Archive for May 8th, 2005
Observer via Agonist. The United States dismissed the bulk of criticism out of hand. In some cases they claimed to have made changes but were later found out to be lying. Now comes yet another difficult scrutiny of the dubious practises at the infamous US facility.
An American soldier has revealed shocking new details of abuse [...]
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May 8th, 2005
Björn Hallberg
Sean-Paul Kelley over at the Agonist takes a long hard look at Bush’s tour of eastern Europe and the revisionism that the US is trying to disseminate. Commenting of course on the latest mindboggling speach by George W Bush (AP; Second-guessing Roosevelt). The Guardian also has a recent article up that warn us not to [...]
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May 8th, 2005
Björn Hallberg
Times Online via Agonist. The capture of a supposed Al-Qaeda kingpin by Pakistani agents last week was hailed by President George W Bush as �a critical victory in the war on terror�. According to European intelligence experts, however, Abu Faraj al-Libbi was not the terrorists� third in command, as claimed, but a middle-ranker derided by [...]
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May 8th, 2005
Björn Hallberg