DhafirTrial

By Thomas d’Evry. Translated by Leslie Thatcher of Truthout, from Liberation. 5/8/07

Blackwater is a prosperous multinational. Since 2002, it has been renting mercenaries to the American government, sent to Iraq or Afghanistan to complete the work of the US Army. In complete obscurity. (more…)

by Randolph T. Holhut www.opednews.com 5/9/07

DUMMERSTON, Vt. – Bill Moyers’ documentary, “Buying the War,” shown last month on PBS, painstakingly showed how most of the press willingly bought into the lies of the Bush administration and supported the worst foreign policy blunder this nation has ever committed – the invasion of Iraq. (more…)

By Corinne Lesnes. Translated by Leslie Thatcher of Truthout, from Le Monde. 5/2/07

Out of 505 pages, George Tenet devotes only three to what will remain at the center of his record: the detention of al-Qaeda suspects in secret prisons and the use of so-called “enhanced” interrogation techniques. He refuses to use the word torture (more…)

[Dr. Dhafir’s case is mentioned in this article.]
By STEPHEN LENDMAN Counterpunch

In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack and endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason. (more…)

Why is Israel After Me?

By AZMI BISHARA Counterpunch 5/4/07

Amman, Jordan – I am a Palestinian from Nazareth, a citizen of Israel and was, until last month, a member of the Israeli parliament. (more…)

Clinton and Byrd Are Calling for Revocation of the Wrong AUMF

By DAVE LINDORFF Counterpunch

If Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Robert Byrd (D-WV) really want to bring this Bush/Cheney administration to heel, they should be calling not for revocation of the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), but for the revocation of the 2001 AUMF. (more…)

Charles R. Larson Middle East Times 5/4/07

When viewed through American eyes, the recent protests in Istanbul and Tel Aviv demanding that their governments become accountable are truly impressive and extraordinary. (more…)

By William Fisher Truthout 5/4/07

A Justice Department proposal to limit lawyers’ access to the nearly 400 detainees at Guantanamo Bay is drawing sharp criticism from much of the legal community in the US. (more…)