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Guantanamo: An enduring symbol of the savagery unleashed upon innocent Muslims
Jan 12, 2022 15:05Guantanamo stands as a reminder of the enduring barbarism and savagery unleashed upon innocent Muslims by the Islamophobia generated in the West after 9/11.
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Hey, hey, USA! How many bombs did you drop today?
Jan 12, 2022 14:59The U.S. military and allied air forces have dropped over 337,000 bombs and missiles on other countries over the last 20 years. That is an average of 46 strikes per day for two decades. Enough.
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Biden’s “diplomacy is back” falls flat as 2021 West Asia policy a miserable flop (2)
Jan 12, 2022 14:57By no means has voting blue meant a change for the better; in fact, the only real difference between Biden and Trump in terms of foreign policy is that instead of mean tweets, more respectful language is used to give the new president the veneer of respectability.
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Immunity against Omicron from breakthrough infection could be a matter of timing
Jan 12, 2022 12:01Research from Japan suggests that COVID-19 vaccination followed months later by a breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection offers greater protection against the Omicron variant than do closely spaced vaccination and infection.
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Strategy shift: Biden confronts Trump head on after year of silent treatment
Jan 12, 2022 11:44US President Joe Biden strikes different tone in tacit admission that ignoring the most powerful force in the Republican Party is risky.
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Dick Cheney paved the way for Trump and the Capitol insurrection
Jan 12, 2022 11:21Former Vice President Dick Cheney championed the use of torture by the U.S. government, and never recanted. Deliberate, in-your-face disregard for international human rights laws and norms has become a signature of the GOP. Cheney honed it to a fine art.
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'20 years of US torture and counting': Report details post-9/11 abuse at Gitmo and beyond
Jan 11, 2022 13:32A report released, nearly 20 years after the first prisoners arrived at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, details "systematic abuses carried out by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and U.S. military" since the 2001.
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The silence — or worse — of human rights hawks on US sanctions against Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2022 13:29Months after the US-backed Afghan government fell to the Taliban, ordinary Afghans now face what could be their direst winter in decades. Thanks to the economic collapse that accompanied the U.S. military withdrawal, coupled with the imposition of sanctions and the cessation of much humanitarian aid, millions of Afghans must contend with the very real prospect of starvation.
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Biden’s “diplomacy is back” falls flat as 2021 West Asia policy a miserable flop (1)
Jan 11, 2022 13:28By no means has voting blue meant a change for the better; in fact, the only real difference between Biden and Trump in terms of foreign policy is that instead of mean tweets, more respectful language is used to give the new president the veneer of respectability.
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US behind Kazakhstan sedition
Jan 11, 2022 05:34The abortive US bid to meddle in Kazakhstan has led to the death of around two hundred people, including protestors incited by western media broadcasts to disturb public order and indulge in acts of violence.