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Polygamous Towns Cut Off Water, Vandalize Property Of Non-Sect Residents, DOJ Sues Ariz. Towns

(MintPress) – The United States Justice Department has sued two polygamous towns in Utah and Arizona with claims that the border towns used religious discrimination against non-sect members by intimidating non-followers by vandalizing property, cutting off utility services and not offering police protection. Accusations include making housing unavailable, trying to return brides to the homes from which they […]

Muna Hassan
By Muna Hassan
Hildale, Utah sits at the base of red rock cliff mountains with its sister city, Colorado City, Ariz. in the foreground in this Thursday, April 20, 2006 file photo. An attorney for local law enforcement in the two polygamous towns, where most residents are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints run by the group’s jailed leader Warren Jeffs, says the U.S. Justice Department plans to sue both communities, claiming religious discrimination. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

(MintPress) – The United States Justice Department has sued two polygamous towns in Utah and Arizona with claims that the border towns used religious discrimination against non-sect members by intimidating non-followers by vandalizing property, cutting off utility services and not offering police protection. Accusations include making housing

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Solitary Confinement Continues In US Despite Mental Health Concerns

“It’s an awful thing, solitary. It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment.” – John McCain (MintPress) – Sarah Shourd spent nearly 15 months in an Iranian prison, with all but 345 hours of it in complete isolation. Shourd, one of three American hikers detained by Iranian authorities […]

Joey LeMay
By Joey LeMay
Solitary Confinement

"It's an awful thing, solitary. It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment." – John McCain (MintPress) – Sarah Shourd spent nearly 15 months in an Iranian prison, with all but 345 hours of it in complete isolation. Shourd, one of three American hikers detained by Iranian authorities on

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Declassified NSA Docs Show Bush Failure To Act On 9/11 Intel

(MintPress) – The recent release of 120 CIA documents by the National Security Archives (NSA) reveals new details about Osama Bin Laden, al-Qaida and the terrorist attacks of 9/11, which clearly show that the CIA had been tracking Bin Laden a full year before the devastating terrorist attacks, but the Bush administration suspended funding for […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
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(MintPress) – The recent release of 120 CIA documents by the National Security Archives (NSA) reveals new details about Osama Bin Laden, al-Qaida and the terrorist attacks of 9/11, which clearly show that the CIA had been tracking Bin Laden a full year before the devastating terrorist attacks, but the Bush administration suspended funding for the

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UN Called To Pressure US On Civilian Drone Deaths

(MintPress) – Accusations that U.S. drone strikes in the Middle East and Africa are killing innocent civilians were at the forefront of discussions at the United National Human Rights Council meetings, held this week in Geneva, Switzerland. The accusations come in the midst of reports that U.S. assassination strikes in Somalia aimed at al-Shabab, the […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
china uav

(MintPress) – Accusations that U.S. drone strikes in the Middle East and Africa are killing innocent civilians were at the forefront of discussions at the United National Human Rights Council meetings, held this week in Geneva, Switzerland. The accusations come in the midst of reports that U.S. assassination strikes in Somalia aimed at

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Estrategia Del Sur

(TEXAS) – President Barack Obama infuriated the right last week with his latest executive order. The order, which essentially provides amnesty and de facto legalization of the children of immigrants who were brought to this country and have now grown into adulthood, is a slightly-watered down version of the stalled Dream Act that allows undocumented young people […]

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
In this Oct. 11, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 5 Training Center after speaking about jobs in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

(TEXAS) - President Barack Obama infuriated the right last week with his latest executive order. The order, which essentially provides amnesty and de facto legalization of the children of immigrants who were brought to this country and have now grown into adulthood, is a slightly-watered down version of the stalled Dream Act that allows

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Kurds Assert Sovereignty, Push for Oil Deal with Exxon

(MintPress) – Prime Minister Nuri-Al Malaki sent an urgent message to President Barack Obama earlier this week, pleading him to prevent oil giant Exxon-Mobil from signing an oil deal with the Iraqi province, Kurdistan. The U.S. has yet to issue a response on the dispute. However, Ali Mussawi, a close aide to the Iraqi Prime […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
In this Jan. 25, 2010, file photo, Exxon Mobil Corp. Director Richard C. Vierbuchen left, shakes hands with Dhiya Jaafar, acting chief of Iraq's South Oil Company, second right, as then Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, center,claps during a signing ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq. An oil exploration deal signed by the U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil with Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region is deepening divisions between Kurds and Arabs at a crucial time as U.S. troops are leaving. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

(MintPress) – Prime Minister Nuri-Al Malaki sent an urgent message to President Barack Obama earlier this week, pleading him to prevent oil giant Exxon-Mobil from signing an oil deal with the Iraqi province, Kurdistan. The U.S. has yet to issue a response on the dispute. However, Ali Mussawi, a close aide to the Iraqi Prime Minister issued a dire

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