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A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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The U.S. government tortured an innocent man to extract false confessions and then threatened him until he obligingly repeated those lies as though they were the truth.

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Shame, Shame On Them 2!

Norman Horowitz | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Korean War, Vietnam, Air Force, Vietnam War, Loyal-Opposition, Republicans, Politics News

Our country is in deep trouble, and Obama is doing mostly the right things in order to remedy this horrid situation. The Republicans have incredible chutzpah.

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Obama's Consequential First 4th: NoKo, AfPak, Iraq, Russia, Palin (Palin?!)

William Bradley | Posted 08.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, Pakistan, North Korea, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Moscow, Iraq, Navy, John McCain, Dmitri Medvedev, Marines, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Test, Missile, Japan, South Korea, Korean War, Camp David, Islamic Republic of Iran, Politics News

North Korea was to have been the drama of the day. But it turned into a major fizzle.

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North Korea Threatens A "Fire Shower Of Nuclear Retaliation" If Attacked

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

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SEOUL, South Korea _ Punching their fists into the air and shouting "Let's crush them!" some 100,000 North Koreans packed Pyongyang's main square Thur...

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What Does Obama's Afghan Command Change Mean?

William Bradley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

The move from McKiernan to McChrystal also seems to signify an end to nation-building fantasies in Afghanistan.

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Obama, Turkey and History

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, U.S.S.R., Francis Gary Powers, Korean War, Ankara, Cyprus, Cold War, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Baikonur, World News

From the podium of the National Assembly in Ankara, Obama spoke not only to Turks, but to the entire Muslim world and he carved out an image of a global statesman.

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The Ponzi Scheme Presidency

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, US Military, Warwire, Afghanistan, Pax Americana, Ponzi Scheme, Pax Republicana, Death, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Vietnam War, Neoconservatives, Korean War, Bernard Madoff, Assyrians, Charles Ponzi, Politics News

At a cost of nearly one trillion taxpayer dollars to date, Bush's mad "global war" simply sucked needed money out of our world at levels that made Bernie Madoff seem like a small fry.

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John W. Powell, Korean War Sedition Writer, Dies At 89

New York Times | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Korean War, Sedition, John W. Powell, Media News

John W. Powell, an American journalist who in 1959 was tried for sedition in a rare and highly public case after he asserted in print that the United ...

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Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino: Who Knew He Could Act? Like John Wayne in True Grit, it May Lead to an Oscar

Michael Russnow | Posted 12.27.2008 | Entertainment

John Wayne found True Grit towards the end of his career and now Clint Eastwood has done the same with an unforgettable performance in Gran Torino.

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