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An
Interview from Hell
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 09:53 PM CDT
Larry
King: “Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Larry King reporting
to you live, from Hell. Our guest tonight is George W. Bush. Mr.
Lucifer has given permission for this interview for two reasons; 1) to
show the world that hell on earth is just as real as hell beneath the
earth and 2) [...] ![]() |
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Torture
Claim Credible, Court Finds
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 09:08 PM CDT
By
RAYMOND BONNER
LONDON — A British court said on Thursday that a terrorism suspect
being held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, had credible arguments that the
United States had illegally spirited him away to Morocco and that he
had been tortured there.
The United States has repeatedly rejected assertions by the suspect,
Binyam Mohamed, that he [...] ![]() |
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Study
blames Guantanamo guards for suicide
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 09:05 PM CDT
WASHINGTON,
Aug. 23 (UPI) — A U.S. military study blames guard lapses and lenient
policies for prisoner suicides at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Documents from a Naval Criminal Investigative Service probe suggest
that three simultaneous suicides June 10, 2006, were the result of
“lapses in guard protocol and of lenient policies toward compliant
detainees,” The Washington Post [...] ![]() |
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Algerian
prisoner at Guantanamo Bay says he was waterboarded
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 09:00 PM CDT
Ameziane,
who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo since February 2002 without being
charged with crimes, told his lawyer Wells Dixon that guards at the
base placed a water hose between his nose and mouth and ran it for
several minutes. Ameziane said they repeated the procedure several
times, nearly suffocating him.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — [...] ![]() |
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Law
lords right to stand against cowardly abuse
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 08:46 PM CDT
IF,
LIKE me, you’re hooked on BBC One’s spy drama Spooks, you’ll know that
the last series ended on a stomach-churning cliffhanger with two of our
heroic MI5 intelligence officers, Adam and?Jo,?captured?by?a?group
called Red-backs that specialises in torturing spies to extract
intelligence.
The Red-backs’ Torquemada polishes
his?suitcase?full?of?state-of-the-art information-extracting kit while
a tape of the agonising screams [...] ![]() |
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Police
face scrutiny over the arrest of radical jihadist who renounced violence
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 08:07 PM CDT
Media
organisations will clash with Greater Manchester Police in court this
week over moves to force them to hand over ‘evidence’
Andrew Norfolk He was the poster boy for jihadist extremism who become
one of its most vocal opponents, meeting a government minister and
being offered Home Office funding to support his deradicalisation work
among [...] ![]() |
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Psychologists
on the Dark Side
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 07:55 PM CDT
by
ACLU
By Jennifer Turner, Human Rights Researcher, ACLU Human Rights Program.
Jennifer is in Guantánamo for the pre-trial hearings of Mohammed Jawad,
Omar Khadr and Ali Hamza al-Bahlul.
Thursday’s hearing in Afghan national Mohammed Jawad’s case brought
stunning testimony on serious abuse he suffered at Bagram Air Base in
Afghanistan as a teenager, as well as [...] ![]() |
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Soldier
Sentenced For Desertion
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 07:19 PM CDT
FORT
CARSON - A soldier who fled to Canada after learning he would soon
deploy to Iraq has pleaded guilty and been sentenced.
Friday afternoon, a judge ruled PFC Robin Long, 24, will have his rank
reduced to E-1 (Private), serve 15 months in confinement (minus 40 days
he’s already served) and receive a dishonorable discharge [...] ![]() |
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Troops
charged in death
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 07:07 PM CDT
Two
101st Airborne Division soldiers in Iraq are facing premeditated murder
charges following the death of a an Iraqi detainee. Advertisement
One of the soldiers, Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner, was scheduled for an
Article 32 hearing — the equivalent of a preliminary hearing in
civilian court — Aug. 15, but that court appearance was pushed [...] ![]() |
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US
confirms Aafia’s son in FBI custody
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 06:42 PM CDT
The
Post Report
WASHINGTON: The United States has confirmed that Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s
12-year-old son has been in the custody of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) since 2003, reported Channel Five.
Michael G Garcia, the US attorney general of southern region, in his
letter addressed to Dr Aafia’s sister Dr Fozia Siddiqui, has revealed
that Dr [...] ![]() |
