DhafirTrial

By Craig Whitlock washingtonpost.com

MILAN, Nov. 9 — In an account smuggled out of prison, a radical Muslim cleric has detailed how he was kidnapped by the CIA from this northern Italian city and flown to Cairo, where he was tortured for months with electric shocks and shackled to an iron rack known as “the Bride.” (more…)

A shadow of his former self, Ortega’s victory is still an expression of the wider demand for change sweeping Latin America

Tariq Ali www.guardian.co.uk 11/9/06

Daniel Ortega, blessed by the church, flanked by a former Contra as his vice-president and still loathed by the US ambassador, may be a sickly shadow of his former self, but his victory undoubtedly reflects the desire of Nicaraguans for change. (more…)

By Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily atimes.com 11/10/06

BAGHDAD – The decision of the giant engineering company Bechtel to withdraw from Iraq has left many Iraqis feeling betrayed. In the company’s departure, they see the end of remaining hopes for the reconstruction of Iraq. (more…)

By John Pilger ICH 11/9/06

In a show trial whose theatrical climax was clearly timed to promote George W Bush in the American midterm elections, Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced to hang. Drivel about “end of an era” and “a new start for Iraq” was promoted by the usual false moral accountants, who uttered not a word about bringing the tyrant’s accomplices to justice. (more…)

Outlaw Empire Meets the Wave: 5 Questions for Our Future

By Tom Engelhardt tomdispatch.com 11/08/06

The wave — and make no mistake, it’s a global one — has just crashed on our shores, soaking our imperial masters. It’s a sight for sore eyes. (more…)

Joel S. Hirschhorn 11/08/06

Forget political correctness. The revolution has NOT arrived! Bush is still president. The corporate state is safe. The Upper Class has little to fear. Lobbyists will be writing different names on checks. Winning Democrats will entertain more than they will produce historic restorative reforms. (more…)

by Andy Coates mrzine.monthlyreview.org 11/4/06

The government offensive against Muslims in America met fresh opposition yesterday in Albany, New York when dozens of leaders of the anti-war movement and other progressive causes joined with Muslims to protest the recent guilty verdicts in the trial of Imam Yassin Aref and Mohammed Musharraf Hossain. (more…)

Michael Badnarik, candidate for US Congress in TX District 10, speaks against the Military Commissions Act at UT Austin on November 2, 2006.

Link to 5 minute video of Michael Badnarik speaking on the Constitution (more…)