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Tamerlan Tsarnaev trip to Russia – 2012
The Russian newspaper Izvestia (4/24) reported that during his 2012 trip to Russia, Tamerlan Tsarnaev attended a conference sponsored by the Fund of Caucasus, “which cooperates with the U.S....
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‘Misha’ Speaks: An Interview with the Alleged Boston Bomber’s ‘Svengali’
(NYR Blog) – As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings continues, one of the more clouded aspects is the tale of “Misha,” a mysterious US-based Islamist who has been accused by members of...
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The George W. Bush Presidential Library opens today. Here’s your personalized...
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View ArticleToday in Weapons Grade Stupid: The biggest danger America faces is…pressure...
You had to know it was just a matter of time before someone demanded that the sale of pressure cookers be controlled. Yep, that’s right; when pressure cookers are outlawed, only outlaws (and Grandma)...
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Hedges, Assange and Wikileaks
Chris Hedges’ article on his recent meeting with Assange is a mix of interview and essay, Assange’s statements and Hedges’ thoughts and expansion thereon are well worth reading – and thinking about....
View ArticleNew light shed on US government’s extraordinary rendition programme
Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions following September 11 attacks The Guardian, By Ian Cobain & James Ball, May 22 A groundbreaking...
View ArticleU.S. acknowledges killing of four U.S. citizens in counterterrorism operations
Washington Post, By Karen DeYoung & Peter Finn, May 22 The Obama administration acknowledged Wednesday that it has killed four Americans in overseas counterterrorism operations since 2009, the...
View ArticleUK ‘ready to hand over Afghan detainees’
BBC, May 29 Up to 90 Afghans held at Camp Bastion are set to be returned to the Afghan authorities, the Ministry of Defence has said, after lawyers argued that their detention could be unlawful....
View ArticleYou never call, you ignore meetings …
AP – After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida’s North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after scathing page, they described how he...
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Friday Cat Blogging: the rise of killer robots
Old School Science Fiction Fans will remember these: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings...
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“Doctor, could I have Obama Derangement Syndrome?”
One of the symptoms of Obama Derangement Syndrome (ODS) is the pervasive conviction that The Black Guy in the White House © is a closet Muslim who secretly hates the baby Jesus and all things American....
View ArticleSaturday Night Jukebox – Secret Agent Men
Who can you trust? The post Saturday Night Jukebox – Secret Agent Men appeared first on The Agonist.
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Five Obama programs to turn things around quickly
It must suck to be President Obama. He can’t buy a break. Some goofball at IRS was actually foolish enough to go near the Tea Party’s tax-exempt status. NSA has been snooping into our phone...
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Is Obama losing it?
Syrian jihadist rebels benefit from $1.0 billion in US aid. What did Detroit get? President Barack Obama’s recent behavior is cause for concern. He never lived up to his progressive image but at least...
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The prospects of far greater violence in post-coup Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood and police, Cairo Army has ousted two president in two years and done so in a manner that has made it fairly popular, at least for a while. The generals are likely to try to restore...
View ArticleU.S. Shipping Thousands of Cluster Bombs to Saudis, Despite Global Ban
Foreign Policy, By John Reed, Noah Shachtman, August 22 Cluster bombs are banned by 83 nations. The world recoiled in horror when it learned that Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad’s forces have killed...
View ArticleUK Press Wars Go Global
“The British papers are the best in the world, and the worst in the world, sometimes in the same edition.” – Alistair Campbell, CNN October 7. So on Oct 9, the Daily Mail lived up to Alistairs’ op-ed:...
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Back to Iraq?
Iraqi prime minister Maliki came to Washington last week to seek help against the bombing campaign in his country. The campaign has been underway for well over a year and has become devastating in...
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Afgoneistan
To understand Afghanistan, it helps to understand a little economics: Consider these facts from a highly intelligent forthcoming book, War Front to Store Front, by Paul Brinkley: In 2009, Afghanistan...
View ArticleATT Wants You to Give Them Your Data!
ATT wants to spy on all your Traffic, and has proposed an Internet standard, so that anybody can do it, anywhere in the world. To us, this seems like a BAD idea. Their bad idea involves decrypting any...
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