Saturday, 05 May 2012 09:32 'Reprieve, the legal charity supporting prisoners’ human rights, has warned the UK government of its secret justice plans, after discussions with one of the clients of the group at Guantanamo Bay were censored. The charity's director Clive Stafford Smith made the comment after returning from his visit to the US to see his client Shaker Aamer, last British citizen imprisoned in the notorious American military’s Guantanamo camp in Cuba. "I asked him (Aamer) whether he was still being held in solitary confinement in Camp V, Echo Block, where he was transferred last year?” he said.' Read more: Gitmo Censorship Challenges UK Secret Justice Saturday, 05 May 2012 09:24 'According to the report, Argentine pilots have spoken for the first time of a secret mission that took them to the Occupied Palestinian Territories to seek out weapons during the conflict. Read more: Israel Sold Argentina Arms During Falklands War Against UK Saturday, 05 May 2012 09:07 'Phillip Hammond said during a visit to Berlin earlier this week that Germany should use its untapped military potential to “deliver firepower” to the West. Saturday, 05 May 2012 08:57 'According to the US’ Labor Department, American employers added 115,000 workers to the working environment in March while the economists’ expectations where around some 170,000 new jobs. Read more: US Government Fails to Fulfill its Promises to Create Jobs Saturday, 05 May 2012 08:49 '"Our missile defense system is not technically designed to threaten Russia in any way and we have provided that information to the Russians. Politically, we don't have any intention to attack Russia," Rasmussen said in Berlin on Friday after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The report comes as Argentina and Britain commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.
This year marked 30 years since the first significant events of the war - which claimed the lives of 258 British and 649 Argentine troops - including the sinking of the General Belgrano, an Argentine warship.'
Hammond, who is overseeing massive defense cuts in Britain said Germany should leave its “historic reluctance” to engage in conflicts behind and adopt a military position proportionate to its economy.
“Because of the historic reluctance to engage and operate overseas, it is self-evident that there is still huge potential in the German defense structure to deliver more useful firepower to the alliance,” Hammond said.'
The failure of the US government to fulfill its promises to create sufficient jobs for the American nationals comes while some 15,000 more workers were also sacked from their jobs by the US government in April alone.
Firing of the workers by the American government comes as the country’s unemployment rate experiences a three-year low of 8.1 percent with tenth of a point.'
"The best way for the Russians to see with their own eyes that our system is not directed against them would be to cooperate actively," he added.
The NATO chief also stated that the US-led Western military alliance will continue its dialogue with Russia, saying NATO is still hopeful that it can reach a deal with Russia on the alliance's planned anti-missile shield.'
Saturday, 5 May 2012
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