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However, enshrining women’s rights in the Afghani government is not U.S. cultural imperialism, nor should it threaten Afghani or Islamic cultural mores. This is, after all, not the same as telling women to doff the veil, as Ataturk did in Turkey during his drive to Westernize his nation. It will give women the power to change their culture gradually, as they see fit. But more importantly, it will give them the power to make sure that the food, education and peace they have been longing for their children will be delivered...
...produced by Rustavi 2, a fiercely independent TV channel much unloved by the government. Often the focus of the exposés has been feared Interior Minister Kakha Targamadze, who in October went on air in a Rustavi 2 studio to accuse the channel of "treason" and to threaten, "We will shut you down...
...circumstances." According to most accounts of the circumstances, many of the prisoners were trying to kill their captors. Human rights advocates responding to the events at Qalai Janghi also point to a 1977 protocol to the Geneva Convention prohibiting an "order that there shall be no survivors, to threaten an adversary therewith or to conduct hostilities on this basis." But what if the prisoners themselves had elected to fight to the death? That claim itself is worthy of examination, a Red Cross official suggested to a British newspaper: "How many of the prisoners were armed and how many...
...much of the president's capital on the line. Staying out of the fights over the details and announcing only broad guidelines allows the administration to claim victory over whatever may pass. The White House knows that the more partisan role the president plays, the more it may threaten his strong bi-partisan position as war leader. And finally, some in the White House believe their hand is so strong, they can make Congress get in line. "We saw Clinton do it to us every time," says one senior White House aide. "When Congress complains about a popular president...
Terrorism existed in this country long before the recent attacks. Twenty-five years ago, during the heyday of the feminist movement and after the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade, no one would have thought a woman’s right to choose could be as threatened as it is now. Unfortunately, these recent acts of domestic terrorism have hindered access to abortion services and threaten the lives of those dedicated to ensuring a woman’s right to choose. We should pay more attention to attempts by extreme pro-lifers to derail this nation?...