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...believed to be held at Khiam, where prisoners have been held without charge or trial for up to 14 years,” Amnesty said in the report, which did not single out any Israeli commanders for wrongdoing. “Former detainees have described systematic torture and ill-treatment, including beating, whipping, torture with electric shocks and dousing with hot and cold water...
...Guards the night before. I could tell by his air of self-assurance that he was a party official. ''I'm a liaison officer of the municipal government,'' he said. ''It's my job to inspect the revolutionary action of the Red Guards. Have you been beaten or ill treated?'' ''No, not at all,'' I said. ''These Red Guards carried out their revolutionary action strictly according to the teachings of our Great Leader Chairman Mao.'' The Red Guards beamed. He said, ''That's good. It's not the purpose of the proletarian class to destroy your body. We want...
Beijing may have good reason to apply the brakes. In frothy markets, investors tend to form unrealistic expectations. They buy into an ill-founded theme, whether it's about future demand for tulip bulbs or, in this case, the notion that China's economic growth is boundless. David Webb, an independent investor based in Hong Kong, says that this is what's happening with many China stocks. "Once you get past the hubbub, the fundamentals behind these prices just aren't there," he notes...
...broader war on terrorism--and the war in Iraq--wouldn't be resolved by the time his successor took office. Clinton took offense: "I think it's the height of irresponsibility, and I really resent it. This was his decision to go to war; he went with an ill-conceived plan and incompetently executed strategy, and we should expect him to extricate our country from this before he leaves office." This was an odd statement. After all, we presumably should get out of Iraq on whatever schedule we can responsibly do so, not so that the next President...
...land. The book reveals Clarence Thomas--often seen as Antonin Scalia's understudy--to be a surprisingly forceful conservative voice on the court who sways Scalia rather than the other way around and who pushes more moderate Justices leftward in reaction. Greenburg also shows that when William Rehnquist fell ill but didn't step down, Sandra Day O'Connor was effectively forced to resign early to avoid the possibility of a double vacancy on the court. O'Connor, who snipes with Scalia in the book, is frank about the court's infamous Bush v. Gore ruling: "Given more time...