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Release of abuse photos blocked

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(source: express.uk)

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US defence secretary Robert Gates has blocked the release of 44 pictures of foreign detainees abused by their captors, saying it would endanger American soldiers.

The Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court on Friday night saying Mr Gates had invoked new powers blocking the release of the photos.

The American Civil Liberties Union had sued for the release of 21 colour photographs showing prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq being abused by Americans. Read More »Release of abuse photos blocked

Israel worried about consolidation of erdoganism after successful referendum

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By Khalid Amayreh

(source: Palestinian Information Center)

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has privately voiced his government’s worries about the consolidation of "Erdoganism" in Turkey following Sunday’s referendum which gave Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan additional powers to rein in the traditionally secular and anti-Islam circles, including the erstwhile sacrosanct Turkish army. Moreover, the referendum has been viewed as a preview of Erdogan’s chances of winning a third term in office at general elections slated to be held in July.

Israel views the Turkish military establishment, which is traditionally aggressively secular and anti-Islamic, as its main ally. Israel on several occasions tacitly urged the Turkish army to topple elected quasi-Islamic prime ministers such as Necmettin Erbakan in the mid 1990s.

According to the Israeli press, Netanyahu has asked his cabinet to meet in an emergency meeting to discuss the "latest developments" in Turkey.

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The ethnic cleansing of hebron

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 Press Release

 The Ethnic Cleansing of Hebron

Date: 6.December.2008

For the third day running, Israel’s colonizing settlers have been rampaging through the town of El Khalil (Hebron), killing people, setting fire to houses and property, smashing windows and cars. They are being aided and protected by brutal Israeli soldiers who participate in this orgy of rampaging reminiscent of Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa.

 The settlers, driven by racist, Zionist ideology and blind hatred, have been indoctrinated and mobilized by ultra-Zionist and fundamentalist religious leaders to depopulate this Palestinian city and ethnically-cleanse it in broad day light amidst an international conspiracy of silence, apathy of Europe, and collusion of the Bush administration.

 

 

 

 

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