| RIGHTS-US: Rendition Victim Appeals Ruling Barring Suit
The head of the RCMP was forced to resign because of the incident. Arar received an official apology and a multi-million-dollar settlement from the Canadian government earlier this year.
Arar's lawyer, David Cole of the Georgetown University Law Centre, underlined the importance of the current appeal. He told IPS, "The Canadians, who provided misinformation about Arar but did not acquiesce in sending him to Syria, have conducted a full investigation, written an 1,100-page report, formally apologised, and awarded Mr. Arar 10 million dollars in damages and legal fees. Meanwhile the United States, the far more culpable actor, maintains that it violated no rights, and that Mr. Arar has no remedy."
Cole is working with the Centre for Constitutional Rights, an advocacy group, in the Arar case.
Music: Petty vacant
With: To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie, Gay Witch Abortion, Mouthful of Bees, M.anifest, Gospel Gossip, Black Audience, A Night in the Box. When: 7:30 p.m. today. Where: First Avenue, 701 1st Av. N., Mpls. Tickets: $7. 612-338-8388. Soundbites: Hear sample tracks from TKAPB at startribune.com/music. .
Memoirs of an ex-Jihadi
He speaks of a peculiar void in the lives of Muslim teenagers growing up in mono-cultural ghettoes of Britain, reflecting on his own upbringing as the child of immigrants. What is it to be British? What unites us? Is it a pint at the local pub? Well, I dont fit in. Is it dating and the disposing of partners willy-nilly? Well, I still dont fit in. Husain embraced radical Islamism by first joining the Pakistan-based Jamaat-e-Islami, and then finally moving on to the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) during his college years. Indoctrination into these groups included reading books such as Sayed Qutbs Milestones and believing in the ultimate goal of a transnational Islamic caliphate, with a policy of jihad. His fellow group members introduced him to the word kaffir (non-believer). These were the same members who drove around illegally without the compulsory car insurance, simply because it was seen as supporting the kaffir economy. Some of his peers have gone on to become terrorists, including Majid Nawaz, the young Briton arrested in Alexandria in 2002 for attempting to reactivate the HT in Egypt (where the group is currently banned).
Latest Rumors
I haven't seen it, but I heard the porn chick looks too good to be New York.
ITS NOT MY BABY?
Ehhhhh – I don't know if this is funny, but its making fun of Brit's sister so…ehhhhh….
Tay Zonday should have stayed in school and in the year 2007. I would not take a digital picture with him.
HOW DID HE FIND OUT?
According to rumor, Amy Winehouse stayed with Mark Ronson at a London hotel. Now, Marky Mark is a producer that has worked with Amy on both of ther albums.
Bernanke In Hot Seat As Market Turmoil Spikes
The short and oversimplified answer can be summed up in three words: the Great Depression," columnist Steven Pearlstein wrote in The Washington Post newspaper. Others are rallying to Bernanke's defense. Alan Reynolds, a senior fellow at the free-market Cato Institute, contrasted Bernanke's management with the Fed's stance during the 1990-1991 recession under former chairman Alan Greenspan. "Regardless of whether the Fed's actions prove excessive or inadequate, it would be unreasonable to describe them as too little or too late," Reynolds said, pointing out that the Greenspan Fed kept the fed funds rate much higher during the early 1990s recession. With market volatility persisting and the Fed due to meet January 29-30 to mull rates further, the focus on Bernanke is not likely to ease any time soon.
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