Voice for Peace Mass Mobilization in St. Paul, MN 9/23


afterdowningstreet.org submitted by chip U.S. officials sent Canadian rendition survivor Maher Arar to Syria to be tortured. Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) lawyer Maria LaHood represents him in his struggle for justice. The Second Circuit Appellate Court has issued extremely rare order last month that approximately 12 judges will rehear Arar’s case on December 9,…
By Dafna Linzer and Josh White, Washington Post Friday, March 16, 2007 Two key congressional leaders secretly flew to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Saturday to observe the closed military hearing for al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed, according to Capitol Hill staff members and Pentagon officials. Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Armed Services…
By Jim Rutenberg and Larry Rohter, International Herald Tribune, SAO PAULO: President George W. Bush has portrayed his trip to Latin America this week as a “We Care” tour aimed at dispelling perceptions that he has neglected his southern neighbors. But the fresh graffiti on streets here in Sao Paulo, where he landed Thursday night…
The Independent Return to Fallujah Three years after the devastating US assault, our correspondent enters besieged Iraqi city left without clean water, electricity and medicine By Patrick Cockburn Fallujah is more difficult to enter than any city in the world. On the road from Baghdad I counted 27 checkpoints, all manned by well-armed soldiers and…
After Downing Street, David Swanson — On Thursday, Chairman John Conyers’ House Judiciary Committee held a hearing at which Attorney General Michael Mukasey said that he would not investigate torture (video) or warrantless spying (video), he would not enforce contempt citations (video), and he would treat Justice Department opinions as providing immunity for crimes (report)….