International Affairs - Page 7
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Burma
Burma Burma is one of the world's shittier dictatorships. A totalitarian military regime, it practices censorship, surveillance, arbitrary detention, torture, and ethnic cleansing (using chemical weapons to boot). Public protests in support of... More about Burma
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Fiji: the first test
Fiji: the first test One of the first moves of Fiji's military junta after illegally seizing power in December last year was to try and balance the budget. It did this by the simple expediants of a unilateral 5% pay cut across the civil... More about Fiji: the first test
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Sedition in Tonga
More sedition in Tonga Two more Tongan People's Representatives have been charged with sedition. Clive Edwards and Lepolo Taunisila will be joining their fellow MPs 'Isileli Pulu and 'Akilisi Pohiva in court over the next two weeks.... More about Sedition in Tonga
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Hicks charged
After five years in captivity in Guantanamo, Australian David Hicks has finally been charged and will face "trial" before a military tribunal. However, the charge - "providing material support for terrorism" - has never existed... More about Hicks charged
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Middle East example
An example to the Middle East When all of their lies and evasions about weapons of mass destruction and "imminent threats" had been disproven, George Bush and Tony Blair and their warmongering cheerleaders fell back on one argument. The... More about Middle East example
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Responsible for 9/11
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is responsible for 9/11 (yeah right) Right, so after 3 years inside secret CIA torture prisons, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has now come forward and confessed to every terrorist plot ever created while inside the legal limbo known... More about Responsible for 9/11
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Fascist-Amerika.com
When you suggest that Amerika is becoming a fascist state, you get howls of indignation. The idea that Amerika has used 9/11 to curtail civil liberties in the same way the Nazis used the burning of the Reichstag will get you called all types of... More about Fascist-Amerika.com
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Plans to bomb Iran
I think Bush will choose to increase American troop numbers in Iraq to 170,000 (from 140,000) as a way to 'gain security' so that America can pull out and allow Iraqi troops to 'step up'. This is one of three suggestions that... More about Plans to bomb Iran
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Iraq success
How's this for a plan? With the publication of the Hamilton-Baker Iraq Study Group report there still doesn't seem to be much clarity about what action to take, with people variously arguing for pulling troops out, engaging with the... More about Iraq success
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