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In an earlier number (Spokesman 89), we recorded several individual stories of extraordinary rendition. Now, new information about 'black site' detention has been provided to Amnesty International by three Yemeni men released after a two-year rendition ordeal, which raises the possibility that they were held somewhere in Eastern Europe or Central Asia. These excerpts are from Amnesty's report 'Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and 'disappearance'.'

Describes the phenomenon of private interrogation employed in Iraq and Afghanistan, highlighting the fact that Lockheed Martin via its subsidiary Sytex is responsible for recruitment.

A reproduction of an Israeli newspaper interview with Noam Chomsky, who discusses Lebanese, Israeli, Palestinian and Iranian politics of conflict.

This article is excerpted from Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution: Hugo Chavez talks to Marta Harnecker (Monthly Review Press $15.95). The book covers a wide range of topics, including President Chavez's political formation, the transformation currently taking place in Venezuela, and its place in the global context. In what follows, Chavez recounts the events of the failed coup d'etat against him of 11 April 2002. Marta Harnecker is director of Centra de Investigaciones Memoria Popular Latinoamericana (MEPLA) in Havana, Cuba, an organization for research on the history of popular movements in Latin America.

Discusses the convergence of United States government, al Qaeda, and oil company interests throughout the 1990s in Central Asia.