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Monday, October 20, 2003
Pentagon Refuses to Reopen Probe into Alleged Vietnam War Atrocities
The US Defense Department refused to reopen an investigation into suspected atrocities committed in Vietnam by a special US Army reconnaissance unit, despite new allegations of war crimes, including ghastly killings and torture of Vietnamese civilians.
Sunday, October 19, 2003
Foreign Policy Experts Target U.S. 'Empire-Building'
Representatives of a new coalition of prominent foreign-policy scholars and analysts whose political views range from right to center-left announced here Thursday they hope to spearhead opposition to the imperial policies pursued by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.
Monday, October 13, 2003
U.S. Judges Condemn Camp X-Ray
Judges and lawyers from around the world yesterday condemned the US treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba as a violation of international law. The International Bar Association's task force on international terrorism said: "States cannot hold detainees, for which they are responsible, outside of the jurisdiction of all international courts ."
Regime Change, a Trademark of U.S. Terror
Two decades later the invasion [of Grenada] looks less like an aberration than a harbinger of what happened in Iraq this year, a case of Caribbean farce being repeated as Middle Eastern tragedy. With George Bush senior in office as vice-president, the US assault on Grenada was a foretaste of the "pre-emptive military intervention" which his son enshrined as US national strategic doctrine last summer.
Sunday, October 12, 2003
Charities campaign against arms trade
Three charities are launching what they say is the world's largest campaign against the global arms trade. They argue the trade is out of control and that Britain and America have, if anything, relaxed their controls since 11 September as they seek allies in the war on terror.
Report Urges U.S., NATO to Rethink New Nuke Policy
”In essence, the U.S. is saying to the rest of the world: 'you can't have nukes, but we're going to have bigger and better ones'”, said Clyde Prestowitz, the author of ”Rogue Nation”.
Red Cross Blasts U.S. Over Detainees
The International Red Cross reiterated its criticism of Washington on Friday for ignoring repeated appeals to give legal rights to U.S. military detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ICRC officials, after a visit to the military base, said many detainees were suffering “a worrying deterioration” in mental health because they are held without charges and without legal counsel.
Monday, October 06, 2003
