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| A United States-Iran opportunity arises |
| 27.08.09 21:12 |
Iran |
| Like in the Billy Ocean song, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going", [1] the United States special representative for AfPak, Richard Holbrooke, left Kabul just as his confabulations over the Afghan presidential elections were getting tough. By Tuesday, he was already at the fabulous Ottoman Palace-turned super luxury hotel Ciragan Kempinski on the Bosphorous in Istanbul. |
| M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times Online |
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| Black Site in Lithuania? |
| 23.08.09 08:52 |
f.USSR |
| As Americans continue to debate the torture era of the Bush administration, a new report has emerged about the alleged existence of a third secret prison used by the CIA in Europe. According to ABC News, the CIA operated a "black site" prison in Lithuania until the end of 2005. |
| Spiegel Online |
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