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Libya Security crisis in Wake of Killing of US Ambassador (Links)
Sunday’s Recommended Reading
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Top Ten ways Corporate Food is Making us Fat and threatening our Food Supplies
While it is much better than the fascisms of the Right and the Left, one of the big drawbacks of corporate democracy is that the people are often outgunned. Large corporations account for half of the national economy and pay more for lobbyists to write and pass laws in Congress favorable to themselves than they […]
Benghazi & Libya Developments
Tweets of the Day (Updated)
‘Free Libya’ Crowds in Benghazi rally against Militias, Drive al-Qaeda out of City
The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 was seen by many observers as a sign of Libyan radicalism or instability rather than the work of a small, violent and unrepresentative group. It is a little hard to understand this point of view, since Libyans had just voted in what observers […]
Are Judges finally Standing up to Secretive Drone Assassinations? (Searle)
Jack Searle writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Three federal appeal court judges greeted US government efforts to block the release of information on the CIA’s targeted killings programme with skepticism on Thursday, as they grilled the administration’s lawyers for double the scheduled time. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is challenging the Obama […]
Tunisian Muslim Leader Warns of Dangers of Violent Fundamentalism
As the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior announced that no demonstrations would be permitted on Friday, the Muslim leader Rached Ghanoushi warned of the dangers of violent fundamentalism. The Tunisian government invoked emergency powers on learning of plans for violent disruptions on Friday, in response to anti-Islam caricatures published in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. […]
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