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5446 [lbo-talk] Letter to the NYT Ombudsman -- rank: 72

... law, but I do know US law concerning, for example, police misconduct, and when the Chicago police engage in these activities, we call it torture. So do ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Fri May 14 21:55:10 PDT 2004

5447 [lbo-talk] HRW: abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan "systematic" -- rank: 72

U.S. Abuse of Afghan Prisoners Systemic - Rights Group By Mike Collett-White KABUL (Reuters) - Mistreatment of prisoners by American forces in Afghanistan (news - web sites) is systemic, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, a day after the U.S. army in Kabul launched a fresh inquiry into beating and sexual ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 13 10:07:50 PDT 2004

5448 [lbo-talk] Aljazeera.Net - Shia groups see end to Najaf siege -- rank: 72

... 3) includes the proposed "handover of security to the Iraqi police" and "end to all forms of weapon possession in the ... in the city The handover of security to the Iraqi police The conversion of Shia leader Muqtada

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Author:	Grant Lee
Date:	Wed May 12 22:07:56 PDT 2004

5449 [lbo-talk] Doubts about the Berg Execution -- rank: 72

... a peace activist. The guy gets picked up by Iraqi police. Why? Then is turned over to U.S. folks. Why ...

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Author:	Joseph Wanzala
Date:	Wed May 12 11:11:56 PDT 2004

5450 [lbo-talk] Two foreigners stoned to death in Afghanistan -- rank: 72

... Interior Ministry spokesman Lufullah Mashal, told Reuters. "Locals informed the police and showed them the bodies and an investigation is going ... nine days ago, said Khalil Aminzada, deputy chief of Kabul police. He said the two were wearing local shalwar (baggy trousers ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Wed May 12 07:58:15 PDT 2004

5451 [lbo-talk] Re: rape photos -- rank: 72

... evening of December 12, 2003, two months after the military-police unit was assigned to Abu Ghraib. An Iraqi prisoner and ...

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Mon May 10 21:07:20 PDT 2004

5452 [lbo-talk] Hersch an (unwitting) mouthpiece? -- rank: 72

What Went Wrong The C.I.A. and the failure of American intelligence By SEYMOUR M. HERSH New Yorker magazine, 1 October 2001 After more than two weeks of around-the-clock investigation into the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the American intelligence community remains ...

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Author:	snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com
Date:	Mon May 10 14:42:05 PDT 2004

5453 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: [SIXTIES-L] Flawed Classic Displays Mumia’s PantherPassion] -- rank: 72

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SIXTIES-L] Flawed Classic Displays Mumia's PantherPassion Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 13:52:00 -0700 From: the moderator <resist at best.com> Reply-To: SIXTIES-L at topica.com To: <Recipient list suppressed> Flawed Classic Displays Mumia's Panther Passion http://www.tbwt.org/home ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Mon May 10 14:16:18 PDT 2004

5454 [lbo-talk] Thousands of Muslims flee Nigeria town after attack -- rank: 72

... in the week. Many wounded and exhausted, the refugees sought police escorts to take them to neighbouring Bauchi and Nassarawa states ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Mon May 10 08:11:53 PDT 2004

5455 [lbo-talk] Stigmatizing (Illegal) Aliens in Japan -- rank: 72

... around bank ATMs that increasingly include warnings of cameras and police patrols in Chinese and Arabic. I have seen predictions that ...

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Author:	Gregory Lipman
Date:	Sat May 8 00:38:25 PDT 2004

5456 [lbo-talk] 9/11 Suspects (Anybody But Kerry the Dole of 2004?) -- rank: 72

>[lbo-talk] Re: Anybody But Kerry the Dole of 2004? >C. G. Estabrook galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu, Fri May 7 10:43:10 PDT 2004 <snip> >[Chomsky on Afghanistan.] The major issues scarcely even arose, >beginning with the obvious one: What is the justification for >bombing Afghanistan? The ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri May 7 13:22:17 PDT 2004

5457 [lbo-talk] Re: Anybody But Kerry the Dole of 2004? -- rank: 72

... actions he would support. I remember him saying >that simple police procedurals -- enhanced from time >to time by special forces action ...

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Author:	snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com
Date:	Fri May 7 10:21:00 PDT 2004

5458 [lbo-talk] Re: I Did Praise Canada Too Quickly -- rank: 72

Dear List: Canadian immigration rejects case of Mexican gay man The Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board rejected the asylum case of a Mexican gay man, stating that he is not "visibly effeminate" and therefore not vulnerable to persecution in his homeland of Mexico, reports The [Toronto] Globe and Mail. The 30 ...

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Author:	BklynMagus
Date:	Fri May 7 09:23:28 PDT 2004

5459 [lbo-talk] Thai PM seeks to mend ties in Muslim south -- rank: 72

HindustanTimes.com Thursday, May 6, 2004 Thai PM seeks to mend ties in Muslim south Reuters Baan Susoe, Thailand, May 6 Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, seeking to soothe Muslim outrage a week after security forces killed 108 militants, began a southern tour on Thursday with a pledge to help their ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Thu May 6 16:12:39 PDT 2004

5460 [lbo-talk] Cultural Change? ( Marxist democracy) -- rank: 72

CB: There is some nuance of difference between Stalin being popular then and still being popular now (as Chris Doss has reported several times). The current Russian population has had a collective and cross-generational chance to contemplate and reflect on Stalin and Stalinism. They are not now under the dictator ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Thu May 6 04:06:03 PDT 2004