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May 13 2011
Our other friends
Why no outcry over these torturing tyrants?
By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 14 May 2011 … Christopher Hill, a former US secretary of state for east Asia who was ambassador to Iraq – and usually a very obedient and un-eloquent American… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/05/13/our-other-friends/
May 13 2011
Grassy Knoll
The eternal appeal of conspiracy theory
By Jeff Winkler, Friday 13 May 2011 21.00 BST … The US – with the help of a few Navy Seals – found the elusive Osama bin Laden, shot him in the… [more]
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May 12 2011
Vindicating torture
John McCain to Bush apologists: Stop lying about Bin Laden and torture
By Greg Sargent, 12:09 PM ET, 05/12/2011 … This is getting really good. As noted below, John McCain in an Op ed this morning skewered the claim that… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/05/12/vindicating-torture/
May 12 2011
No longer funny
May 21, 2011: Harold Camping and the apocalypse of my youth
By Jason Boyett, 08:35 AM ET, 05/12/2011 … Harold Camping, the 89 year-old Christian radio broadcaster, has announced that the “rapture” of Christian believers will throw the world into… [more]
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May 11 2011
House of cards
End times theology: an insider’s guide
By Brian McLaren, May 10, 2011 1:08 PM … I grew up in a Christian tradition (a young one, actually, having started in the 1830’s) called Dispensationalism. Although we shied away from predicting… [more]
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May 09 2011
As good as you say
The question: Does Osama bin Laden’s capture justify torture?
By Diane Roberts, Monday 9 May 2011 16.54 BST … First, let’s call it by its proper name. Waterboarding is not “robust questioning” or “enhanced interrogation techniques” or any of… [more]
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