Bush plans to defend his space exploration initiative in a speech timed to coincide with the release of a report by a presidential commission to review the plan, according to administration sources quoted by United Press International. UPI also reported that the Hubble Space Telescope may get a reprieve. The Administration/’s hostility toward Hubble has …
Rumsfeld on Torture
by | 2004-05-08 | No Comments
I wouldn/’t call it a “torture” tape. I don/’t think cutting someone/’s head off is torture, just to be precise.Donald Rumsfeld, October 2003 Some other stunningly insensitive remarks about torture from the SECDEF: We don/’t torture people. To suggest that anyone would be engaged in torture or conduct inconsistent with the Geneva Conventions, it seems …
North Korea Taepodong Test Preparations
by | 2004-05-08 | No Comments
The conservative Chosun Ilbo (South Korea) claims “North Korea has begun work on deploying intermediate range ballistic missiles (with ranges of 3,000-4,000km) it developed last year, building underground bases at two sites.” “In particular, U.S. spy satellites have discovered about 10 of the newly designed IRBMs and mobile launchers at the two sites between last …
More Iraqi torture
by | 2004-05-07 | No Comments
“The unreleased images show American soldiers beating one prisoner almost to death, apparently raping a female prisoner, acting inappropriately with a dead body, and taping Iraqi guards raping young boys, according to NBC News.” Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1987 “For the purposes of this Convention, torture means …
