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"It's all about power, not religion" - why Iran's Revolutionary Guards are cracking down
Seeded on Sun Aug 9, 2009 12:21 PM EDT (ABC News)
The quasi-military entity that makes Turkey's military generals look like leftist pussy-cats: the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
China Accuses Rio Tinto of Long-Term Conspiracy
Seeded on Sun Aug 9, 2009 11:36 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Thinking of doing business with the Chinese government? You'd be wise to take note of how it's handling the Rio Tinto steel and iron ore case: allegations of a long-running conspiracy to steal state secrets and thereby manipulate the annual benchmark prices of iron ore.
CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Assassination Plan
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:31 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
"By SIOBHAN GORMAN WASHINGTON -- A secret Central Intelligence Agency initiative terminated by Director Leon Panetta was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with th …
Sonia Sotomayor's rulings of interest to the Senate:
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:25 AM EDT (Political Animal)
Here are summaries of the more interesting rulings by J. Sotomayor. And by "interesting," I mean "outside the mainstream" the Democrats claim she's in... Other useful links on those of Sotomayor's rulings most of interest to the Senate confirmation hearing:
So what's the good news about post-presidential-election Iran?
Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 1:18 PM EDT (The New York Times)
"In postelection Iran, there is growing unease among many of the nation's political and clerical elite that the very system of governance they rely on for power and privilege has been stripped of its religious and electoral legitimacy, creating a virtual dictatorship enforced b …
Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election
Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 11:47 AM EDT (The New York Times)
There is hope for Iran, praise the Lord. A significant group of religious leaders in Iran decided yesterday to throw their lot in with the protestors. The Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum called the disputed election and the government illegitimate.
George Galloway Takes Up the Cause for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Seeded on Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:58 AM EDT (National Post)
Just when you thought the Iranian election fall-out couldn't get any creepier, here comes George Galloway, the shame of the British Parliament and wanna-be visitor to Canada, to rally the faithful to the cause of Iranian "President" Ahmadinejad - against his own country.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the West: "You're gonna be sorry..."
Seeded on Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:58 AM EDT (The Edmonton Journal)
Iranian "President" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that he would use his second term as President to make the West "regret meddling" in Iranian affairs. He underscored the point by detaining eight British embassy staff, only some of whom have since been released.
Leaving Canada? Kiss your Charter Rights goodbye...
Seeded on Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:18 AM EDT (Canada.com)
That's what the Canadian government is arguing in the Court of Appeal, regarding its obstinate refusal to honor a Federal Court Order to request the repatriation of Omar Khadr.
Obama, Bush, terror suspects: the more things change, the more they stay the same
Seeded on Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:23 AM EDT (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering forgoing legislation and issuing an executive order that would authorize the president to incarcerate some terrorism suspects indefinitely, White House officials said Friday.
Britain is hiring cyber-criminals to "fight" cyber-crime: Stay tuned for the (predictable) fall-out.
Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:31 AM EDT (ABC News)
So much for the myth of the "good character" requirement for joining a Western power's top spy outfit, M16/aka Her Majesty's Secret Service. With the idea of 'fighting fire with fire," Britain has decided that it's okay to let cyber-criminals join its Secret Service, M16.
United Arab Emirates Crown Prince's Brother detained over torture allegations
Seeded on Sun May 10, 2009 5:09 PM EDT (ABC News)
Here is the latest regarding the story first broken by ABC several weeks ago, about allegations that Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyari, brother of United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, tortured a grain merchant he thought had cheated him - with t …
Canadian government will appeal Federal Court order to request Omar Khadr's repatriation
Seeded on Fri May 8, 2009 5:13 PM EDT (Toronto Star)
Like I said, Omar Khadr has no luck at all:
So, was Omar Khadr a child soldier or a child terrorist? No, seriously.
Seeded on Fri May 1, 2009 3:17 PM EDT (http://fakirsca.blogspot.com/)
Every one of Omar Khadr's lawyers has tried to argue their case in public, mostly on the grounds that Omar Khadr was "a child soldier." What is the truth of the matter, and, how much does it matter to the issue of whether or not Omar Khadr should stand trial in the United States …
Omar Khadr: A Pragmatic Plan
Seeded on Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:43 AM EDT (http://fakirsca.blogspot.com/)
Clearly, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon are having trouble deciding what to do about the April 23 Federal Court order to request the repatriation of Omar Khadr from Barack Obama.
Canada ordered to seek Omar Khadr's repatriation
Seeded on Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:40 PM EDT (The Edmonton Journal)
Canadian Federal Court Justice James O'Reilly has just ordered the government of Canada to seek the repatriation of Omar Khadr at the earliest opportunity. The government has thirty days in which to appeal, and I'm betting it does so.
He's baaaack... Omar Khadr lawyer William (Bill) Kuebler reinstated - at least for now
Seeded on Tue Apr 7, 2009 7:05 PM EDT (The Edmonton Journal)
In a suprise move, Colonel Patrick Parrish has reinstated William (Bill) Kuebler in a direct challenge to the Pentagon. Stay tuned for the next episode of: As GITMO Turns...
Do Legal Beagles Get Special Libel Dispensation?
Seeded on Sun Apr 5, 2009 2:22 PM EDT (The Globe and Mail)
Canadian Press writer Colin Perkel's April 04, 2009 article on the dismissal of Omar Khadr's lead lawyer, William (Bill) Kuebler, contains a number of defamatory statements, including an aspersion on Kuebler's integrity.
Omar Khadr's lead lawyer fired
Seeded on Fri Apr 3, 2009 5:57 PM EDT (Vancouver Sun)
Omar Khadr's lead lawyer, William (Bill) Kuebler, has been fired for suggesting that his boss, Peter Masciola, head of the Gitmo defence lawyers, has a conflict of interest inimical to the interests of Kuebler's client.
New at Grant MacEwan College: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Seeded on Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:25 PM EDT (http://fakirscanada.spaces.live.com/default.aspx)
The good news is that Grant MacEwan College's 2007/08 Annual Report has finally been published. Better late than never. The bad news is that it repeats the same tired fiction about student satisfaction at the College.
Finally, some good news about CSIS (Canada's CIA)
Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:40 PM EDT (Toronto Star)
Jim Rudd, head of CSIS, (the Canadian version of the CIA, only much-worse funded), has asked the CSIS oversight board to do an independent investigation into allegations that CSIS officials had a hand in the detention of Canadian citizen Abousofian Abdelrazik, when he was in the …
Rev. David Pinckney: a living rebuttal to those who scoff at Christianity
Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:04 PM EDT
At the end of December, 2008, I received an email from an aquaintance, whom I shall call 'D,' which stated in part: "I believe the Muslim [sic] have an [sic] living faith while Christians go to church on a Sunday."
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The Life and Times of Omar Khadr
Seeded on Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:18 PM EST (FakirsCA, Toronto Star, Fakirs Canada)
Why the facts pertaining to the issue of Omar Khadr don't matter anymore - and why Omar Khadr isn't coming back to Canada - ever.
Who are you really talking to online? (Part Two)
Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:47 AM EST
The first Part of this three - part series on truth detection in online conversations is available on the blog of the Fakirs Canada myspace profile: It is a public profile, so you don't have to be a member of myspace to access the blog. Th …
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February 11, 2009 News Conference on Omar Khadr Plan
Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:52 PM EST
Lawyers joined together with community leaders and politicians in Toronto this morning to call upon Stephen Harper and Barack Obama to work with them on a comprehensive plan for the repatriation, monitoring and assessment, and ultimate re-integration of Omar Khadr back into Canad …
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