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Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO
Former Prime Minister Rasmussen. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) A scandal unfolding in Denmark over the transfer of Iraqi prisoners by Danish forces to Iraq authorities, …
“Energy in Depth,” “Counterinsurgency” Tactics and Astroturf “Energy Citizens“
The corporations pushing for expanded “hydraulic fracturing” (“fracking”) for “natural gas” are putting big money into PR campaigns due to growing citizen concerns about this damaging drilling process. At …
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Montana State Supreme Court: Citizens United Not Welcome Here
(Photo: s_falkow) In a rebuke to the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Montana has held that Citizens United does not apply to Montana campaign …
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Panetta to Offer Strategy for Cutting Military Budget
Washington - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is set this week to reveal his strategy that will guide the Pentagon in cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from its …
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Rumsfeld-Era Propaganda Program Whitewashed by Pentagon
A controversial public relations program run by former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's Pentagon was cleared of any wrong-doing by the agency's inspector general in a report published last …
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When a Child Is Abused by a War Veteran
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) I'm torn between the pleasure of having just read a brilliant and moving first-person stream-of-consciousness account of a true story of one …
On Complaints Over Iran Nuclear Weapon Claims, Washington Post Ombud Rules for the Plaintiffs (2)
Has your hometown newspaper drunk the Kool-Aid on claims that “the debate is over,” and that everyone now knows that Iran is pursuing the acquisition of a nuclear weapon? …
Food of the Gods
A prominent part of holiday festivities is chocolate, one of our most adored comfort foods. Chocolate is made from the beans (actually the seeds) of the pods that grow …
Obama Seeks to Resume Aid to Repressive Dictatorship in Uzbekistan
The US Senate Appropriations Committee, in a move initiated by the Obama administration, has voted to waive Bush-era human rights restrictions on military aid to the Islam Karimov dictatorship …
Thinking Outside the Cage
December 14 marks the start of the 111th Annual Christmas Bird Count, a chance for the nearly 48 million bird watchers in the US to participate in the world's …