Our “allies”

Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual, UN, War On Terror | 11 Comments

Is this the “international community” that we are supposed to “rejoin” and in front whom we must supinate ourselves to “regain trust?”
New York Times: Europe Resists U.S. Push to Curb Iran Ties
European governments are resisting Bush administration demands that they curtail support for exports to Iran and that they block transactions and freeze assets [...]

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Hey Beelzebub, would you turn up the heat…

Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under News, UN, War On Terror | Comments Off

UN: SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS SUICIDE BOMBING IN ISRAEL, CALLS FOR SWIFT ACTION BY PALESTINIAN SECURITY TO PREVENT FURTHER ATTACKS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s suicide bombing at a bakery in Eilat, Israel, which killed three people [...]

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Free to Defame?

Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 1 Comment

Does the 1st amendment protect the making of untrue defamatory statements? The issue arises from the oppressive actions of a California woman who does not like her neighbours:
“Lemen owns a cottage only feet from the restaurant and led a campaign to restrict it because she said it disrupted the neighborhood. Aric Toll, 41, a [...]

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