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Bush Supports Uzbekistan Dictator Who Kills Opponents by Boiling Them to Death

Tony Blair’s New Friend Britain and the US claim a moral mandate – and back a dictator who boils victims to death The British and US governments gave three reasons for going to war with Iraq. The first was to … Continue reading

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ACLU Requests Information About Prisoners Held in Cuba

Rights Groups Seek Information on Detainees’ Treatment Several civil liberties and veterans groups plan to file a formal request with the federal government today seeking information on whether prisoners in U.S. custody in the war on terrorism have been tortured … Continue reading

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Sounds Fishy, Mr. President

As the United Nations Security Council considers the brief against Iraq prepared by George W. Bush, its undecided permanent members should ask themselves a basic question: How much of what the President says is actually true? The French, Russian and … Continue reading

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‘A War Waiting for a Pretext’

Sept. 27 — John Nichol knows all about the brutality of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. As a 27-year-old navigator for Britain’s Royal Air Force during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, he was shot down over the Iraqi desert during the first … Continue reading

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