Information Clearing House/Counterpunch
11/13/09
By Patrick Cockburn
Just when President Barack Obama looked as if he might be railroaded into sending tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan the American envoy to Kabul has warned him not to do so. In a leaked cable to Washington sent last week, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, Gen Karl...
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U.S., Canada embracing Bush-era disdain for justice in trying to find a forum to guarantee conviction, critics say
Citizens for a Legitimate Government
The Globe and Mail
11/14/09
Omar Khadr’s fate remains in the legal twilight of widely denounced military tribunals, despite President Barack Obama’s promise to end the makeshift Bush-era system for putting terrorists on trial and...
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Bloomberg
11/13/09
The number of suicides among active- duty U.S. Army troops this year reached 133 in October, 18 more than in the same period last year and putting the service within reach of a new annual high.
The 133 reported suicides, including the National Guard and Reserves, between January and October compared with 115 during the...
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