DN!: Extraordinary Rendition Scandal Reaches New Heights//Call for Release of Ki

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DN!: Extraordinary Rendition Scandal Reaches New

Heights//Call for Release of Kidnapped Aid Workers

Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:19:09 -0500

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* Extraordinary Rendition Scandal Reaches New Heights: Rice on the

Offensive

in Europe Over Bush Administration's Use of " Torture Flights " *

 

The scandal over the Bush administration's use of so-called

" extraordinary

renditions' is reaching new heights. Rendition - what many call

kidnapping -

is the highly controversial practice of transporting detainees seized

overseas by U.S. agents to countries known for using torture. On

Sunday, the

Washington Post detailed how a German citizen was seized in Europe by

the

CIA, beaten, drugged and held to a secret prison in Afghanistan for

five

months before the agency realized they had the wrong man.

 

Listen/Watch/Read

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/05/1455239

 

 

* British Tory MP Blasts Extraordinary Rendition, Says Britain Broke

International Law and " Complicit in Torture " if Flights Passed Through

UK *

 

We go to London to speak with Andrew Tyrie, a member of British

parliament

with the Tory party. He is chairman of the recently-formed All

Parliamentary

Group on Extraordinary Rendition.

 

Listen/Watch/Read

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/05/1455243

 

 

* Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy Among 13,000 to Sign Petition Calling for

Release of Kidnapped Aid Workers *

 

More than 13,000 people, including Noam Chomsky and Arundhati Roy, have

signed an online petition urging the release of four peace activists

with

the Christian Peacemaker Team kidnapped in Baghdad 10 days ago. We

speak

with a friend of one of the captives and we go to Hebron to speak with

a

correspondent for Al-Jazeera.net in the Occupied Territories where the

CPT

has worked for the past decade.

 

Listen/Watch/Read

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/05/1455248

 

 

* Headlines for December 5, 2005 *

 

- Tens of Thousands in 30 Cities Protest Global Warming

- Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Four Peace Activists In Iraq

- 10 Marines Killed in Fallujah

- Saddam's Lawyers Walk Out Of Trial In Protest

- Report: CIA Drone Assassinates Al Qaeda Leader in Pakistan

- Court Nominee Samuel Alito Justified Police Killing of Teen

- Tens of Thousands Protest in Nepal Against Monarchy

- Connecticut Passes Sweeping Campaign Finance Law

 

Listen/Watch/Read

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/05/1455234

 

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TIME: 6 PM

Public Forum: Civil Rights Leadership: Where are we and where do we go

from

here?

 

Cynthia McKinney giving keynote speech

 

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* Amy Goodman in New York, NY: Thur, Dec 8 *

 

TIME: 6 PM

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* Amy Goodman in New York, NY: Sat, Dec 10 *

 

TIME: 12:30 PM (Lunch Begins at Noon)

SYMPOSIUM: HOW TO BUILD A PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY TO TAKE POWER

Lunch-time speaker

 

MLK Labor Center

310 West 43rd St.

New York, NY

 

Sypmposium registration fee: $35.00. Scholarships to youth and students

available.

 

* Amy Goodman in New York, NY: Tue, Dec 13 *

 

TIME: 6 PM

Columbia University

The Society of Professional Journalists

Journalism Building (corner of 116th and Broadway)

3rd Floor

 

Event is free and open to the public

 

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