DhafirTrial

Dr. Dhafir will be resentenced at the district court in Syracuse, New York on Friday, February 3rd, 2012, at 11 a.m. Please help us fill the courtroom.

See the Resentencing Memo and some of the letters to Judge Mordue on Dr. Dhafir’s behalf.

DR. RAFIL DHAFIR AND THE HELP THE NEEDY MUSLIM CHARITY CASE

By Katherine Hughes

“What was the result of Feb 26, 2003 besides imprisoning of innocent people? Scores of innocent elderly American cancer patients died needlessly, innumerable tens of thousands of Iraqi needy (children, women and men) died, and more than that suffered malnutrition and the humiliation of poverty. (more…)

Matthew Behrens rabble.ca

When former U.S. president George W. Bush descended on the Regional Economic Summit in suburban Vancouver last October, there was, understandably, no shortage of protesters, pleas for indictments and cries of “war criminal.” (more…)

Glenn Greenwald Salon

Developments in three legal cases, just from the last 24 hours, potently illuminate the Rules of American Justice. First, the Justice Department yesterday charged a former CIA agent, John Kiriakou, with four felony counts for having allegedly disclosed classified information to reporters about the CIA’s interrogation program. (more…)

Michael Powell NYTimes

In January 2011, when news broke that the department had used the film in training, a top police official denied it, then said it had been mistakenly screened “a couple of times” for a few officers. (more…)

The Department of Homeland Security says it needs a fleet of two-dozen Predator and Guardian drones to protect the homeland adequately. (more…)

By Shakeel Syed and Farid Zakaria Truthout Op-Ed

Five years ago, I joined a group of leaders of the Southern California Muslim community in an attempt to find out whether the government was conducting illegal surveillance at our mosques, our homes, our jobs, in public places and elsewhere. (more…)

Siv O’Neall

“Every five seconds, a child under 10 dies of hunger. – Thirty-five million people die each year from hunger or its immediate aftermath. – One billion people are permanently and severely malnourished and the situation is becoming increasingly catastrophic.” (Jean Ziegler) (more…)