• Posts Tagged ‘Gitmo’

    United States of Amnesia

    by  • May 30, 2009 • Torture, Video • 0 Comments

    As Gore Vidal said once, “we are the United States of Amnesia.” We are. We don’t read. We don’t know other languages. We don’t study our own history. Our history is the history of an idea – an imperfect idea. Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines hosted a fantastic debate of various experts discussing the Bush legacy [...]

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    Australia to Re-Settle Gitmo Detainees

    by  • December 28, 2008 • War on Terror • 0 Comments

    Bloomberg is reporting that a deal is in the works that will move the prisoners from Gitmo to Australia on a case-by-case basis, said a spokeswoman for acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Amanda Lampe, spokeswoman for acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard, said that the US had approached Australia and about 100 other countries in regards to resettling [...]

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