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...hypocrisies by Dave Chappelle, Dead Prez, Talib Kwali and Mos Def. Particularly stirring is an interview with Notorious B.I.G. collaborator Lil’ Cease, a recounting of the F.B.I.’s murder of Fred Hampton Jr.’s father, and pleas for convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal. Fortunately, the artists are such gifted, energetic entertainers that their messages can be absorbed as part of the positive entertainment experience, without losing their potency.This is definitely tied to the fascinating dichotomy of Chappelle’s angry material and his clearly good nature. There?...
...Samarra explosion was surely designed to set sectarian hostilities aflame. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing of al-Askari, but suspicion fell on al-Qaeda in Iraq. Its leader there, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, subscribes to an extremist Sunni view that regards Shi'ism as an apostasy and all shrines as idolatrous abominations. Al-Zarqawi, whose group comprises mainly foreign jihadis, has encouraged his followers to attack Iraqi Shi'ite targets...
...January: A letter found in the possession of a captured al-Qaeda operative details Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's ambitions to provoke Shi'ites and start a civil war in Iraq...
Quite simply, such an insincere response is not acceptable. The military as an institution is built on a culture of accountability. Culpability for a calamity like Abu Ghraib must flow all the way up the chain of command. Beginning with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, the ranking officers and administrators who failed to properly oversee the prison should not be permitted to shirk from the stain Abu Ghraib has cast over the U.S. armed forces. For this reason, we called for the secretary’s resignation in May 2004—a demand that has not been assuaged...
...Supreme Court to decide the permissible means of executing death row inmates by lethal injection. "The Morales case is an encouraging sign," says Tom Goldstein, a Washington, D.C., attorney who has just petitioned the Supreme Court to consider his appeal on behalf of Tennessee death-row client Abu Ali Abdur'Rahman. "The courts for so long have just given this issue the back of their hand, while the states have said, 'Everyone else is giving lethal injections this way so we can do it too,' even though they don't have good reasons for using these drugs...