international affairs, politics, history
EUROPE A European court brought up an ugly reminder of the Bush administration's lawless War on Terror on Thursday: The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Romania and Lithuania allowed the detention and abuse of a Saudi and a Palestinian at secret U.S. prisons. The Strasbourg, France-based court said Thursday that Abd … Continue reading Europe/Americas update: May 31 2018
SYRIA UPDATE: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is reporting that there's been an explosion and fire at Damascus International Airport. No cause has been suggested. As promised, the French government has produced proof that Bashar al-Assad's government was behind the April 4 chemical weapons attack in Khan Shaykhun--and as expected, it's somewhat less than meets … Continue reading Conflict update, April 26 2017
