The IRGC announced that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, and there are reports of British and other vessels turning around
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NSA-Verizon Surveillance: Welcome to the United States of Total Information Awareness
It turns out that the National Security Agency demanded and got Verizon phone records of all US telephone calls, mobile and otherwise, within the US […]
Obama pledged investigation of Alleged Taliban Prisoner Massacre by US-Backed Afghan Warlords; Where is it? (Currier)
Cora Currier writes at ProPublica In his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of hundreds, possibly […]
Bradley Manning Trial aimed at Silencing Whistleblowers? (Democracy Now!)
Democracy Now! considers the Bradley Manning trial in the context of attempts to intimidate and punish government whistle blowers. That the world general reading public […]
Speaking of Bad Storms (editorial cartoon on GOP by Paul Jamiol)
by Paul Jamiol courtesy Jamiol’s World
Turkey: It’s about the Right to be Different (Soysal)
Ayşe Soysal, in Istanbul, writes for ISLAMiCommentary : Ayse Soysal It was a ‘Wow!’ weekend indeed. My niece Elif, a college student, was one of […]
Woman in Red (Turkish Police Spray Tear Gas on Modern Young Protester)
(Courtesy Reuters) This young woman being teargassed at the Taksim protests in Istanbul has become an internet icon. Unveiled and bare-armed, she is clearly secular […]
Have we no Shame? Will Hunger Strikes and medical Torture finally close Guantanamo? (Hickman)
John Hickman, author of Selling Guantanamo, writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Curious isn’t it how the decision-making of the United States Government […]
Police Brutality and Turkish Protests (Compilation Video)
Compilation video of police brutality in Turkish Gezi Park protests: As usual with grassroots Youtube videos, the authenticity of it cannot be independently verified from […]
Defiant Erdogan Risks Turkish Economy, as Unions enter the Fray
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is now risking Turkey’s economic miracle by his imperious reaction to the protests in dozens of cities that have roiled […]
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