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Psychologists
Reject the Dark Side: American Psychological Association Members Reject
Participation in Bush Detention Centers
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:47 PM CDT
By
Stephen Soldz & Brad Olson
The movement against U.S. torture experienced a significant victory
last week. The members of the American Psychological Association [APA]
rejected the policies of their leadership, policies that abetted the
Bush administration’s program of torture and detainee abuse. By a vote
of 59%, the members passed a referendum stating that APA [...] ![]() |
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NA
speaker leaves for US
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:35 PM CDT
ISLAMABAD:
National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza left for the United States
on Monday.
“The speaker has gone to the US on the invitation of Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice,” sources in the National Assembly Secretariat told
Daily Times.
During her five-day visit, Fehmida will join the Pakistani women
parliamentarians who are already in the US, the [...] ![]() |
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Was
neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui raped and tortured at US Bagram
prison?
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:32 PM CDT
by
Ernesto Cienfuegos
It appears that the Bush Administration may have another “Abu Ghraib
Prison” type torture scandal in its hands that it is desperately
attempting to cover up. The disturbing human rights case involves a
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University educated
Pakistani national that mysteriously disappeared, along with her three
children, in Afghanistan [...] ![]() |
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Washington’s
False Logic of Torture
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:07 PM CDT
The
Trial of Donald Rumsfeld
By RON JACOBS
Logic is a process whereby one makes an argument based on a premise.
If the premise is false, the process of logic can still prove it,
albeit possibly not as easily or convincingly as a true premise. Law
follows the process of logic in deciding human guilt or innocence.
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