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Sri Lankan Government Coaching Burmese Junta?

Remember the calamitous end to Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long civil war back in May?  Some 16,700 non-combatants were wounded and several thousand more were killed during the final onslaught. Fighting between the 150,000-strong Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and the 7,000-strong Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) armed forces resulted in 300,000 displaced minority Tamils.
Although both sides [...]

President Obama: “There are responsibilities that all nations have, even in war”

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In an interview today with Anderson Cooper, President Obama announced that he has ordered his national security team to collect all the facts in the Dasht-e-Leili massacre and apparent US cover-up — a move that Deputy Director Susannah Sirkin has praised in a statement earlier today.
President Obama’s comments differ from statements made by [...]

No Bomb or Army—and Certainly No Cheney

Almost every day for the past six weeks new information has emerged about abusive interrogations conducted by the US military and intelligence agencies during the Bush Administration. Despite this gathering torrent, apologists for Bush-era decision makers are urging the American people to turn the page — and quickly — on this sordid chapter in our history.
Into this fray step [...]

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