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Egypt Military Rejects US Threats & Braces for General Strike

“A phone call from the American embassy in Cairo used to be the sure thing to straighten up such a wretched mess. But this time it wasn’t enough.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Egypt’s ruling military council has rejected US threats to end aid payments to the country.

US-Egypt tensions have risen considerably following the decision to ban 43 pro-democracy staffers from travel, and charge them in a Cairo court for violating laws regulating the operation of NGOs.

Jewish Roots of Islam`s Extremism

“Both Judaism and Islam proceeded from the same fundamental premise, influenced by the same tribal culture and practically followed the same orthodox pattern“

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - "Ultra-Orthodox, Israel Police clash in Beit Shemesh; officer wounded …" At first many imagine Muslim extremists in Afghanistan or Somalia.

Maybe not a far-fetched guess, but to everybody’s astonishment the Ha'aretz report is about Jewish extremists in Tel Aviv, the heart of Israel.

Death Squads in America?

The soil for death squads to form and operate within the United States is fertile and very real.

(Calgary, Alberta) - Anyone who has followed events outside the U.S. over the last few decades has heard of the death squads.

They have been active as extrajudicial killing forces in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and others elsewhere in the world.

Tortured Freedom: Libya`s New Rulers Resort to Old Tactics

The news comes amidst rising frustration with Libya’s interim government.

(ROME) - Despite the changes sweeping Libya, violence and bloodshed have not stopped.

In shocking revelations, military and security forces stand accused of torturing detainees to death. Rights groups say Libya’s new rulers have not addressed the problem.

Time to Shed Light on North Carolina`s Link to Disappearances, Torture and Indefinite Detention

Working to Achieve Accountability is a Citizen's Obligation

(SMITHFIELD, N.C.) - On January 15, the News & Observer published a reminder of Norh Carolina's involvement in kidnapping, disappearance and torture.

A recent opinion piece announced important findings revealed in a report by students in the University of North Carolina School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy clinic.

Creating American Terrorists

If people cannot see what a slippery slope all of this is, they not thinking very clearly.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The recently passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), declares the entire world to be a “battlefield” against terrorism.

The NDAA authorizes the U.S. military to detain indefinitely anyone suspected of being a terrorism supporter. The White House says it will only use its new power carefully and with due process.

Obama`s Broken Promise on Gitmo`s Tenth Anniversary

In addition to the military prison at Guantanamo, the base also included CIA “black sites” where renditions or extrajudicial, secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to overseas locations where torture was used.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - January 11, 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay prison, an extrajudicial detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

After the Justice Department advised that the Guantanamo prison could be considered outside U.S. legal jurisdiction, the first twenty captives arrived at Guantanamo on January 11, 2002.

North Koreans` Fear of Freedom

“Could freedom turn into a burden that makes some of us choose to relinquish it, and instead lead a life of submission?”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Thousands gathered in snow-bound streets for the huge funeral procession of leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang.

As the hearse passed, I suddenly realized that the real problem of North Korea lies not in its unmonitored nuclear capabilities, but rather in its people and in their ostensible fear of freedom.

`Time to Attack Iran`?

A Council on Foreign Relations article lacks transparency and impartiality...

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - he council on foreign relations, one of the think tanks seen as a major contributor to the forecasting of the White House foreign policies, has lately published an opinion piece that says “Time to attack Iran”.

In the piece the council downplays the fears of many skeptics who envision the perilous consequences of an attack on Iran tantamount to a WWIII scenario, and therefore refuse to subscribe to a preemptive strike of its nuclear facilities.

US Spies could be Tracking you on Twitter & Facebook

Fake profiles used by Department of Homeland Security, says privacy group, List of keywords flags ‘danger’ signal, DHS may attempt to identify users from their accounts - Keywords include ‘virus’, ‘drill’ and ‘illegal immigrant’

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The Department of Homeland Security makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles for the specific purpose of scanning the networks for ‘sensitive’ words – and tracking people who use them.

Simply using a word or phrase from the DHS’s ‘watch’ list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate your account, and attempt to identify you from it, according to an online privacy group.