Title: freedetainees.org
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Daily
Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Boy found with Aafia is her
son, but he denies it
Posted: 29 Aug 2008 07:30 PM CDT
..This
serves to prove a few things, some of which are - how deeply
traumatized this poor child is, how long he has been in Afghanistan,
and also how terribly afraid he must be.. we in the USA should be so
proud of ourselves!
WASHINGTON: Ahmed, the 11-year-old boy said to have been apprehended
with Aafia [...] ![]() |
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Torture
As Official Israeli Policy
Posted: 29 Aug 2008 05:18 PM CDT
By
Stephen Lendman
Countercurrents.org
The UN Convention against Torture defines the practice as:
“any act by which severe pain [...] ![]() |
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Why
Liberals Fear Islam by M. Junaid Levesque Alam
Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:52 PM CDT
The
Only Good Muslim is the Anti-Muslim
For some, Barack Obama’s stature as a man of the left has fallen
precipitously, like late autumn leaves shed by branches bowing to the
will of winter.
Disappointment has often been self-inflicted. Supporters have dipped
their pens deeply into the inkwell of Obama’s inspiring story and
written their own lines [...] ![]() |
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State
Dept. Official: Trying to Confirm Son’s Identity, Citizenship
Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:45 PM CDT
by
Tim Bella
What happens when an 11-year-old U.S. citizen is held by Afghanistan’s
intelligence service? According to the U.S. State Department, not much,
at least for now.
It is, for sure, a complicated case. Early this week, we noted a
Washington Post article detailing confirmation that Afghan security
forces had been holding Ahmed Siddiqui, the [...] ![]() |
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Suicide
on the Brink of Release
Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:30 PM CDT
Families,
Attorneys Push to Hold Guantanamo Officials Liable
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
When Mani al-Utaybi fixed a makeshift noose around his neck and hanged
himself in a Guantanamo Bay cell in June 2006, the Saudi Arabian
detainee had been close to being transferred to his homeland and freed,
his attorney and military officials said. But [...] ![]() |
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A
UK Window into CIA Abuses
Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:28 PM CDT
By
JOANNE MARINER
This Wednesday, unless the UK foreign secretary takes rapid action,
Britain’s High Court will hold a hearing to assess whether the UK
government should be ordered to hand over secret documents to lawyers
for a Guantanamo detainee. The detainee in question, Binyam Mohamed,
faces possible charges of conspiracy and material support for terrorism
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