The attorney for a family suing Chicago Public Schools over the alleged handcuffing of a first-grader in 2010 said Tuesday that the boy was among several 6- and 7-year-olds who were detained and handcuffed for hours for talking in class. - In an email to the Tribune, attorney Michael Carin said school officials at Carver Primary School on the Far South Side authorized the on-campus security guard in March 2010 to discipline some first-graders who were being disruptive. Giving details not disclosed in the lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court, Carin said the school's security officer removed the students from class and held them in another office on campus where there were no other adults present. Carin said the students were handcuffed for hours and told that

"they were going to prison and would never see their parents again." "There appears to be no reason for an officer to isolate 6- and 7-year-old children, place them in handcuffs and threaten them for hours during a school day, or any other day," Carin wrote.

"You can call him what you like, you're not in his sorry plight
Cowards stay and Martyrs go, I know not where, but this I know
Speak your truth and stand your ground, fight your corner
When all around, point the finger, purse the lips, pin the label, 'Terrorist'!
Just a word, but one that sticks, even when the cap don't fit
But for the grace of God go I, remember that, before you cry
False accusation, names of shame, at those who may not be to blame,
Their crime, refused to play the game, of meek acceptance, dumbing down."

Turkey declared Thursday that it would not tolerate further delay in the release of a United Nations report concerning Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, and warned of consequences including sanctions should Israel continue to refuse to apologize for the incident. Publication of the Palmer Commission's report into the Israel Defense Force's raid, in whichTurkish activists died aboard the Mavi Marmara, has been postponed three times. In each case the delay took place following the consent of both Turkey and Israel, and as a result of their joint request to the UN secretary general.

Some serious issues remain unsolved regarding the 9/11 attacks, a US author and university professor has told Press TV's US Desk. - “I don't think most of the questions have been adequately answered,” Paul Zarembka, who is the author of the 'The Hidden History of 9/11' and a professor at the United States University at Buffalo said on Wednesday.

“One of the things that bothers me the most is about naming alleged hijackers and then the 9/11 Commission doesn't make any effort whatsoever to prove that those people were really on the planes and engaged in what they were alleged to engage in,” he said. He further added that the hijackers did not need to have been from outside the country, suggesting that they “could very well be right in the United States, either inside or outside or partly inside and partly outside the United States government.”

Zarembka also said that testimonies from witnesses of what really happened to the Pentagon were not consistent with what the 9/11 Commission reported.

US officials denied at the time that anything inappropriate had occurred. [Apparently, it's APPROPRIATE to shoot a 5-month-old infant in the head, US tax dollars at work. And, btw: Some US troops really ARE 'baby killers,' aren't they? --LRP] 01 Sep 2011 A cable in the latest tranche of documents released suggests US troops executed 10 Iraqi civilians, including an elderly woman and an infant, before bombing to destroy the evidence. The controversial ['Controversial?' It's a f*cking WAR CRIME.] 2006 incident in the central Iraqi town of Ishaqi involved the execution-style murder of 10 civilians including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant. The unclassified cable, which was posted on WikiLeaks' website last week, contained questions from a United Nations investigator about the incident, which had angered local Iraqi officials, who demanded some kind of action from their government. US officials denied at the time that anything inappropriate had occurred.

A Guardian journalist has negligently disclosed top secret WikiLeaks’ decryption passwords to hundreds of thousands of unredacted unpublished US diplomatic cables.

Knowledge of the Guardian disclosure has spread privately over several months but reached critical mass last week. The unpublished WikiLeaks’ material includes over 100,000 classified unredacted cables that were being analyzed, in parts, by over 50 media and human rights organizations from around the world. For the past month WikiLeaks has been in the unenviable position of not being able to comment on what has happened, since to do so would be to draw attention to the decryption passwords in the Guardian book. Now that the connection has been made public by others we can explain what happened and what we intend to do. WikiLeaks has commenced pre-litigation action against the Guardian and an individual in Germany who was distributing the Guardian passwords for personal gain. [...] The Guardian disclosure is a violation of the confidentiality agreement between WikiLeaks and Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian, signed July 30, 2010. David Leigh is also Alan Rusbridger’s brother in law, which has caused other Guardian journalists to claim that David Leigh has been unfairly protected from the fallout. It is not the first time the WikiLeaks security agreement has been violated by the Guardian. [...] WikiLeaks severed future projects with the Guardian in December last year after it was discovered that the Guardian was engaged in a conspiracy to publish the cables without the knowledge of WikiLeaks, seriously compromising the security of our people in the United States and an alleged source who was in pre-trial detention.

WL Central: Guardian responds to Wikileaks accusations
John Glaser: Guardian Editor Disclosed WikiLeaks Passwords
SF Gate: WikiLeaks: Breach has exposed unredacted US cables

The Libyan rebels at a checkpoint in the western suburb of Ghout al-Shaal are handing out fliers to passing drivers to wish them a Happy Eid al-Fitr, the celebration that marks the end of a month of fasting for Ramadan. "Thank God for making our holiday into two holidays," the flier reads. "The Eid al-Fitr and the holiday of our victory over the injustice and oppression that the dictator [Muammar Gaddafi] and his cronies inflicted on us over the course of 42 years." Much of Libya is celebrating this week, after rebels pushed into the capital nearly two weeks ago, ushering in a new era.

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe says his country has decided to unblock steal only 20 percent (EUR 1.5 billion) of Libya's assets prior to upcoming talks on the North African country in Paris. - Despite the Libyan revolutionary forces' urgent need for the money, Juppe said on Thursday that France will not release steal all Libyan assets frozen during the Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi's last days in power. "There are tens of billions of euros in frozen assets. The Americans have unblocked stolen theirs and the British, French and Germans are doing the same," Juppe said, Russian news agency Ria Novosti reported. France is spear-heading the NATO military operations in Libya. It's been accused of participating in the war exclusively for economic interests. The comments came as an international conference dubbed the "Friends of Libya" is to take place in Paris on Thursday. More than 60 foreign delegations are to discuss Libya's future in the post-Gaddafi era during the Paris talks hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Premier David Cameron.

VOA: China Sending Envoy to 'Friends of Libya' Meeting in Paris
France 24: Russia recognises Libya's Transitional Council

2 million people in Tripoli, 99% Gaddafi supporters. NATO brings boat loads of rebels knowing full well a bloodbath was the only possible outcome. How humanitarian. Think about it. Gaddafi is gone from Tripoli. The "liberators" allegedly control Tripoli. Why is the conflict not over? Why are civilians dying, being tortured, being forced to lie in front of cameras? This should be a time for celebration if these rebels were true liberators. Nothing on NATO news about the majority of the population of Tripoli being terrorized by terrorists. They refer to civilians as "Gaddafi loyalists". Please join me on Facebook to fight media propaganda and help Libya against NATO's aggressions: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-the-aggression-in-Libya/186296531416909

Maximilian Forte: The Top Ten Myths in the War Against Libya

Speech given on the eve of September 1st, 2011, 42nd anniversary of the Libyan Revolution. Mathaba translation of Seif Al Islam's phone call.

I’m now speaking to you from the outskirts of Tripoli. I would like to reassure our brothers everywhere that now just gone noon; we passed by Al-Azizya. We met the youth over there; we also met our brothers in Wershefana, we also met some people from Nawahiy El Arbaa. We also visited the areas adjacent to Tripoli, we have seen people today in high spirits, and we also met some youth from the inner areas such as those from Abu Sleem and also those from El-Hadba. They reassured me of the situation on the inside, I would like to reassure people that we are present, everything is fine and the struggle is on-going and that victory is near.

PressTV: Gaddafi sons send mixed signals
Al Jazeera: Saadi, one of Gaddafi's sons, might join the Libyan rebel's leadership
Glen Ford: The Libyan Soldiers: The True Heroes of NATO's War

Body scanners being tested at Hamburg Airport are so error prone that the German government has decided not to introduce them across the country for the time being. - The so-called backscatter scanners are supposed to show whether passengers are concealing dangerous items on their bodies. They are broadly similar to "naked" scanners already used in many US airports. The testing in Hamburg from September to the end of July was meant to be the prelude to a nationwide rollout. But the German scanners had an error rate of 54 percent, according to government officials, who said that wrinkles in clothing or even perspiration caused false alarms. That meant security personnel were forced to waste an untold amount of time subsequently searching passengers by hand for no reason. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said on Wednesday there will be no more scanners at German airports until they can be made more reliable.