If this doesn’t make you angry ….

I know, y’all must think I’m the angriest chick on the planet.  But I read this shit and get so mad and then I come here and unleash it all on y’all.  I truly, truly hope that it makes you angry, too, and that you then share your anger with someone who shares their anger [...]

Omar Khadr to Mohamed Jawad

Remember Omar Khadr?  He’s the Canadian citizen held at Guantanamo Bay, captured in Afghanistan at the age of 15 after allegedly throwing a grenade at American troops.  Only by all accounts, he’s innocent.  He has never been offered the protections of the international agreements set up for child soldiers.
Yesterday brought us some major news in the case of [...]

Omar Khadr

Back in July, we talked briefly about Omar Khadr, the now 22-year old Canadian citizen who was first brought to Guantanamo Bay at 15.  Andy Worthington at Alternet.org and AndyWorthington.co.uk has been keeping track of all kinds of things going on at Gitmo and has paid very close attention to Kahdr’s case. 
In short, Khadr is accused of throwing a [...]

Sorry this took so long

OK, y’all, this is so late.  I should have sent you to this link over a month ago.  But, honestly, it took me until just a few minutes ago to finish reading all of it because it makes me so _ damn _ mad.  Let’s all harken back to how I feel about the Military [...]

Remember that neo-fascism thing?

Go check out these two pieces:
From the AP:  Lawyer:  Gitmo interrogators told to trash notes
From Alternet.org:  Pentagon Manual:  OK to Destroy Gitmo Interrogation Notes
The first is AP’s factual reporting of the situation.  The second is Alternet’s discussion of the implications, including some excerpts of reporting on the same story from CanWest News Service. 
Essentially, there was [...]