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  • July 2008

    • Court: al-Qaeda Suspect Can Challenge Detention

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 16, 08 5:53 AM CDT

      Court: al-Qaeda Suspect Can Challenge Detention

      The president has the right to order the detention of enemy combatants, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday—but detainees can challenge that status. The Virginia-based court was hearing the case of an al-Qaeda suspect who's been in a Navy brig for 5 years without trial, Reuters reports, making him the only foreign national currently detained on US soil as an enemy combatant. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • detainee  • enemy combatants  • suspected terrorists  • detention without trial  • executive order  • Ali al Marri

  • May 2008

    • Ex-Detainee Describes Gitmo Tortures

      newser  |  ABC News  |  May 21, 08 12:02 PM CDT

      Ex-Detainee Describes Gitmo Tortures

      A man arrested in Pakistan and held as an enemy combatant in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay was hung from the ceiling, beaten, and shocked with jolts of electricity, he testified to Congress yesterday. The German-born Turkish citizen told lawmakers that US interrogators also forced water down his throat. He was released without charge after nearly 5 years in custody. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • torture  • War on Terror  • waterboarding  • detainee  • interrogation  • Kandahar  • enemy combatants  • harsh interrogation

    • Pentagon to Build Giant Prison in Afghanistan

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 17, 08 6:05 AM CDT

      Pentagon to Build Giant Prison in Afghanistan

      The Pentagon is planning to build a huge new detention complex in Afghanistan, reports the New York Times , acknowledging that the US expects to hold prisoners there for many years to come. The 40-acre, $60-million facility at Bagram Air Force Base will replace the existing makeshift prison in a converted aircraft hangar, where more than 600 prisoners are held in wire pens; some have been in the deteriorating facility as long as five years. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • US military  • Pentagon  • prison  • jail  • prisoners  • enemy combatants  • Bagram Air Force Base  • Bagram

    • Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 8, 08 3:29 AM CDT

      Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      One of the suicide bombers responsible for a series of attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul last month is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, reports the New York Times. The Kuwaiti, originally detained in Afghanistan, is said to have traveled to Iraq via Syria to join jihadists after his release in 2005. Several Gitmo detainees are known to have returned to insurgent status, officials say. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Guantanamo Bay  • Mosul  • enemy combatants  • Hoshyar Zebari  • detainees  • suicide bombers

  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • US Afghan Prison Dwarfs Gitmo

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 7, 08 12:00 PM CST

      US Afghan Prison Dwarfs Gitmo

      Guantanamo Bay may get all the press, but Bagram, the US detention center in Afghanistan, holds over twice as many prisoners, and it’s proving just as difficult to close. Plans to transfer its roughly 630 inmates to a US-funded Afghan prison outside Kabul have failed, the New York Times reports; the new building isn’t big enough to hold them all. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Guantanamo Bay  • Red Cross  • enemy combatants  • Geneva Conventions  • Bagram Air Force Base

  • December 2007

    • New Gitmo Hearing for Osama Driver

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 7, 07 6:30 AM CST

      New Gitmo Hearing for Osama Driver

      The man who drove Osama bin Laden when he evacuated his compound just before  9/11 was the subject of a hearing yesterday on whether he can be tried as an unlawful enemy combatant. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, who was paid $200 a month as a driver and bodyguard for bin Laden, later heard the al Qaeda leader say he had expected up to 1,500 deaths in the attacks and was pleased that there were more, according to an FBI agent who interviewed him at Gitmo. More »

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      Osama bin Laden  • Guantanamo prisoners  • military tribunal  • enemy combatants  • Salim Ahmed Hamdan

  • October 2007

    • Secret Evidence Isn't Just for Gitmo Anymore

      newser  |  Slate  |  Oct 17, 07 3:45 PM CDT

      Secret Evidence Isn't Just for Gitmo Anymore

      The Department of Justice's stated reason for a major evidence no-show is that it can’t “be reasonably recompiled," Slate ’s Dahlia Lithwick writes, a potentially dangerous precedent. Justice is thinking about redoing some military tribunals rather than present “not readily available” evidence used to brand enemy combatants—and Lithwick says illegally obtained ammo on citizens “might just disappear” too. More »

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      Department of Justice  • Guantanamo Bay  • warrantless wiretapping  • enemy combatants

    • Critics Force US to Review Terror Tribunal Findings

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Oct 12, 07 4:32 AM CDT

      Critics Force US to Review Terror Tribunal Findings

      Facing mounting criticism of the justice system at Guantanamo Bay, US authorities will review hundreds of cases against inmates detained there. Officials have begun seeking new evidence or overlooked information because the  tribunal process which classified the inmates as enemy combatants has come under fire. The reviews could lead to new hearings for men who have spent years in custody, AP reports. More »

    • Chief Gitmo Prosecutor Steps Down

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Oct 5, 07 7:50 PM CDT

      Chief Gitmo Prosecutor Steps Down

      The US military’s lead prosecutor in trials of terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay has resigned, the Pentagon announced today. Air Force Col. Davis sought a new post after the Pentagon rejected his complaint that an officer supervising his work did not have the authority to do so. “Clearly, there was a disagreement with respect to roles and authorities,” a Pentagon spokesman said. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • enemy combatants  • terror suspects  • Military

  • June 2007

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