OpEdNews - Diary: F O R E V E R GITMO ?

[[imag11]] "...the US government's own tribunals have determined that over half of those detained never committed any hostile acts against the United States," .....snip..... "...paying bounties for prisoners has led to mistakes; yet, for five years, the US government has denied that these men have the basic right to challenge their detentions."

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DIANE'S NEWS CLIPS begins here :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Excerpted from: http://www.truthout.org William Fisher | Forever Gitmo? http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907R.shtml "Will we always have Gitmo?" asks William Fisher. "Will it always be the 800-pound gorilla in the room? This week, the world marks the fifth anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at the US naval facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And still a growing number of people and organizations - from military officers to religious leaders to legal scholars to human rights groups - continue to label the prison a black hole of injustice and demand that it be closed." --- Murtha Takes Aim at Abu Ghraib http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907S.shtml Few chapters in the US involvement in Iraq have angered Representative John Murtha more than the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. It was a major reason the Pennsylvania Democrat helped Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) add anti-torture language to the Defense Department budget in the last Congress. --- Panetta: Why the Bush "Surge" Won't Work http://snipurl.com/170xm --- Michael T. Klare | Ominous Sign of a Wider War http://snipurl.com/170aa --- Bush Senior Early CIA Ties Revealed http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907P.shtml Newly released internal CIA documents assert that former president George Herbert Walker Bush's oil company emerged from a 1950s collaboration with a covert CIA officer. --- UN Official: Warming Leadership Needed http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010907EA.shtml The chief of the United Nations' effort against climate change said Monday there is widespread recognition of the seriousness of global warming, but a lack of leadership has created a sense of helplessness. --- David Morris | What Al Gore Hasn't Told You About Global Warming http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010907EB.shtml "Al Gore is our generation's Paul Revere. Riding hard through the country, he warns us of the impending arrival of climatic disaster. He's proven an astonishingly effective messenger. "An Inconvenient Truth" may receive an Oscar for Best Documentary. Overflow crowds greet his presentations with standing ovations. Which, come to think of it, is odd. When has someone ever delivered such an ominous message to such tumultuous applause?" asks David Morris. --- Conservatives Decry Terror Laws' Impact on Refugees http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907N.shtml Conservatives who supported President Bush's re-election have joined liberal groups in expressing outrage over his administration's broad use of anti-terrorism laws to reject asylum for thousands of people seeking refuge from religious, ethnic and political persecution. --- Guard and Reserve May Bear the Brunt of Surge http://snipurl.com/170an --- Stacy Bannerman | Military Families on Front Lines of War Protest, Pain http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907A.shtml The day before the Democratic majority was sworn in, and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's historic installment as the speaker of the House of the 110th Congress, anti-war activists clogged the hallways of the Cannon House Office Building in front of her office. --- Kennedy to Introduce Bill to Stop Troop Surge http://snipurl.com/170ak --- Ann Wright | Witnesses at Guantanamo http://snipurl.com/170au --- Le Monde | CIA Fiasco http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907G.shtml Le Monde writes: "The resignation of John Negroponte, national intelligence director, is the latest phase in the interminable crisis of American intelligence services." --- "Precocious Puberty" Is on the Rise http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010907HA.shtml Kids these days are growing up too fast - in more ways than one. American girls are reaching puberty up to a year earlier than in previous generations, with some children showing signs of sexual development as young as age 3. In extreme cases, girls are budding breasts before they've even learned to read. Researchers call this phenomenon "precocious puberty," which some say is on the rise. --- Starving Afghans Sell Girls of Eight as Brides http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010907WA.shtml Azizgul is 10 years old, from the village of Houscha in western Afghanistan. This year the wheat crop failed again following a devastating drought. Her family was hungry. So, a little before Christmas, Azizgul's mother "sold" her to be married to a 13-year-old boy. "I need to sell my daughters because of the drought," said her mother Sahatgul, 30. "We don't have enough food and the bride price will enable us to buy food." --- Seth Sandronsky | George Will and the Minimum Wage http://snipurl.com/170ap --- Life at America's Bottom Wage http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010907LB.shtml A glimpse into the lives of people who live at bottom-rung pay rates illustrates why, to supporters of the change, the minimum wage is long overdue for a raise. But it also reveals that such a boost isn't a one-step solution for the challenges that face America's poorest workers. --- VIDEO | Peace Activists Disrupt Democrats in Washington By Geoffrey Millard, Arin Williams, and Scott Galindez http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010907A.shtml On January 3rd, the day before the opening of the new Congress, a group of peace activists led by Cindy Sheehan walked the halls of Congress. In their journeys they happened upon a press conference being led by Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and began chanting "investigate, de-escalate, troops home now!" Emanuel made repeated attempts to continue the press conference but finally retreated to the caucus room, vowing to return later in the day. _________________________________ [NEWSDISSECTOR] The Smell That Freaked Out NYC http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/01/09/the-smell-that-freaked-out-nyc/ _________________________________ corvuswire@verizon.net .ron Commentary Tonight President Bush will say that Iraqis must have operational security of their own country by November. Tonight President Bush will say that Iraqis must have operational security of their own country by November. Bush is full of it. Bush just wants to keep the troops in Iraq till he leaves office, and is willing to say ANYTHING to keep the troops in Iraq till he leaves office. After he leaves office, he won't give a damn what happens. Bush hopes history will say, 'Well, President Bush did all he could do till he left office, it the Democrats who "cut and ran" after Bush left office. It's the Democrats' fault we lost the war in Iraq.' This is how Bush thinks of this situation. This is Bush's hope for his legacy, and what the neocons are saying to Bush. We The People MUST VOTE OUT OF OFFICE anyone who votes FOR any more funding for this insane war in Iraq. I'm so, so, so sick of hearing this BIGASS Lie: "If you cut funding for the war you'll be putting our troops at great risk and harm." Puke, puke. LEAVING THE TROOPS IN IRAQ IS putting them at great risk and harm! --- If you think American Big Oil didn't have anything to do with going to war in Iraq, read this: WESTERN COMPANIES MAY GET 75% OF IRAQI OIL PROFITS DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Iraq's massive oil reserves may be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies - which could end up grabbing up to 75% of the beleagured nation's oil profits - under a law seen coming before the Iraqi parliament within days, the Independent reported on its Web site Monday. [snip] Continued: http://snipurl.com/16zdr --- Please read. .ron: http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/israel.htm --- Nanci Pelosi - U.S. House Democratic leader, Speaking at the AIPAC agenda May 26, 2005 "There are those who contend that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. This is absolute nonsense. In truth, the history of the conflict is not over occupation, and never has been: it is over the fundamental right of Israel to exist. "The greatest threat to Israel's right to exist, with the prospect of devastating violence, now comes from Iran. [snip] http://snipurl.com/16zcz --- Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich tables his plan to bring the troops home now! VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS6JyiAt0xg _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://mediamatters.org Barnes, NYT's Gordon assigned blame for failed strategy to generals, not Bush Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701080005?src=other --- CNN's Quijano: "Democrats are seeking to cast a surge as an escalation" Read more >> VIDEO: http://snipurl.com/170tv --- Neither Sawyer nor Keane noted Keane's previous view that 20,000-troop increase not enough Read more >> VIDEO: http://snipurl.com/170u3 --- Matthews attacks Webb for talking about issues in addition to Iraq On Hardball, Chris Matthews asked why Sen. Jim Webb is "changing the subject" away from Iraq, falsely asserting that Webb "never did [that] during the campaign." In fact, Webb frequently discussed other issues during the campaign, including during two appearances on Hardball. Read more >> VIDEO: http://snipurl.com/16z3b --- More controversial McCain campaign hires -- will the media continue to ignore? As Media Matters for America documented, the media largely overlooked Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) hiring of Republican operative Terry Nelson as a senior adviser to his political action committee, despite Nelson's association with several prominent GOP scandals. In addition to Nelson, other members of McCain's political team have also been touched by controversy and have thus far not gained significant media attention. Read more >> http://mediamatters.org/items/200701080004?src=other --- CNN parroted Republican contention about "onslaught of subpoenas" CNN correspondent Brian Todd warned that "an onslaught of subpoenas" from congressional Democrats could be seen as "payback" by voters. However, polling indicates that a majority of the public favors oversight of certain aspects of the Bush administration. Read more >> VIDEO: http://snipurl.com/16z3d --- Despite touting Colmes as "balance," Hannity to host own Fox News show Read more >> http://mediamatters.org/items/200701060005?src=other --- On MSNBC, NY Times reporter Kornblut repeated "cut and run" attack on Democrats Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050014?src=other --- Warbloggers refuse to admit their errors in making fraud allegations against AP Many right-wing warbloggers, who for six weeks have been accusing the Associated Press of manufacturing a police source in Baghdad in order to spread insurgent-friendly "propaganda," now steadfastly refuse to concede their mistakes in the wake the January 4 news that the police source in question, Jamil Hussein, does exist and has been identified by the Iraqi government. Read more >> http://snipurl.com/16z3j --- NY Times, LA Times uncritically reported Bush's misleading deficit claim Read more >> http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050001?src=other --- CBS' Attkisson uncritically reported Dreier's complaints about Dems "100 Hours" agenda Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050002?src=other --- CNN's Schneider noted that "surge" implies "temporary" -- so why does CNN use the term? Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701060007?src=other --- Blitzer again said Ellison (rather than Prager or Goode) "spark[ed] some controversy" Read more >> VIDEO: http://snipurl.com/16z3z --- ABC, CBS, CNN largely ignored Bush's claim of power to search mail While NBC has aired a segment on President Bush's "signing statement" on a postal reform bill that "quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant," ABC, CBS, and CNN have largely ignored the story, and ABC reported that Bush "acquired new powers" and suggested that they were "included" the bill. Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701060002?src=other --- Hotline's Todd oblivious to McCain's inconsistencies on gay and lesbian rights Ignoring conflicting statements by John McCain on gay and lesbian issues, The Hotline's Chuck Todd asserted that on the issue of same-sex marriage, McCain is "being true to what he is and what he thought conservatism was." Todd also likened McCain to Barry Goldwater, suggesting they held similar views on gay rights; in fact, while McCain supported an Arizona effort to ban legal recognition of gay and lesbian couples and supports the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, Goldwater became a strong supporter of gay rights and opposed the ban on gays in the military. Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050005?src=other --- Blankley falsely claimed entire Contract with America was considered under "open rules" Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701050008?src=other _________________________________ http://www.WantToKnow.info/indexnewsarticles _________________________________ CONSUMER REPORTS Tue, Jan 02, 2007 ...A new look at yo-yo balls Consumer Reports has previously reported on the hazards of yo-yo balls -- http://snipurl.com/170sw you know, those squishy, usually water-filled, toys with an elastic cord that can be used like a conventional yo-yo. But when they are swung around like a lasso, they can wrap around a child's neck and strangle him or her. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received MORE THAN 400 COMPLAINTS http://snipurl.com/170t6 about yo-yo balls with 16 involved cases where the injured person lost consciousness. READ ARTICLE: http://snipurl.com/170ta _________________________________ Bias Is Found in Food Studies With Financing From Industry > http://snipurl.com/1716h _________________________________ http://www.iran-daily.com | http://www.thenation.com | http://www.vanityfair.com _________________________________ MAPPING THE INTERNET When you visit a Web site, you might think you have a direct connection. But that's not the case. Small packets of data are bounced all around the Internet and world. Data is routed from hub to hub until it reaches its destination. If a piece of data hits a wall, it tries to find a new path. Sound complicated? It is! So this might leave you wondering where your data has been.Well, you can get a pretty good idea at today's Cool Site. It features a map of the Internet. It will show you where the most active Web hubs are. The map is difficult to understand at first, so take your time. Then read the interesting facts about the Internet. TO VISIT TODAY'S COOL SITE, GO HERE: http://www.discover.com --- Are border cameras effective? > http://snipurl.com/16wrs Texas tested video cameras to catch illegal immigrants crossing the border. Viewers could watch footage and e-mail tips to authorities. In the month-long test, cameras helped catch 10 people. But a total of 12,000 people were apprehended in the same period. Be sure to listen to me Monday through Friday. Use my map to find me near you http://www.komando.com/listen/index.aspx _________________________________ eHEALTHY NEWS Largest Drug Company in the World Steals Millions From U.S. Government - You don't have to stand for this abuse much longer as soon there will be something you can do about it. http://snipurl.com/16ukv ----- Everything You've Been Told About Exercise Might be Wrong - This is one of the most amazing approaches to exercise that I have encountered, and I thought you should know about it. http://snipurl.com/16ul0 _________________________________ VIDEO: Duel | United States | 3:50 | Colin Elliott It looks like something straight out of old-school D&D. Two wizards use their magic powers to battle each other for control of a powerful book of spells http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/duel _________________________________ NationalGeographic.com http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/ _________________________________ NASA Astronomy picture of the day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html _________________________________ We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. ~ Bryan White