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‘Muslim’
shouldn’t be a slur
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:15 PM CDT
Both
McCain and Obama should condemn implicit attacks on Muslims and Arabs.
By Constance L. Rice
Excuse me, but when did the words “Muslim” and “Arab” become acceptable
epithets?
I’m not a Muslim, and perhaps I was slow to see this coming. Four
months ago, I blithely advised a group at a local mosque not to obsess
over [...] ![]() |
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Govt
not serious about securing release of Dr Aafia: Counsel Jaffery
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 09:45 PM CDT
ISLAMABAD:
Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Sardar Muhammad Aslam has
adjourned by 3 weeks hearing [...] ![]() |
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U.S.
secretly collecting detainee DNA
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 08:53 PM CDT
WASHINGTON,
(UPI) — The U.S. government has been secretly collecting DNA samples
from suspected terrorists as part of a database used by the defense and
intelligence communities.The U.S. government’s Joint Federal Agencies
Antiterrorism DNA Database, as of 2005, listed 7,000 detainee DNA
samples from Iraq, Afghanistan and other operations as part of the war
on [...] ![]() |
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Mystery
over detention of US citizen in Pakistan
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 08:49 PM CDT
By
Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Mystery surrounding the detention of a US
citizen from a remote tribal area thickens as Pakistani authorities say
they have released him while the US State Department says he is still
in custody.
“I can confirm news reports that … an American citizen (is) detained by
Pakistani officials in the [...] ![]() |
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Release
of 17 Guantánamo Detainees Sputters as Officials Debate the Risk
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 08:39 PM CDT
TO
ALL: Here is a time to write The Justice Dept, The State Department and
your representatives. We are going to have to help to push this thing
through! Contact info below article…
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
An urgent effort by the Bush administration to find a country willing
to accept 17 detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, [...] ![]() |
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Iraq
Veterans Arrested, Trampled at Pres. Debates
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 08:18 PM CDT
by
Wendy Barranco
Ten Iraq veterans were arrested and one seriously injured during
attempts to get the presidential candidates to hear them out.
One hour before the final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign,
fourteen members of IVAW marched in formation to Hofstra University to
present questions for the candidates. IVAW had requested permission
from debate moderator [...] ![]() |
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PART
III: Detention Has a Wide, Destructive Impact in Iraq - Forced Entry
Into the Mind
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 01:06 AM CDT
by:
Nick Mottern and Bill Rau, t r u t h o u t | Report
When an Iraqi is pulled off the street by US forces or captured in
combat, that person is facing enrollment in the “population engagement
program called detention.”
This description of the US imprisonment of thousands of Iraqis was
offered by Maj. [...] ![]() |
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Justice
Dept. Drops ‘Dirty Bomb Plot’ Allegation Against Binyam Mohamed
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 12:52 AM CDT
by
Andy Worthington
As the Washington Post reported yesterday, the US Justice Department
has dropped the key allegation against British resident and Guantánamo
prisoner Binyam Mohamed – that he was involved, with American citizen
Jose Padilla, in a plot to detonate a “dirty bomb” [...] ![]() |
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CIA
Tactics Endorsed In Secret Memos
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 12:47 AM CDT
Waterboarding
Got White House Nod
By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in
2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency’s use of
interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda
suspects — documents prompted by worries among intelligence officials
about a possible backlash if details of [...] ![]() |
