“Although [Jacques] Chirac carries the banner of the Gaullist party, he is very pro-United States…”
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In its annual report on human rights abuses, the Foreign Affairs Committee has told the British government it cannot rely on US assurances regarding torture and extraordinary rendition.
The FAC said there should be a thorough analysis of interrogation techniques used by the US given the differences in how torture is defined by the two countries. The committee also reminded the government that it was under a legal obligation to ensure flights entering UK airspace or land at UK airports are not used for extraordinary rendition, even if there are no detainees on board (e.g. refueling).
The report also called on the government to investigate Pakistan’s role in torturing British suspects who have dual (British/Pakistani) nationality.
The full report by the FAC can be found online (pdf).
Glenn Greenwald has some more on this from an American perspective.
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The Times reports that US troops are gathering close to the Afghan-Pakistan border ready for a possible attack on al-Qaeda and Taleban bases in the lawless North Waziristan tribal belt in Pakistan.
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US plans to station diplomats in Iran for first time since 1979*.
*An important year for another reason too.
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Sarah Honig of the Jerusalem Post suggests Israel is much safer than Brooklyn.
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It’s not just Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir that is worrying about war crimes trials:
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Omar Khadr sobbed and begged for help as he was questioned in the first video glimpse of interrogations at Guantanamo Bay.
Canadians are divided on the situation of the teenage boy.
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Baghdad insists a full timetable for US troop withdrawal must be part of any security pact deal.
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Matthew Hogan reviews Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves at ‘Aqoul.
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Seymour Hersh reports on the Bush administration’s “secret moves against Iran”.
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Positive and negative responses to discrimination against Muslims in America.
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Human rights: A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, an Afghan government investigating team says.
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Saudi Arabian oil and sales of armored vehicles to the U.S. military may protect BAE Systems Plc, Europe’s biggest defense contractor, from bribery allegations linked to a 43 billion-pound ($85 billion) weapons deal.
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The Public Record has a post on American soldiers aiming to win converts to Christianity amongst Iraqis.
(Via BNR.)
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Via Tim Ferriss.
Tomorrow, July 8th, could mark the beginning of official condoning of warrantless surveillance of law-abiding citizens in the US, not to mention foreign nationals.
1. ALL AMERICANS: Go to the EFF website here and put in your zipcode to find your Senator’s phone number. Call them and read the short script on the same page. If no answer, click the link at the bottom of the page to e-mail them.
(Tell others verbally to go to “www.eff.org” and click “take action”)2. OBAMA SUPPORTERS: Go to My.BarackObama.com here and join the group requesting he oppose (as he did earlier) the amendment. This takes about 30 seconds. I suggest changing “ListServ” in the bottom right to “Do not receive e-mails.”
(Tell others verbally to search “obama please vote no” on Google and My.BarackObama.com will be in the top 3 results, currently #1) -
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Exploiting the Muslim- Jewish divide is the wrong way to win votes.
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Some supporters are expressing solidarity with Barack Obama by informally adopting his middle name, Hussein.
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If they IM’d: Barack Obama and the Muslims.
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