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Terrorism« Previous EntriesAnti-Terror Laws Prone to Abuse, Amnesty SaysFriday, September 5th, 2008By Haider Rizvi | (IPS) -Numerous governments around the world are using anti-terror laws to suppress political dissent and civil liberties, according to a new report released by one of the world’s most respected human rights organisations. Amid calls for increased U.N. scrutiny, in its report, the London-based group Amnesty International raises serious questions and concerns about the impact of the so-called war on terror on human rights and freedom of ... tagged Terrorism and World-News‘MI6 & Weapons of Mass Destruction’Wednesday, August 27th, 2008By Larry O'Hara | Fascinating fall-out recently following the publication of Ron Suskind's new book 'The Way of the World' (Simon & Schuster 2008) in which he argues two things of interest. Firstly, the the US regime leant on Iraqi informer (Tahir Habbush) to help manufacture evidence there were 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' in Iraq, when there weren't. No surprise there. Second in the course of writing ... tagged TerrorismLibby questioned on forged letter linking Saddam to 9/11Thursday, August 21st, 2008House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) issued letters of inquiry Wednesday to Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, regarding a forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 attacks. The Michigan Democrat also sent letters to senior former Bush intelligence officials, including Robert Richer, former CIA Deputy Director of Clandestine Operations, who claimed that Cheney's office pushed the CIA to develop a phony letter to aid their ... tagged Terrorism and World-NewsDouble Standards in the Global War on TerrorMonday, August 18th, 2008TomDispatch | Oh, the spectacle of it all — and don’t think I’m referring to those opening ceremonies in Beijing, where North Korean-style synchronization seemed to fuse with smiley-faced Walt Disney, or Michael Phelp’s thrilling hunt for eight gold medals and Speedo’s one million dollar “bonus,” a modernized tribute to the ancient Greek tradition of amateurism in action. No, I’m thinking of the blitz of media coverage after ... tagged TerrorismTape: Top CIA official confesses order to forge Iraq-9/11 letter came on White House stationerySunday, August 10th, 2008Raw Story | A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery and probably came from the office of Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a new transcript of a conversation with the Central Intelligence Agency's former Deputy Chief of Clandestine Operations Robert Richer. The transcript was posted Friday by author Ron Suskind of an interview conducted in June. It comes ... tagged TerrorismPeaceful Protesters Become Terrorists in a Federal DatabaseFriday, August 8th, 2008By Patty Donovan | According to documents released on Thursday, July 17, 2008, undercover state troopers in Maryland infiltrated at least three groups peacefully protesting the death penalty and advocating peace. These troopers illegally sent reports of the activities of these groups to U.S. intelligence and military agencies. The Maryland chapter of the ACLU was able to obtain these documents through a Freedom of Information lawsuit claiming the state ... tagged TerrorismUS accused of backing terrorism in PakistanFriday, August 8th, 2008Indo-Asian News Service | Pakistan has accused the US of backing militancy within the country, saying this goes against the grain of the Washington-led global war against terror. Quoting "impeccable official sources", The News reported on Tuesday that "strong evidence and circumstantial evidence of American acquiescence to terrorism inside Pakistan" was outlined by President Pervez Musharraf, army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt. Gen. Nadeem ... tagged Terrorism and USA-News“We Were Basically Hiring Terrorists”Thursday, August 7th, 2008Salon - Aug. 6, 2008 | BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Donning pale yellow shirts with Iraqi flags stitched on the chest, Alah al-Janabi and Mahmoud al-Samorai stood recently in the blistering sun at the crowded entrance to the bustling Dora Market. Al-Janabi, 30, proudly displayed a shiny black pistol on his hip; al-Samorai, 25, slung his Kalashnikov assault rifle over his shoulder as he patted down a shopper entering the ... tagged TerrorismUS: Amnesty slams Bin Laden driver’s Guantanamo trialWednesday, August 6th, 2008AKI | Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, convicted by a US military jury on Wednesday of supporting terrorism, did not receive a fair trial, said rights group Amnesty International. "The conviction of Salim Hamdan under procedures that do not meet international fair trial standards compounds the injustice of his more than five years' unlawful detention in Guantanamo," London-based Amnesty International stated. The verdict on Yemeni-born Hamdan is the ... tagged TerrorismBin Laden driver convicted in war crimes trialWednesday, August 6th, 2008MSNBC | GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A military jury on Wednesday found a former driver for Osama bin Laden guilty on some counts but cleared him of others in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial. A panel of six American military officers delivered the decision in the case against Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni. The jury deliberated for about eight hours over three days before convicting Hamdan of ... tagged TerrorismAnswers in anthrax case may have died with suicideSaturday, August 2nd, 2008AP | It's been nearly seven years, but folks in Oxford, Conn., still remember the workers in hazmat suits, scouring the pews of Immanuel Lutheran Church for unseen spores of anthrax. They remember lining up to be tested for the toxin, and being afraid to open their mail. They remember 94-year-old Ottilie Lundgren — a church-going widow, long-retired legal secretary and a bioterrorist's most unlikely victim. "Something like that you never really ... tagged TerrorismAnthrax scientist Bruce Ivins stood to benefit from a panicSaturday, August 2nd, 2008The suspect in deadly mailings, who killed himself this week as the FBI closed in, could have collected patent royalties on an anthrax vaccine. By David Willman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 2, 2008 Bruce E. Ivins, the government biodefense scientist linked to the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, stood to gain financially from ... tagged TerrorismAl-Qaeda expert re-killed by CIAWednesday, July 30th, 2008legitgov.org | It's 'Groundhog Day' at the CIA! Abu Khabab al-Masri 'died' in January 2006 and again on Monday. Once again, the 'mainstream' media announces the re-killing of another 'key al-Qaeda operative' by a 'CIA-operated unpiloted ... tagged CIA and TerrorismPakistani journalist in US jail on terrorism chargesMonday, July 28th, 2008WASHINGTON: Nayyar Zaidi, the well-known US-based Pakistani-American journalist, who has been a citizen of the United States for more than 30 years has been in US custody for the last four months on what are said to be terrorism-related charges. According to one report, Zaidi is being held on the charge of “obstruction of justice”, a very serious offence. He is also said to be awaiting a trial. The Homeland Security Department ... tagged TerrorismDriver told FBI agents U.S. could have killed bin LadenSaturday, July 26th, 2008By Carol Rosenberg | GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — In his seventh of month of U.S. captivity, Osama bin Laden's driver told a pair of FBI agents that it was America's fault that the al Qaida leader was alive. The message was, ''You had these opportunities, America. You didn't do anything,'' FBI agent George Crouch Jr. testified Friday at Salim Hamdan's war crimes trial. The United States could have ... tagged FBI and Terrorism« Previous Entries |
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