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May 14, 2008

War on Terror Update



September 11 planners receive military arraignment date Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the al Qaeda leader who masterminded the September 11 terror atrocities, in which 2,973 people were murdered, tentatively is scheduled to appear on June 5th before a Guantanamo Bay war court judge. The chief judge for the Guantanamo tribunals, Marine... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (11 votes cast)

May 7, 2008

War on Terror Update



Former Gitmo Prisoner Carried Out Recent Suicide Attack in Iraq The U.S. military is confirming that a former Guantanamo Bay detainee from Kuwait carried out a recent suicide attack in Northern Iraq. * * * The U.S. in 2005 transferred Abdallah al-Ajmi to Kuwaiti custody from Guantanamo. A Kuwaiti court... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (9 votes cast)

February 11, 2008

Law & Order Update



In this update we've got musings about the upcoming military trials in Gitmo of the 9/11 planners and the Justice Department's charges of espionage against that DOD official. Click the below link to read more.... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

January 11, 2008

D.C. Appeals Court Rules Against Former Gitmo Detainees: Lawsuit against Rumsfeld and other gov't officials thrown out



A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against four Muslim British citizens who had claimed they were systematically tortured and their religious rights had been abused throughout their two-year detention at the U.S. government's terrorist detainment facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Rejecting all the men's allegations, the appeals court overturned... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (16 votes cast)

October 28, 2007

In Praise of Congressman Tom Lantos



There's very little that Democratic Congressman Tom Lantos and I agree on, but Mr. Lantos deserves heaps of praise for standing up to Dutch politicians who came to Guantanamo Bay to tell us what we are required to do with it. Don Surber has the story: The Dutch are threatening... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.3/5 (57 votes cast)

August 12, 2007

Gitmo suspects UK wants freed are a threat



New British Prime Minister Gordon Brown requested the release of five Gitmo prisoners last week. The Blair government had refused to accept them back when the US determined there were no charges which could be brought against them. The Pentagon warns they are still dangerous and well-connected to al Qaeda,... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (13 votes cast)

January 10, 2007

Murtha Wants to Close Gitmo



Jack Murtha wants to close Gitmo and he is willing to cut funds to do it. Greg Tinti has the story.... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

November 9, 2006

The New Direction in Washington: All Investigations All the Time



The ACLU is calling for an investigation of Donald Rumsfeld. They're claiming dereliction of duty. The American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday welcomed Donald Rumsfeld's resignation as U.S. defense secretary. The ACLU in a statement called on the U.S. Congress to investigate what it called "the gross abuse of power committed... [Full Story]

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October 4, 2006

A Close Up View of Detainees at Gitmo - Part II



Patterico has the continuation of his interview with Stashiu (Patterico's post is actually part III). In this post, Stashiu discusses how the detainees tried to commit suicide to make a political statement and how the Gitmo staff worked tirelessly to prevent the detainees from succeeding: Was there a genuine effort... [Full Story]

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July 31, 2006

Gitmo Guards are Attacked by Detainees



Our guards at Gitmo say that it is they who are attacked - by the detainees. The prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay during the war on terror have attacked their military guards hundreds of times, turning broken toilet parts, utensils, radios and even a bloody lizard tail into makeshift weapons,... [Full Story]

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