NOVANEWS
Australia’s desire to shame Tamils refugees Posted: 13 Aug 2010
Two young journalists have produced a remarkable ABC radio documentary about the Australian government’s behaviour towards Tamil asylum seekers in the last 12 months:
ABC featured a small news story about these revelations a few days ago but it only touched the surface, not least the acceptance by Australia of a handful of Guantanamo Bay prisoners in exchange for Washington taking some of “our” Tamils. |
Pentagon slashing needs to go to its heart Posted: 13 Aug 2010
The debate over cuts in the Pentagon is almost comical. America’s empire footprint remains massive and there are no serious plans to reduce Washington’s meddling in the Middle East or beyond.
That’s what matters in the end and how the world views the super-power. More than a few generals need to be axed. It’s a mindset that requires change:
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Lebanon shouldn’t take Washington’s backing Posted: 13 Aug 2010
An interesting editorial in Arab News that highlights the growing desire in the Middle East to shake off American bullying:
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A little Wikileaks backlash (but missing the real target) Posted: 12 Aug 2010
So it begins.
The Pentagon warns Wikileaks not to release any more information, as the group is now threatening. Not something to be taken seriously, considering the source. Then there’s Reporters Without Borders issuing an open letter to Julian Asssange asking him to be far more careful in the future when releasing information and not allegedly risking people’s lives in a place like Afghanistan. It’s a necessary debate:
The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill calls for perspective and an end to hypocrisy:
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Bush and Obama both like illegal acts, discuss Posted: 12 Aug 2010
The ACLU releases a new report, “Establishing a New Normal”, that explains how the Obama administration has followed most of the Bush years’ worst and illegal practices, such as indefinite detention of “terror” suspects, military commissions, Guantanamo Bay, targeted assassinations (murder in other words) and the list goes on.
Change we can believe in. UPDATE: Glenn Greenwald further examines the “digital surveillance state“. |
Israel has nuclear weapons and shouldn’t Posted: 12 Aug 2010
“The reality of a nuclear Middle East is becoming increasingly likely“, writes Ze’ev Maoz in Haaretz.
There is already a nuclear power in the Middle East, existing outside any international inspections or norms. |