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May 18 2006
U.S. Fails to Comply With Ban on Torture
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By MWC News   

U.N. Committee Challenges U.S. on Treaty Obligations

A high-level U.S. delegation’s exchange with the U.N. Committee against Torture reveals that the United States is failing to meet its international obligations to end torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The committee is expected to issue its conclusions and recommendations on U.S. practices by the end of this week.

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Justice or Genocide
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By William Cook   

A Modest Proposal for Peace in Palestine

“Peace at last, peace at last, thank God Almighty, there’s peace at last.”

Picture the scene immediately following Mahmoud Abbas’ speech before the Nobel Institute in Oslo this week as Israel’s most volatile racist...

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The Generals' Revolt (Part III)
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By kgajendra singh   

Richard` Holbrooke on the revolt

Writing in the Washington Post, Richard Holbrook, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, and a front runner to be the secretary of state if Florida votes had been counted properly ...

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The Generals' Revolt (Part II)
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By kgajendra singh   

The Pentagon Counter Attacks

The Pentagon issued a memorandum to civilian military analysts and former top military commanders to challenge the criticism. "US senior military leaders are involved to an unprecedented degree in every decision-making process," it said, noting that Rumsfeld had held 139 meetings with the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2005.

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Rumsfeld Potentially Liable for Torture
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By HRW   

Defense Secretary Allegedly Involved in Abusive Interrogation

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld could be criminally liable ...

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Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Iraq
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By Walter A Davis   

Preface: The Sum of All Fears

      Thanks to Seymour M. Hersch (The New Yorker, April 17,2006), Jorge Hirsch (ZNet, April 10, 2006) and others we now know that the unthinkable is being actively contemplated by the Bush Administration; namely, the use of nuclear weapons in an upcoming assault on Iran.  Moreover, this action will mark the beginning of a period in which the use of tactical nuclear weapons will become an official part of U.S. policy. FULL STORY

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The Great Westerb Demnology Circus
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By kgajendra singh   

Now The Halabja Show

Western leaders and in house corporate and subservient media, continue to line up one show after another. Soon after the death of Serbian nationalist hero Slobodan Miloevic’s death in...

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THE IRAN PLANS
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By SEYMOUR M. HERSH   

Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?

The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack.

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Beyond The Corrie Controversy
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By Walter A Davis   

MANIFESTO FOR A PROGRESSIVE THEATRE 

“The Director’s first task is to cast the audience.”
Grotowski

In two recent essays, I discussed some of the central issues raised by the Rachel Corrie controversy...

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Mendacity: The Prospects of Progressive Theater Under Capitalism
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Mendacity: The Prospects of Progressive Theater Under Capitalism

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