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cameron s appearance, it is clear that nato missiles did not only depose a dictator, they helped destroy a state. before, libyans were terrified of the police. now they are terrified by the lack of them. warned that he would be replaced by tribalism, extremism, and anarchy, and in large measure he has been proved right. is one ofe station several in benghazi that has been bombed repeatedly. the attackers are not known and there are almost daily assassination attempt on military officers or public figures. parts ofg openly over the city, the black flag of jihad. we have a geographical region presenceuoyed by the of the state. this region is under the control of extremist radical movements that are either sympathetic word full cooperation with al qaeda or in full cooperation with al qaeda. al libby is being interrogated on an american warship in the mediterranean after being snatched by u.s. special forces over the weekend. intelligence agencies believe other al qaeda lea
religious organizations that solitary confinement is an unchristian practice. researchers have found it often does more harm than good. many of the people that they worked with who were held in solitary confinement experienced paranoia. hallucinations, depression. some reacted eventually with violent, uncontrollable anger. bobby delalo knows what it was like. he was in solitary for five year. you go crazy. you hear guys saying yeah, what? the ventilator called his name. a thing that really scared me in there is i was watching my humanity and compassion slipping out of my grasp. john russer is chairman of the washington, d.c. corrections officers union. he thinks as do many prison guards nationwide the solitary is getting a bad rap. it s necessary to preserve the safety of inmates and guards within the prison. i do not see how you could run a prison system at all without without some type of segregation. and i don t prefer to use the term solitary solitary? s
debate? forget.again, never where we are, hopefully where we can go in the future. and with this sort of unfortunate situation, the one 50th anniversary of the march on washington. this sort of perfect storm, i think. you just ran a list like you are a black american. i am an internationalist. tavis: is this an indictment because it was made by someone who happens to not be african- american? i don t like to make the distinctions on nationalism. grenada is where malcolm x s mother was born. it is not american history. it is world history. tavis: this is one of the debates that take up on social media. we are all glad that steve mcqueen did it, but why didn t somebody stateside do this. i don t know and i don t really care. i think it is a waste of time. we can talk about something more tangible and more worthy and more practical. i was just reading in the new york times a piece where you recorded the subject of barack obama came up. thatnotion of the fact there have bee