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Far from being Tony Blair's 'good' war, the assault on Yugoslavia was as wrong as the invasion of Iraq 'The United States of America and the Kosovo Liberation Army stand for the same human values and principles ... Fighting for the KLA is fighting for human rights and American values." So declared the neocon US senator (and current foe of WikiLeaks) Joseph Lieberman back in 1999 at the height of t
Kosovo 'crime ring': police to examine allegations against PM Hashim Thaçi
Kosovo's EU-sponsored police force said today it would examine allegations that the country's prime minister is the head of a "mafia-like" criminal network linked to organ trafficking. Hashim Thaçi's government denounced the findings of a Council of Europe investigation into organised crime in the country as "slanderous". The Guardian understands that if there is sufficient evidence against Thaçi
Taliban Extend Reach to North, Where Armed Groups Reign (Published 2010)
Taliban Extend Reach to North, Where Armed Groups Reign A bus and taxi stand on the outskirts of Kunduz, a city increasingly besieged by the Taliban and by armed groups that purportedly support the government but are terrorizing the populace.Credit...Christoph Bangert for The New York Times KUNDUZ, Afghanistan � This city, once a crossroads in the country’s northeast, is increasingly besieged. The
Iran bombing: Profile of Sunni group Jundallah
The Iranian government says it has links to al-Qaida and has a separatist agenda; the rebel group itself – which is thought to have no more than 100 core members – has claimed to be fighting for equal rights in the overwhelmingly Shia Islamic republic. . According to some sources it has links to Pakistani intelligence. Not for the first time, Jundallah chose an important Shia religious holiday – A
Breaking the Silence Publishes the Most Important Book of the Year on Israel/Palestine
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Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for? | Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong
In recent weeks, Nobel prizewinner Liu Xiaobo's politics have been reduced to a story of a heroic individual who upholds human rights and democracy. His views are largely omitted to avoid a discussion about them, resulting in a one-sided debate. Within three weeks, in Hong Kong, for example, more than 500 articles were published about Liu, of which only 10 were critical of the man or peace prize.
The Holocaust We Don’t See: Lanzmann’s ‘Shoah’ Revisited | Timothy Snyder
Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, opening this month in New York twenty-five years after its original release, is one of the great works of art of the twentieth century. Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, opening this month in New York twenty-five years after its original release, is one of the great works of art of the twentieth century. As it begins, Simon Srebnik, a Polish Jew who was one of two survivors of Cheł
World rabbis denounce edict forbidding Jews from renting homes to Arabs
More than 900 rabbis from around the world have signed a letter expressing "great shock and pain" at a ruling backed by scores of Israeli rabbis forbidding Jews from renting or selling property to non-Jews. The letter describes the ruling as a "painful distortion of our tradition" and a "desecration of God's name" and appeals to Israeli rabbis to "take a public stand and oppose those who misrepres
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