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"... The Horrible Truth"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans )

AniTa
- 246 days ago - truthout.org
Each of these Iraqis have been killed as a direct result of the US occupation of Iraq - their blood splattered on the hands of President Obama, who, during a visit to Baghdad's airport on April 7, praised the US military for their "extraordinary achieveme
Obama to Seek $83.4 Billion for Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, obama administration, iraq, afganistan, us military, ethics, government )

Cheryl Su
- 260 days ago - truthout.org
US president Barack Obama is seeking $83.4bn (£56.8bn) for US military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was a senator and George Bush was president.
Ending The Cruel Isolation Of Ali Al-Marri, The Last US "Enemy Combatant"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: human rights, solitary confinement, injustice )

Eleanor
- 297 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
...bringing to an end the Qatari national's disturbing imprisonment for five years and eight months without charge or trial in a state of solitary confinement that is unprecedented in the "War on Terror."
Forgotten in GuantáNamo: British Resident Shaker Aamer
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: guantanamo, injustice, torture, detention without trial )

Eleanor
- 290 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
...one of hundreds of Guantánamo prisoners who were sold to US forces for a bounty payment, his eloquence and influence unnerved the authorities at Guantánamo to such an extent that they mistakenly concluded that he was a leader of al-Qaeda.
Binyam Mohamed's Plea Bargain: Trading Torture For Freedom
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: tortured in the US of A, dishonesty, concealment, lies, courage, bravery, freedom )

Eleanor
- 276 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
So a closely guarded secret -- that a tortured man was offered a plea bargain in exchange for his silence, in a kangaroo court dreamt up by powerful men with utter contempt for the law -- is finally out of the bag.
A Letter To Barack Obama From A GuantáNamo Uighur
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: guantanamo.detainees )

Eleanor
- 274 days ago - andyworthington.co.uk
There were once 22 Uighur prisoners in Guantánamo. Muslims from China's oppressed Xinjiang province, they had all been swept up as human debris during "Operation Enduring Freedom," the US-led invasion of Afghanistan that began in October 2001.
The Absurdity of Spending US Tax Dollars on Israel
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: financial losses, support of Israel, americans, government, politics, usa, war machine, financial crisis, Congress, US taxpayer, financial losses, war, u.s. )

Madalena
- 270 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
Paul J. Balles argues that if enough ordinary Americans "feel the pinch and connect the dots between their own financial losses and America's continued unbridled support of Israel's devastating war machine, Israel could be forced to make peace with the Pa
Killing For George - Secret US Forces Carried Out Assassinations in a Dozen Counties
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: bush, bushadministration, americans, usa, u.s., CIA )

Madalena
- 268 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
They've been going into countries, not talking to the ambassador or to the CIA station chief, and finding people on a list and executing them and leaving,"
T R U t H O U t | Suicide Numbers on Rise With Combat Stress
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: troops, usa, iraq, afganistan, suicides, ptsd, post tramatic stress disorder, obama admistraion, military, dishonesty, ethics, propaganda, lies, government )

Cheryl Su
- 275 days ago - truthout.org
In Maj. Thomas Jarrett's stress management class, troops are urged not to accept post-traumatic stress disorder as an inevitable consequence of war
 
 
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