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9/11 and Manipulation of the USA

In 9/11 and Manipulation of the USA (an excerpt from his book, War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death), Norman Solomon looks at how the tragic crime of September 11, 2001 has been used to move us dramatically in the direction of a state of perpetual fear and war. Clearly it hasn't been used to make us more capable of responding to disaster. That is a very sad way to honor the people who died in that attack. Today, I only hope that we all find room in our actions for more fitting memorials. Posted: 9/11/05; 5:56:24 PM #

Power to Detain U.S. Terror Suspect Is Upheld

In news that should give a chill to any organization that isn't fully in support of the U.S. administration's mission of messianic militarism, a federal appeals court has ruled that terror suspects may be detained indefinitely without trial. Please do stop for a moment and consider what this means -- so long as the U.S. government says you are an "enemy combatant" (without having to prove any crime in a court of law), it may imprison you and isolate you -- before you decide that this has nothing to do with your organization's mission. Posted: 9/11/05; 5:51:27 PM #