Das bedeutet wohl, dass es öfter passiert ist...

CIA head Michael Hayden told Congress it had only been used on three people, and not for the past five years. He said the technique had been used on high-profile al-Qaeda detainees including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Waterboarding, condemned as torture by rights groups and many governments, is an interrogation method that puts the the detainee in fear of drowning.

Congress has been debating banning the use of waterboarding by the CIA.

President Bush has threatened to veto such a bill.

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Spurlock, bekannt aus 'Super Size Me' dreht einen Film über Bin Laden. Vorab wurde versprochen, dass etwas "schockierendes" im Film passieren wird.

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden is a documentary on the epic action movie scale. A search for the most wanted man on the planet becomes a nice primer about the middle east and terrorists. Filled with humor and pop culture references, yet packed with insights, Osama is a must see for any voting-age American.

Da der Film beim Sundance Festival schon gezeigt wurde, erwarte ich ihn bald in den bekannten Filesharing-Quellen.

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A Frequently Asked Questions page explains the site's polite but firm refusal to remove the images: "Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with the goal of representing all topics from a neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not censored for the benefit of any particular group."

"It's totally unacceptable to print the prophet's picture," Saadia Bukhari from Pakistan wrote in a message. "It shows insensitivity towards Muslim feelings and should be removed immediately."

Paul Cobb, who teaches Islamic history at the University of Notre Dame in Indian, said, "Islamic teaching has traditionally discouraged representation of humans, particularly Muhammad, but that doesn't mean it's nonexistent." He added, "Some of the most beautiful images in Islamic art are manuscript images of Muhammad."

Der letzte Satz ist doch ein schönes Friedensangebot.

Wissenschaftler haben mal wieder herausgefunden, wie etwas funktioniert. Am Auge eines Menschen lässt sich ablesen wie lange ein Mensch gelebt hat. Das für wird werden C-12 und C-14 umgerechnet.

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Zusätzlich zu den 3 kaputten Kabeln zum Iran, ist jetzt auch ein viertes Kabel zerstört worden.

For the fourth time in a week, an undersea communications cable has apparently been cut (or "failed due to a power outage," as some sources suggest), and while no official reports of subversion have surfaced just yet, things are beginning to get suspicious. Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA Group, has had two cables damaged in the span of a week -- a quandary it has never dealt with until now. As it stands, traffic from the Middle East and surrounding areas is being routed through various other cables in an attempt to remain online, but any more snips and we could be dealing with ping times eerily similar to those seen in 1993 (or much, much larger issues).

Meine Prognose hab ich ja schon im vorherigen Beitrag zum Thema geschrieben.

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Es ist ja schon peinlich wie unsicher die Wahlautomaten in den USA sind. Einem Wissenschaftler (Princeton) gelang es einen Nachschlüssel für alle Wahlautomaten Amerikas herzustellen. Als Vorlage nahm ein Bild eines Schlüssels, der auf einem Werbeplakat der Firma Diebold abgebildet war.

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"Barack Obama does not have the experience to be president of the United States"... "He wasn't experienced enough to authorize the invasion of Iraq." "And that's not all, it's clear Barack Obama does not have the experience to let the special interests run the government."
"That's the kind of inexperience I can get used to," said DeNiro.

"Lemme just speak to you young people here," he continued. "The rest of you can listen --it's okay. I've been concerned that so many of you aren't voting.... No one inspired you. You wanted to vote, you just didn't have anyone you wanted to vote for. You know what? I felt the same. Until now."

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Porn Star Politics on FunnyOrDie.com

“Isn’t there a mixed black/white guy? Where is he from? He’s not an American…”

Die weltweit bekannteste BitTorrent-Seite "The Pirate Bay" könnte nicht geschlossen werden, auch wenn die 4 Gründer in Schweden vor Gericht verurteilt werden.

"The Pirate Bay" ist eine Suchmaschine für Dateien. Diese Dateien werden zum Teil unrechtmäßig runtergeladen (Filme, Musik, Bücher, Software, Spiele, Treiber, Bios etc.) und dadurch entsteht eine rechtliche Unstimmigkeit - Wer soll für den Schaden aufkommen.

Für den Fall, dass die Piratenbucht den Kampf verliert, ändert sich aber überhaupt nichts.

"The Pirate Bay is not in Sweden," the 29-year-old Kolmisoppi said.

Where are the servers?

"It's a distributed system. We don't know where the servers are. We gave them to people we trust and they don't know it's The Pirate Bay," Kolmisoppi said. "They then rent locations and space for them somewhere else. It could be three countries. It could be six countries. We don't want to know because then you'll have a problem shutting them down."

You can do what you want 'cause a pirate is free
You are a pirate!

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Eine geistreiche und wahre Geschichte über die Amerikanische Außenpolitik. Vom "1953: Coup in America" über "1978–1979: The Christianist Revolution" und "October 2001: Iran Invades Cuba" bis "2007". Lang, aber lesenswert.

1953: Coup in America

Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President of the United States, a country that receives most of its income from oilfields in Pennsylvania and Texas. The oil is pumped and distributed by the Persian-American Oil Company, owned by Iran.

Fulfilling a major campaign promise, Eisenhower reviews the oil production-sharing agreements between Iran and the USA. As Iran is taking more than 90% of American oil revenues, Eisenhower attempts to renegotiate this arrangement on more even terms for his country.

Prime Minister Mossadegh of Iran is outraged at this show of "American greed." Instead of negotiating, Iran sends its intelligence agents to carry out a policy of regime change. They hire an assortment of American street gangs to do the grunt work.

Bombs destroy churches and community centers across the United States. Fliers and pamphlets appear everywhere, claiming that Eisenhower is a member of Communist Party USA. The Communists, according to the fliers, are destroying churches for Eisenhower to help liberate Americans from the "opiate of the masses." Local newspapers, covertly funded by Iran, echo these ideas. American public opinion is inflamed against President Eisenhower.

The Iranians bribe unpatriotic generals like L.L. Limnitzer to lead the coup against Eisenhower. The Iranians want an authoritarian, fiercely anti-Communist dictator who will never attempt anything resembling nationalization of the American oilfields. After carefully weighing the options, Iran installs Senator Joseph McCarthy as their puppet king to rule the USA.

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