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“Bugsplat” in Waziristan
“The blaze, the splendor and the symmetry, I cannot see — but darkness, death and darkness.” – John Keats, Hyperion: A Fragment According to the UK legal charity Reprieve, “the first large array of...
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It Doesn’t Matter if CIA or Military Control US Drone Program
Journalist Madiha Tahir Over the weekend, I attended a summit on drones co-organized by CODEPINK, CCR, and Reprieve. I had the opportunity to speak and hear from people from countries where the US has...
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Report on US Torture and Rendition to Libya Details New Waterboarding Claims
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a major new report detailing how the Bush Administration and other allied governments tortured and imprisoned opponents of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi....
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‘Gitmo North’ to Hold Prisoners in Conditions of Solitary Confinement
Journalists with the web-based project dedicated to bringing attention to the widespread use of solitary confinement, Solitary Watch, report the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is going to be expanding the...
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Obama Administration Has Launched Drone Strikes Against AQAP Suspects Who...
Ahmad al-Sabooli holds photos of his father, mother and sister, all killed in drone strike on Sarar | Photo by Letta Tayler/Human Rights Watch and featured in report Both Amnesty International and...
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Drone War in Yemen: Three Killed in Latest Strike, UN Report Demands Facts on...
Image of vehicle reportedly hit by a drone strike in Mareb (via Facebook – Ali Bakhiti) While United States leaders lecture Russian President Vladimir Putin on respecting sovereignty and international...
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Preemptive Prosecutions: Report Spotlights How the US Government Manufactures...
Cover of Human Rights Watch/Columbia Law School report Human Rights Watch and the Columbia Law School have released a comprehensive report challenging the government’s use of sting operations and other...
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Hearts, Minds and Dead Sunnis in Iraq
Remember the purple finger? A critical part of America’s plan to resolve all issues left unresolved after nine years of war and occupation is to divide the indigenous Sunnis from the “foreign” Sunnis,...
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