Pentagon limits information available to re****ters at Guantanamo Court;
facts
show massive failure of the US in Iraq; Rev. Jeremiah Wright and a call
for
open dialogue on US race relations; heavy troop deployments in Iraq and
Afghanistan pose risk to military readiness; Chinese writer sentenced to
three
years in jail for inciting subversion; government ignored scientists'
warnings
over toxins in Katrina trailers; commercial banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs
in
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t r u t h o u t | 04.03
Pentagon Limits Re****ter Access to Guantanamo Court
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308A.shtml
Carol Rosenberg, re****ting for The Miami Herald, writes: "A defense lawyer
lets slip at the war court convening here that a battlefield commander
changed
an Afghanistan firefight re****t in a way that seemed to help a U.S.
government
murder case. Re****ters hear the field commander's name but are forbidden
to
re****t it." And, Raymond Bonner re****ts for The New York Times, "The Bush
administration and the British government are at odds over how to treat
one of
the last two British residents held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials
from
the countries involved in the case and his lawyer say."
"Handed Over" to a Government Called Sadr
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308B.shtml
Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail, re****ting for Inter Press Service, write,
"Despite the huge media campaign led by U.S. officials and a complicit
cor****ate-controlled media to convince the world of U.S. success in Iraq,
emerging facts on the ground show massive failure."
William A. Von Hoene Jr. | Rev. Wright in a Different Light
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308C.shtml
William A. Von Hoene Jr. writes in The Chicago Tribune: "During the last
two
weeks, excerpts from sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., pastor for
more
than 35 years at Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's South Side,
have
flooded the airwaves and dominated our discourse about the presidential
campaign and race. Wright has been depicted as a racial extremist, or just
a
plain racist."
Heavy Troop Deployments Are Called Major Risk
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308D.shtml
Ann Scott Tyson, writing for The Wa****ngton Post, re****ts, "Senior Army
and
Marine Corps leaders said yesterday that the increase of more than 30,000
troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has put unsustainable levels of stress on
U.S.
ground forces and has put their readiness to fight other conflicts at the
lowest level in years."
Prominent Chinese Rights Activist Is Jailed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308E.shtml
Jim Yardley, writing for The New York Times, re****ts from Beijing, "A
Chinese
court on Thursday sentenced an outspoken human rights advocate to three
and a
half years in prison after ruling that his critical essays and comments
about
Communist Party rule amounted to inciting subversion, his lawyer said."
And,
Carl Hulse re****ts for The New York Times, "Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of
the
House, suggested Tuesday that President Bush consider skipping the opening
ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing to protest China's actions in Tibet,
its
overall human rights record and its trade policies."
Scientists Ignored on Toxic Trailers
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308F.shtml
Suemedha Sood, writing for The Wa****ngton Independent, re****ts, "Senior
management at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the
toxins
arm of the CDC, got slammed today at a congressional hearing examining the
agency's response when the government trailers housing Hurricane Katrina
victims were found to be toxic."
US Subprime Crisis to Claim 200,000 Bank Jobs
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308G.shtml
Tom Bawden re****ts for The Times UK, "Commercial banks will cut a record
200,000 US jobs in the next 12 to 18 months to reduce costs as the credit
crunch continues to wreak havoc on the bottom lines of some of the world's
most prestigious financial institutions."
Mother Jones | Bush's HUD Secretary Finally Gets Some Press
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308H.shtml
The editorial staff at Mother Jones write, "When Alphonso Jackson
announced
today that he would be stepping down as secretary of the U.S. Department
of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), he joined a growing list of disgraced
or,
at the very least, incompetent former secretaries of that agency produced
by
Republican presidents."
Zimbabwe Elections: Leader in Waiting
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308I.shtml
Daniel Howden, re****ting for The Independent UK, writes, "It was a moment
many
believed they would never see. Zimbabwe's ruling party lost control of
parliament yesterday and this time the news was official."
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