August 3, 2010
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CCR and ACLU File Lawsuit to Allow Challenge to Targeted Killings off the Battlefield
Today CCR along with the ACLU filed a joint lawsuit to challenge the legality and constitutionality of a licensing scheme that requires lawyers to seek government permission to represent individuals that same government intends to kill. The U.S. government has claimed the power to target and kill U.S. citizens and other individuals anywhere in the… Continue reading
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Keiser Report #65: Markets! Finance! Scandal!
Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the latest scandals of box office manipulation in China, $9 billion missing in Iraq and contango in commodities. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Internet sensation George Hemminger about his experience with financial collapse in America. Continue reading
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PCHR and Hickman & Rose Oppose Proposed Changes to Universal Jurisdiction in the UK; Political Considerations Must Not Be Allowed to Triumph over the Rule of Law
On Thursday, 22 July 2010, UK Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced that the British government intends to give the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) the power to veto the issue of arrest warrants for universal jurisdiction offences in the UK. The proposal is the direct result of political pressure applied by the government of Israel,… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 3 August, 2010: Let Them Eat Wedding Cake
3 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Pakistan No Obedient Ally By Eric Margolis WikiLeaks data shows how volatile nation is forced to act against own self interests. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26070.htm The CIA & The ISI: More In Common Than We Think? By Nida Khan Drones Kill 12 Children Playing Outside’ – ‘A Family Buries 15’ – Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 August, 2010: Revered rabbi preaches slaughter of gentile babies
2 August, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel agrees to UN probe of Flotilla attack IMEMC – 2 Aug 2010 – Monday August 02, 2010 – 17:36, Israel’s cabinet agreed on being a part of the UN committee investigation into the May 31 attack on the Mavi Marmara. Rockets hit Israel Continue reading
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Gilad Atzmon: Israel Cannot Handle Its Past
Israel cannot handle its past. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu decided this week to extend from 50 to 70 years the time state archives remain classified. Israel realizes that it has too much to hide. Continue reading
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Teddy Katz: Israel Cannot Handle Its Past
You may learn also about freedom of speech and freedom of expression in the so-called ‘only democracy’ in the Middle East. Continue reading