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What A Smile Can Mean Between Men: The Seeds of War and Peace
I am driving the Ford south on the freeway, heading south to visit family, but stopping first back in town at the 76 to fill the tank. Now I’m stepping around to the passenger side, going through […]

Listening to yesterday’s podcast of Democracy Now (transcript here), some serious issues in the trial come to light. I have not been closely following this trial at all, but it seems that an appeal is clearly warranted, on several grounds, and anyone even scanning the headlines can realize how politicized this trial has become, […]

The parallels between Battlestar Galactica’s 3rd Season and the occupation of Iraq are clearly intentional, and undeniably thought provoking. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should probably skip my post.
Interestingly, it’s the human forces in the show that parallel the role of the occupied Iraqis, while the Cylon robot-enemy plays the […]

This image is from the BBC Report today from UNICEF’s Warning that Children are falling victim to the immense humanitarian tragedy that Iraq has become, and that need is outstripping our ability to bring aid.
Maybe the War Resisters have a good notion. Witholding money from the military involved in a criminal war shows honor. […]

So an Italian judge is trying to decide whether to request the extradition of 26 U.S. citizens in connection with the kidnapping and torture of Mr Hassan, also known as Abu Omar. He was released from prison in Egypt last Sunday, 2/11/07. According to this BBC article, “He says that he was repeatedly […]

Responding to Iran’s assertion that they will hit back hard if the USA attacks them, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted, “My impression is they make threats like this from time to time. We have no intention of attacking Iran.” (Herald Tribune) He added, “It’s just another day in the Persian Gulf.”
Yet […]

From England’s Guardian Unlimited

At the rally, 12-year-old Moriah Arnold stood on her toes to reach the microphone and tell the crowd: “Now we know our leaders either lied to us or hid the truth. Because of our actions, the rest of the world sees us as a bully and a liar.’’
The sixth-grader from Harvard, […]

The UK’s Sunday Times runs the story today of the officially recognized massacre of 24 innocent civilians, including the elderly, disabled, women, and children in Haditha, Iraq at the hands of at least 4 U.S. Marines who according to one military official “suffered a total breakdown in morality and leadership” it’s important to read what […]

Amnesty released an extensive report last week, and I started a post, but ran out of time. Amnesty called for an end to “the gulag of Guantanamo,” alleging that the US has “thumbed its nose at the rule of law and human rights.” In a press release on their site, Irene Khan […]

The BBC writes of a newly declassified FBI report, that was released today after requests from the ACLU. The report documents that at least one inmate had raised allegations in 2002 that the Koran was mistreated and flushed down a toilet. It’s odd how quick so many seemed to pretend it was absurd […]