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The
Insurgent’s Tale
Posted: 30 Aug 2008 11:54 PM CDT
A
veteran foot soldier reveals his role in the jihad — and why he’s
having second thoughts about a holy war that seems to have no end (This
article originally appeared in the Dec. 15, 2005 issue of Rolling
Stone)
TOM DOWNEY Khalid had been in Iraq for only a few weeks, but he was
already [...] ![]() |
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Terrorising
Muslims in the Name of Countering Terrorism
Posted: 30 Aug 2008 09:56 PM CDT
By
Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
In the face of a seemingly unending wave of fake encounters, killings
and arrests of innocent Muslims across the country falsely accused by
the police of being ‘terrorists’, a three-day Peoples’ Tribunal was
recently held in Hyderabad on ‘Atrocities Committed Against Minorities
in the Name of Fighting Terrorism’.
Organised by three noted Delhi-based [...] ![]() |
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Chomsky:
Britain has failed US detainees
Posted: 30 Aug 2008 09:10 PM CDT
By
Robert Verkaik, Law Editor
Britain has failed in its duty to stop the US from committing “shameful
acts” in the treatment of suspects detained during the war on terror,
one of America’s most respected intellectuals warns today. In an
interview with The Independent, Professor Noam Chomsky calls on the
Government to use [...] ![]() |
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Detainees
in Al Jalama Israeli prison on hunger strike
Posted: 30 Aug 2008 08:39 PM CDT
Lawyer
Bothaina Doqmaq, head of the Mandela Institute in Palestine, reported
on Friday that the detainees in several sections and in solitary
confinement in Al Jalama Israeli prison and interrogation center
started a hunger strike on Thursday in protest to the harsh living
conditions and the administration’s rejection to move them to ordinary
sections although [...] ![]() |
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Miliband
fails in court bid to keep ‘torture proof’ secret
Posted: 30 Aug 2008 08:20 PM CDT
The
Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, has failed to persuade the High
Court that evidence which could help prove the innocence of a British
resident held in Guantanamo Bay must remain secret. Lord Justice Thomas
and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones ruled yesterday that Mr Miliband had not
properly considered allegations of “medieval” torture made by Binyam
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US
lawyers urge retrial of al-Shaiba
Posted: 30 Aug 2008 08:17 PM CDT
SANA’A,
(Saba) – A US lawyers team for Yemeni Guantanamo detainees has urged to
retry Ramzi al-Shaiba, one of Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay,
who was sentenced to death, the state-run 26sep.net has said. The team
doubted Ramzi’s mental capabilities as he asked the authorities to use
the death penalty against him. [...] ![]() |
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