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	<title>a believer's journal &#187; human_dignity</title>
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		<title>general petraeus&#8217; letter to the troops</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/05/12/general-petraeus-letter-to-the-troops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 02:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is good, very good, to hear General Petraeus talk about dignity, respect, and integrity, values, law, and doing what is right. It is good to hear him take an unequivocal stand against torture, both because it is wrong and because it serves no useful purpose. It is good to hear him emphasize the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>disheartened, but not surprised</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 02:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Troops Say Torture OK is the title of an article posted at Military.com. The article discusses a report released today by the Army Medical Department detailing the results of a study of American service personnel in Iraq. Among the findings of the report: More than a third of those surveyed believe torture should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>speaking out against torture is not a &#8220;left&#8221;/&#8221;right&#8221; thing &#8230; it&#8217;s a following jesus thing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Evangelicals has endorsed a declaration confirming their opposition as people of faith, as followers of Jesus, to the use of torture under any circumstances, even in a &#8220;war on terrorism.&#8221; The permissibiity of &#8220;enhanced interrogation techniques&#8221; is not a &#8220;left&#8221;/&#8221;right&#8221; issue. It is an issue of basic human rights, of basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>our nation&#8217;s greatness?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From an article by R. Jeffrey Smith in the Washington Post, August 9, 2006: The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners, according to U.S. officials and a copy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a sick and perverted spectacle</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2005/12/13/a-sick-and-perverted-spectacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sick and perverted spectacle &#8230; Those are the words Stanley Tookie Williams used to characterize his impending execution. Williams was executed early this morning, after appeals for a stay of execution were denied by the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court, and after a plea [...]]]></description>
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