Detention of Prisoners in Violation of International Law By Kenneth J. Theisen On October 14th, two human rights’ groups released a seventy-page report condemning Israel’s detention of Palestinians without trial. The…
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House Votes to Continue Kangaroo Courts (a.k.a. Military Commissions Act)
By Kenneth J. Theisen The Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) was passed by Congress during the Bush regime. At that time and now, the U.S. government held – and has tortured –…
Obama Sending 13,000 More U.S. Troops to Afghanistan
By Kenneth J. Theisen President Obama is currently considering a request by General Stanley McChrystal to increase the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. This is on top of Obama’s decision in March…
Senate Committee Votes to Continue Bush Regime’s Patriot Act
By Kenneth J. Theisen On October 8, 2009, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to continue many of the Bush regime policies that stripped most of us of civil liberty provisions guaranteed by…
Obama in Good Company: Previous U.S. Nobel Winners Have Blood on Their Hands!
By Kenneth J. Theisen When I woke up this morning I received an email from a friend telling me that U.S. President Barack Obama was chosen to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. I…
U.S. Threats against Iran Must be Opposed
By Kenneth J. Theisen Ominous new developments continue to rumble through the political terrain in the ongoing confrontation between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. is determined to prevent Iran from…
The United States Must Withdraw from Afghanistan
By Kenneth J. Theisen On Oct. 7, 2001 the United States. launched a war of terror against Afghanistan. U.S. leaders are still debating how best to achieve U.S. goals there. Military leaders,…
U.S. Pressures on Iran Rachet Up
By Kenneth J. Theisen The recent “revelation” that Iran is building a second uranium enrichment facility has provided additional political ammunition for U.S. propagandists of the Obama administration to further attack the…
McChrystal Report Leaked to Advance Escalation of Afghan War
By Kenneth J. Theisen On Monday, September 21st the Washington Post carried a front-page story by Bob Woodward based on the leaked report of General Stanley McChrystal that was sure to grab…
U.S. to U.N.: Israeli Nukes O.K.
By Kenneth J. Theisen On Friday, September 18th the United Nations nuclear assembly passed a resolution 49-45 calling on Israel to open its nuclear facilities to UN inspection and to sign up…