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AMP Calls on State Department to Defend Tradition of Due Process and Human Rights

As of May 1, 2012, Israel was holding 4,653 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers, in direct contravention of international law.

(CHICAGO) - A national grassroots organization has a mission underway to educate Americans about Palestine’s rich cultural and historical heritage.

They are is calling on the U.S. Department of State to intervene on behalf of 2,500 Palestinian political prisoners, who are engaged in a lengthy hunger strike to protest their inhumane and illegal incarceration as well as Israel’s illegal use of administrative detention.

Vanunu Convicted Again; Decries Israeli Apartheid by Mark Glenn

After obtaining his “freedom,” Vanunu has suffered a spate of verbal attacks and threats as a result of his activism from Zionists, both Jewish and Christian.

(DULWICH HILL, New South Wales) - It has been three years since Mordecai Vanunu was released from prison after serving 18 years for blowing the whistle on Israel’s nuclear weapons program.

Now he may be heading back to jail for violating a military court order forbidding him from speaking to foreign journalists.

Underwear Bomber Story - One Big Brown Stain

Wipe the propaganda from your mind.

(SALEM) - I've been clenching my ears over the latest 'underwear scare'. I don't want to hear the dirty details of a saga like this at first.

I know that the story will unfold if I just hang on. Well, the underwear sprang a hole and something leaked out... The AP reports in Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant

How Terry Jones Can Get Away With It

Different Christian institutions, including the World Evangelical Alliance have strongly condemned Terry Jones and asked the U.S. government to take action against him.

(TEHRAN) - Burning the holy books which are interconnected with the hearts and souls of millions of people around the world is one of the most heinous and dreadful actions which one can think of.

After decades of bloodshed and bigotry in the two World Wars, Civil War in the US and Crusades against Muslims in the 11th and 12th centuries, burning the holy books can be interpreted as a new form of barbarity and ignorance.

Afghanistan: U.S. Departing Without Foreseeable Success

The international community can see the chance of Afghanistan becoming a failed sate and haven for terrorists are increased by this game plan.

(SEATTLE) - The momentous encroachment in Afghanistan last Tuesday was not President Obama’s speech but the accord for ongoing co-operation between the United States and the Karzai government.

Israel Under Intelligence Fire Over Iran

A strong feeling of fear is eroding the Israeli regime from within and without.

(TEHRAN) - Producing from his pocket a sheet of paper which contained a biblical quote from the Prophet Zachariah, former Shin Bet chief said:

“I will tell you things that might be harsh. I cannot trust Netanyahu and Barak at the wheel in confronting Iran. They are infected with messianic feelings over Iran,” thereby dealing a heavy blow to the Israeli regime.

Karzai Family Looks to Extend Boss Rule in Afghanistan

Qayum's control of the media has reduced southern Afghanistan to a de facto totalitarian state.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother, Qayum, is the type of guy who watches the Godfather movies not for entertainment purposes, but to learn new techniques.

Hence, it is more than a little concerning that President Karzai has reportedly been grooming Qayum to succeed him as the country's next president...

Fear-Fuelling Conspiracies

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. --Aristotle

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - I don't believe in conspiracy theories. However I do believe in conspiracies. All that's necessary is to have two or more conspirators conspiring to do something--anything--together.

This includes every imaginable conspiracy, from a couple of kids conspiring to tease other kids, to thieves planning a robbery, to countries creating coalitions against other countries.

UAE Leads an Anti-Iranian Alliance

When it comes to territorial integrity, Iranians have always shown a firm stance and demonstrated that they will not retreat an iota from their rights.

(TEHRAN) - The United Arab Emirates officials are burning with a low blue flame. They have once again started insulting the Iranian nation using an arrogant and offensive language.

What has irritated them this time is the recent visit paid by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Iranian island of Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf.

Egypt Just Annulled Mubarak`s Natural Gas Giveaway

Graphics by Alex

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - Egyptian people are demanding the return of their sovereignty.

According to recent opinion surveys they believe it was partially ceded to Israel by the two post-Nasser dictators, at the behest of US administrations, from Nixon to Obama.