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"No flay is large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." - Howard Zinn

 

Leaked report details Italy’s “secret war” in Afghanistan
A report based on Wikileaks documents detailing Italy’s military involvement in Afghanistan, claims the country has held a number of secret operations responsible for the deaths of Afghan civilians.

 

Inside the dark legacy of the US 'School of Assassins
Imagine a school dedicated to teaching torture, to educating soldiers on how to rape and murder American nuns and assassinate Salvadoran priests; an institution whose mission is to demonstrate how to ‘disappear’ innocent civilians with total impunity.

 

Ghailani guilty on one count
The first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a civilian court has been found not guilty on all but one of 286 terror charges. Ahmad Ghailani was accused over the 1998 al-Qaeda bomb attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. Ahmad Ghailani was found guilty of consipracy to damage or destroy US property, and for that he'll face at least 20 years in jail. From New York Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports.

 

Ex-federal prosecutor discusses Ghailani verdict
Michael Wildes tells Al Jazeera that Ahmed Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who was found guilty of conspiracy to damage or destroy US property in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, should have been tried by a military combatant tribunal instead of a civilian court.


 

Ahmed Ghailani verdict proves no justice in military tribunals
The final verdict in the Ahmed Ghailani trial was a major blow to federal prosecutors, who were hoping to make this case an example for future terrorism trials.