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International Probe on Sri Lanka Sought

“It is diluted. It wants the implementation of the LLRC which exonerates Lanka of human rights violations and war crimes.” - Tamil activist-poet Thamarai

(CHENNAI, India) - Sri Lanka must do more than just implement its Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission recommendations; a US- sponsored resolution in the UNHRC demands,

India should go beyond and work towards an independent international investigation, several pro-Eelam Tamil organisations urged here on Sunday.

US-NATO subversion in Syria

Saudi Arabia Is Arming Syrian "Opposition" As Twin Car Bombs Kill 27 In Damascus

(WASHINGTON DC) - Within hours of a twin car-bomb attack in the Syrian capital that left at least 27 dead and 100 injured, a senior Arab diplomatic source has confirmed that Saudi Arabia is arming anti-government factions.

It has been long suspected that Saudi Arabia and other pro-Western Gulf Arab states, including Qatar, are actively fueling the conflict in Syria over the past year.

Calley Vs Manning:
Which Army `Criminal` Would You Convict?

One man leads a massive war crime, another exposes a series of war crimes...

(SALEM) - If you were a U.S. soldier in a village in South Vietnam murdering children and spraying bullets into the faces of old ladies, you're cool, you are alright, you're William Calley.

But if you follow the teachings of your mother, your teachers and your clergy; reporting what is wrong at all costs for the sake of what is right, then you're Bradley Manning

24 Hours to Help Bradley Manning Win Human Rights Award

In the meanwhile, Manning’s attorney insists all charges must be dismissed after the government’s refusal to provide vast amounts of evidence and key witnesses.

(FORT MEADE, MD) - Bradley Manning trails by only 400 votes for Global Exchange's "People's Choice" 2012 Human Rights Award.

PFC Bradley Manning, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower, has spent more than 660 days locked up while he waits for the government to prepare its case against him.

Disavowal: `...a mental act that consists in rejecting the reality of a perception`

How can a critique of Zionism’s strategies “legitimize” what it claims to be?

(LAVERNE, CA) - Strange that Ali Abunimah would seek to silence the voice of a man who proclaims, to all the world in his new book The Wandering Who, that he stands for “justice, human dignity, equality and social and economic rights.”

Perhaps Mr. Abunimah failed to read Mr. Atzmon’s book. Perhaps he failed to see the contradiction he penned.

PTSD Psychotic Soldier Kills Afghan Civilians: SEQUEL

PTSD is mental illness. Mental illness may be psychosis.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The unfortunate act of Sgt Bales in Afghanistan is horrible in the extreme but it was not only expected but preventable. Infantry Sgt Bales is/was a gung ho soldier by any measure. I was an infantry Private under the likes of Sgt Bales and know a real soldier when I see or hear about one.

He did three tours in Iraq performing excellently and getting head wounds and part of his foot shot off. After all that, getting sent back into a hot combat zone was totally irresponsible.

Permission to Examine `Jewishness`

An article about Ali Abunimah’s Declaration against Gilad Atzmon.

(ROME) - In-fighting is characteristic of progressive movements. On the right things are much easier.

Global March to Jerusalem`s Asia Caravan Crossed Iranian Border

People from Indonesia, Philippine, Malaysia, India, Bahrain, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, and now Iran, have joined the caravan till now.

(TEHRAN) - After 6 days of traveling, the GMJ Asian caravan to Jerusalem crossed the Iranian border. Passing through Zahidan, Kerman and Qom the caravan reached Tehran last night at 9:00 p.m.

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-1950) was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century,

(Calgary, Alberta) - The title of his best known book, 1984, has become a cultural reference in itself, like catch-22.

Some of the terms from that book have become part of our language: Orwellian an attitude and policy of control by propaganda; newspeak a simplified and obfuscatory language designed to make independent thought impossible; doublethink holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously.

An Open Letter to Victims and their Families Dealing with the Lethal Drug, OxyContin

"Iron rusts from disuse. Stagnant water loses its purity -- and in cold weather becomes frozen -- even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." Leonardo da Vinci

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - On March 11, I wrote about a Kentucky Congressman lashing out at FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, about the devastation OxyContin has caused in his state.