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Al Jazeera hostage released from six years in Guantanamo without charge after hunger strike

Sami al-Hajj hits out at US captors  [Al JAzeera’s] Al-Hajj was the only journalist from a major international news organisation held at Guantanamo and many of his supporters saw his detention as punishment for the network’s broadcasts.  Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj has hit out at the treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military…

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Three more dead, nothing said (Israelis killing Arabs is ‘business as normal’)

Death toll 208 as three more patients die in Gaza Strip due to Israeli siege Monday July 14, 2008 14:25 by Rula shahwan – IMEMC News Latifa Kafina died on Monday morning of leukemia. she couldn’t get the permission to leave the Gaza Strip and get treatment. The patient’s family reported that they tried for…

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Jenin father donates murdered son’s organs; recipent not allowed to be friends with Arabs

Hope, pain in film about Palestinian organ donor By Rebecca Harrison Jul 14, 2008 Reuters  Yaakov Levinson remarks shortly after his daughter`s life-saving operation that he would would have preferred a Jewish donor and remarks that he would never allow his children to be friends with Arabs for fear of `bad influence`. JERUSALEM, July 14…

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Israel given ‘amber light’ by Washington to start new war with Iran

Report: Pentagon official says Israel has ‘amber light’ for Iran strike by Haaretz Service July 13, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush has given Israel an “amber light” to begin preparations for a military attack on Iran, a Pentagon official told The Sunday Times this week.  “Amber means get on with your preparations, stand by…

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