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5 Citizens Arrested by IOF
Time:17:00
RAMALLAH, October 29, 2007 (WAFA) – Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday five citizens in the West Bank, witnesses said.
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Dozens Arrested in West Bank by IOF
Time:16:34
NABLUS, October 29, 2007, (WAFA)- Dozens of Palestinian citizens were arrested on Monday by [...]

Inside Israel’s Military Courts – The First Nation to Legalize Torture

Should the United States, seeking to recalibrate the balance between security and liberty in the “war on terror,” emulate Israel in its treatment of Palestinian detainees?
That is the position that Guantanamo detainee lawyers Avi Stadler and John Chandler of Atlanta, and some others, have advocated. That people in U.S. custody could be held incommunicado for [...]

The United States of Violence – Imperial Excess

We keep hearing that Iraq is not Vietnam. And surely any competent geographer would agree. But the United States is the United States — still a country run by leaders who brandish, celebrate and use the massive violent capabilities of the Pentagon as a matter of course.
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Almost fifty years ago, during the same autumn JFK [...]

White Fantasies About Raced-Based Intelligence

The idea of race-based intelligence has historically proved to be an unintelligent notion. Let one just question the premise: what is race and what is intelligence? Neither idea is physical, fixed, nor cross-cultural. Certainly, race and intelligence are real-but only as a social construction. For instance, ten of thousands of African Americans who are described [...]

So Much for Islamo-Fascism Awarenes – Thank You, David Horowitz

In America awareness never sleeps and has been on particularly active duty this October, designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month (proclamation of President George Bush); as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (proclamation of President George Bush); as Energy Awareness Month (proclamation of President George Bush and the Environmental Protection Agency); and–we speak here specifically of October [...]