War |
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(Reuters) - They kill without warning, are comparatively cheap, risk no
American lives, and produce triumphant headlines. Over the last three
years, drone strikes have quietly
become the Obama administration's weapon of choice against terrorists.
Since taking office,
President
Barack Obama has unleashed five times as many drone
strikes as George W. Bush authorized in his second term in the White
House. He has transformed drone attacks from a rarely used tactic that
killed dozens each year to a twice-weekly onslaught that killed more
than 1,000 people in
Pakistan in 2010. Last year, American drone strikes spread
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A Bitter American Century
Why the United States decided to enter World War I
against Germany in 1917, with hindsight, is impossible to fathom from a
geopolitical point of view.
The US as a nation had no stake in a
victory by either side, no stake in the war’s origin.
By the time the US entered the war it had
already become clear the war would end in a stalemate if the players
stayed the same.
A stalemated European war would have had
little effect on the US, just like the many previous European wars
during US history.
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