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FBI Discriminates Against American Muslims & lets White Terrorists Off the Hook (Harwood)
Matthew Harwood writes at Tomdispatch: The evangelical Christians of Greenville County, South Carolina, are afraid. There has been talk of informants and undercover agents luring […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for ‘Uprising’ as Plan for Elections is Announced
The killing of over 50 Egyptians outside the Republican Guards Barracks on Monday morning continued to roil the country on Monday, as the Freedom and […]
Snowden: I acted because Domestic Spying actually worsened under Obama
The Guardian has released part two of the Hong Kong interview with Edward Snowden, in which he clarifies his reasons for going public. He talks […]
Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantánamo Bay Concentration Camp procedure
There are 120 prisoners at the extra-legal concentration camp at Guantanamo Bey. 44 are on hunger strike and being force-fed against their will, in contravention […]
Egypt: Over 50 dead in Brotherhood-Army Clash; Baha-al-Din proposed PM; Thousands support Gov’t
Update: The death toll in the deadly incident outside the Republican Guards barracks in Cairo has risen to over 50, with 300 wounded. Firm details […]
Has NSA Spying Killed US “Cloud” services, Email in Europe, Brazil?
Andrew Miller points out that European companies afraid of US industrial espionage just got far less likely to use American internet companies for communications and […]
And you Want to transport More Oil across America by rail, pipelines? Canadian Town destroyed by Railroad Oil Cars
Train cars carrying petroleum became unmoored and rolled seven miles before jacknifing and exploding, inflicting heavy damage on the town of Lac Megantic in Quebec. […]
Breadcrumbs and Circus Reruns: How and why US News gave Egypt Short Shrift (Cunningham)
Philip J. Cunningham writes in a guest column for IC When the Roman empire fell into decline, the people were treated to bread and circuses. […]
Egypt: 8 Wounded in Clashes as Salafi Fundamentalists Object to Elbaradei as PM
Amid a general calming on Saturday in Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula remained a hot spot, when a gas pipeline was bombed, probably by Muslim radicals […]
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