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 Editorials | At Issue
US Senate Rejects Effort to Block Civilian Trials for 9/11 Victims
 James Rosen
After an emotional debate over how to keep Americans safe, the Senate Thursday narrowly defeated an effort to prevent civilian trials in U.S. courts for the accused planners of the 9/11 attacks.
Electricians Take Over Luz y Fuerza Buildings
 Kristin Bricker
Ex-workers from defunct Luz y Fuerza del Centro power company intensified their actions in simultantaneous protests outside the company's buildings in two states.
Many Questions About Fort Hood Shooting Suspect
 Brett J. Blackledge
There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive. But details of his life and mindset, emerging from official sources and personal acquaintances, are troubling.
Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of US Military
 Dahr Jamail
Truthout spoke with an Army Specialist who is an active-duty Iraq war veteran currently stationed at the base. The soldier spoke on condition of anonymity since the base is now on “lockdown,” and all “non-authorized” military personnel on the base have been ordered not to speak to the press.
Study: Why Do Some Still Believe Saddam was Connected to 9/11?
 Emily Badger
Sociologists at the University of North Carolina and Northwestern University examined an earlier case of deep commitment to the inaccurate: the belief, among many conservatives who voted for George W. Bush in 2004, that Saddam Hussein was at least partly responsible for the attacks on 9/11.
 Former UK Ambassador: CIA Sent People to be ‘Raped with Broken Bottles’
 Daniel Tencer
The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and boiling them alive, says a former British ambassador to the central Asian country.
Mexico's Military Abuses Brought to Inter-American Commission
 Emilio Godoy
A case of rights abuses allegedly committed by the Mexican armed forces is coming up for a hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), where it joins a long list of accusations against the army in this Latin American country.
Mexico Mayor Announces Death Before Body is Found
 Martha Mendoza
Mauricio Fernandez announced during his swearing-in ceremony that the man who was apparently threatening to have him killed, was found dead in Mexico City, but authorities did not find the body for another three and a half hours. Fernandez is now facing tough questions about the killings.
Where the Swearing Is All About the Context
 Marc Lacey
Mexicans, despite their reputation in Latin America for ultrapoliteness and formality, curse like sailors, a recent survey found. They use profanity when speaking with their friends, with their co-workers, with their spouses and even with their bosses and parents.
Republican Election Sweeps: Big Trouble for Obama?
 Liz Sidoti
Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year.
The More Deadly Side of Growing Vigilantism in Mexico
 Sylvia Longmire
Over the last several months, reports of vigilante justice being meted out in Mexico have increased in number. Citizens are growing tired of drug-related violence, thievery, and other crimes — tired enough to take matters into their own hands.
Profiteering from Misery: Private Prison Scams Target American Indians
 Brenda Norrell
Native Americans say the disturbing trend of profiteering from foul and abusive private migrant prisons by American Indian Nations violates traditional teachings to honor the sacredness of life and all humanity.
Chicago Rallies Around Student Facing Deportation
 Yana Kunichoff
When Rigoberto Padilla arrived to the United States at the age of six from Mexico, he was a stranger to Chicago. Now, 15 years later and dubbed an "illegal alien," he is undergoing deportation proceedings - and Chicago has rallied around him.
The Real Winner in Honduras: The United States?
 Joseph Shansky
After deliberately failing to use its massive economic and diplomatic influence in the tiny Central American country, the US has reportedly given the international community reason to breathe a sigh of relief in what Hillary Clinton is calling an “historic agreement”.
Undersecretary's Remarks on Farmers Create Controversy
 The News
The Agriculture and Food Production Secretariat (Sagarpa) is distancing itself from comments made by undersecretary Jeffrey Max Jones, in which he criticized Mexican farmers, saying they should follow the tactics of drug traffickers for more business success.
Political Games
 Bill Littlefield
If the world’s press had been more attentive to events in Mexico City in the early fall of 1968, and if the Mexican government had not been so successful in covering up its army’s murderous response to one particular student demonstration, the 1968 Olympics might never have occurred.
Cheney's Memory 'Hazy' on Plame CIA Leak
 Pete Yost
Citing faulty memory, former Vice President Dick Cheney told federal investigators in a 2004 interview he had no idea who revealed to reporters that Valerie Plame, the wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.
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