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Archives for October 2012

UK: Hearing Into CIA Drones Would Dent US Ties

Ties between Britain, the U.S. and Pakistan could be jeopardized if a judge grants a request for a court inquiry into the possible role of U.K. spy agencies in aiding covert CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, a government lawyer told Britain’s High Court on Thursday. James Eadie, lawyer for Britain’s Foreign Office, […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Supporters Pakistan's cricket star turned politician Imran Khan's party, not pictured, raise their hands during a peace march on the outskirts of Tank, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hussain)

Ties between Britain, the U.S. and Pakistan could be jeopardized if a judge grants a request for a court inquiry into the possible role of U.K. spy agencies in aiding covert CIA drone strikes in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, a government lawyer told Britain's High Court on Thursday. James Eadie, lawyer for Britain's Foreign Office,

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Activists Challenge Israeli Lawlessness

(CHICAGO) — For decades, Israel has literally gotten away with murder. Crimes of war and against humanity repeat regularly. Human and civil rights are spurned. Anyone not experiencing it firsthand can’t imagine the ruthlessness of occupation harshness. Besieged Gazans suffer most. For over five years, they’ve been lawlessly isolated and suffocated. Former Ariel Sharon associate, […]

Stephen Lendman
By Stephen Lendman
Jewish-American scholar and activist Noam Chomsky, right, stands during a press conference to support the Gaza-bound flotilla in the port of Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

(CHICAGO) -- For decades, Israel has literally gotten away with murder. Crimes of war and against humanity repeat regularly. Human and civil rights are spurned. Anyone not experiencing it firsthand can't imagine the ruthlessness of occupation harshness. Besieged Gazans suffer most. For over five years, they've been lawlessly isolated and

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Father Not Necessarily Like Son: “I Have Come Here To Listen, To Look And To Learn”

The last of the three presidential debates was supposed to focus on foreign policy, but it was obvious that both candidates were set on continuing where they left off from the previous debate: the U.S. economy and unemployment. When Bob Schieffer, the moderator, steered the candidates back to topics such as national security; Iran; the […]

Norbert Schiller
By Norbert Schiller
In this Oct. 3, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during the first presidential debate with President Barack Obama at the University of Denver, in Denver. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The last of the three presidential debates was supposed to focus on foreign policy, but it was obvious that both candidates were set on continuing where they left off from the previous debate: the U.S. economy and unemployment. When Bob Schieffer, the moderator, steered the candidates back to topics such as national security; Iran; the wars in

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Need For New Policies As Prescription Drug Use Up 70 Percent

(MintPress) – Addictions to prescription medications rose 70 percent from 2001-2009 in the U.S., according to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. U.S. addictions to prescription drugs, especially painkillers, have spiked in recent years, a trend that highlights the misdirected “war on drug,” and a failure to properly regulate the widespread abuse […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
Prescription drugs line a cabinet in this March 25, 2011 photo. (Photo by Eric Hunsaker via Flikr)

(MintPress) - Addictions to prescription medications rose 70 percent from 2001-2009 in the U.S., according to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. U.S. addictions to prescription drugs, especially painkillers, have spiked in recent years, a trend that highlights the misdirected “war on drug,” and a failure to properly

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2 Men Acquitted Under New US Gay Hate Crime Law

The first U.S. prosecution under a new federal law against anti-gay violence ended with a Kentucky jury acquitting two cousins of hate-crime charges while finding them guilty of kidnapping in a 2011 attack on a gay man. Prosecutors had argued that Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins attacked 29-year-old Kevin Pennington at […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A child carries a sign as she marches around the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, during the "March Against Hate Crimes." (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The first U.S. prosecution under a new federal law against anti-gay violence ended with a Kentucky jury acquitting two cousins of hate-crime charges while finding them guilty of kidnapping in a 2011 attack on a gay man. Prosecutors had argued that Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins attacked 29-year-old Kevin Pennington at a

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GCHQ Intel Sharing For Drone Strikes May Be ‘Accessory To Murder’

UK intelligence officers may be assisting in murder or war crimes by sharing information with the CIA that leads to deaths in Pakistan drone strikes, a London court heard this week. Pakistani tribesman Noor Khan, whose father was killed by a drone strike last year, has launched an application for a judicial review examining the […]

Alice Ross
By Alice Ross
This photo shows a young child allegedly killed by U.S. drone missile strikes in Pakistan's tribal region. (Photo by Noor Behram)

UK intelligence officers may be assisting in murder or war crimes by sharing information with the CIA that leads to deaths in Pakistan drone strikes, a London court heard this week. Pakistani tribesman Noor Khan, whose father was killed by a drone strike last year, has launched an application for a judicial review examining the UK’s alleged

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