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President Karzai, Stand Tall Against US Pressure to Sign the Troop Deal
For most Americans, it's win-win for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to stand up to Washington: US troops would come home, or peace talks would begin.
US Officials Will No Longer Provide Information on Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
A spokesman for the US military announced this week that the authorities will no longer provide public information on how many prisoners at the American gulag at Guantanamo Bay …
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Misled by Mainstream Media
Michael Hager points out the glaring gaps in mainstream media coverage of the news.
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Military Commissions Stuck on Torture
From October 22 to 25, 2013, pretrial hearings for the five men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people made little progress as the …
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Amid Lingering Hunger Strike, Guantanamo Abuses Press On
While the president professes to wish to close Guantanamo, rendition, indefinite detention and black sites continue to operate.
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Time to Close Guantanamo
President Obama continues to ignore the situation in Guantanamo and has 18 prisoners being force-fed.
Nine Years of Injustice for American Prisoner in Iraq
It's been a decade since the nation was shocked by images of torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, and yet for at least one prisoner, a dual …
Bragging Rights: Eight Exceptional(ly Dumb) American Achievements of the 21st Century
The American exceptionalism sweepstakes really do matter. Here. A lot.
Is Obama Making Good on His Promise to Close Gitmo?
Four months after President Obama recommitted to close Gitmo, TRNN contributor Michael Ratner gives us an update on the status of the prison.
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Keeping Guantánamo on American Minds
On Friday, September 6, 2013 dozens witnessed in front of the White House, a live force-feed of 52-year-old Andres Conteris on his 61st day of a water-only hunger strike.