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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 »

  • June 2008
  • 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

    • '20th Hijacker' Tried Suicide at Gitmo

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 21, 08 7:48 AM CDT

      '20th Hijacker' Tried Suicide at Gitmo

      A man accused of being al-Qaeda's 20th 9/11 hijacker tried to kill himself at Guantanamo Bay last month, Reuters reports. A lawyer for the Saudi said he cut his wrist open after learning that the Pentagon had filed capital charges against him. The charges were dropped last week without explanation but the Pentagon has reserved the right to reinstate them. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Pentagon  • Guantanamo Bay  • suicide  • September 11  • Guantanamo prisoners  • detainee  • hijacker

    • Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 11, 08 8:49 AM CDT

      Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care

      The number of detained immigrants has skyrocketed since 9/11, and many do not receive critical health care in overburdened federal detention centers, the Washington Post reports. Several immigrants, detained for minor offenses or waiting to seek asylum, received little or no care for life-threatening symptoms which finally killed them, a Post investigation found. More »

  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Abu Ghraib Film: Too Soft on Abuses?

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 20, 08 4:59 PM CST

      Abu Ghraib Film: Too Soft on Abuses?

      Documentary-maker Errol Morris has often spoken truth to power, but his new film about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal may tread too lightly, Geoffrey Macnab writes in the Guardian . Though Standard Operating Procedure explores the infamous prison photos in gritty detail, Morris’ interview style—focusing mainly on implicated American soldiers with an almost sympathetic attitude—has drawn criticism as well as acclaim. More »

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      Iraq  • film  • torture  • detainee  • documentary  • Abu Ghraib  • Berlin Film Festival  • Lynndie England

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

      newser  |  BBC  |  Dec 27, 07 10:52 AM CST

      Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

      The Iraqi cabinet has framed an amnesty law that would release tens of thousands of suspected insurgents being held without charges. The amnesty, the result of months of negotiation, now goes to the parliament, which will begin debating it Sunday, the BBC reports. The number of prisoners held, estimated at 50,000, has soared since the US troop surge began. More »

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      Iraq  • insurgents  • detainee  • surge  • Sunnis  • Shia  • amnesty

    • Judge Orders Hearing on Destroyed CIA Tapes

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 18, 07 1:25 PM CST

      Judge Orders Hearing on Destroyed CIA Tapes

      A federal judge scheduled a hearing today to address whether the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes violated a court order, the Washington Post reports. The order—issued with no comment—is a blow to the Justice Department, which has launched a probe with the CIA and contends the federal courts don't have jurisdiction. More »

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • US Freeing Iraqi Detainees for Ramadan

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 13, 07 3:37 PM CDT

      US Freeing Iraqi Detainees for Ramadan

      As Ramadan began, the US military today began freeing some of its 23,000 Iraqi detainees—between 50 and 80 will be released each day of Islam's holy month, Reuters reports. Military brass stress that Sunnis and Shiites alike will be considered for release. "This will be a completely non-sectarian, non-political process," said one US general. More »

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      Iraq  • United States  • Shiite  • Sunni  • detainee  • Ramadan  • Tariq al Hashemi

    • Abuse Exposed at Guantanamo

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 11, 07 8:30 PM CDT

      Abuse Exposed at Guantanamo

      Newly obtained reports of hostility and friction at Guantanamo Bay have been released today by the AP. These transcripts of hearings, held last year, tell of interrogators denying detainees medicine and angry inmates tossing feces at guards. One Yemeni prisoner warned that more captives would commit suicide if guards didn’t stop interrupting their prayers. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • detainee  • abuse  • prisoners  • interrogation  • prayer

    • Gitmo Gears up for Terror Trials

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 6, 07 4:38 AM CDT

      Gitmo Gears up for Terror Trials

      A high-security mobile courtroom complex is under construction at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base as officials prepare to  try 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other high profile al-Qaeda figures. Military tribunals will try as many as 80 detainees at the complex, three at a time, Reuters reports. Critics complain that the trials will follow neither US nor international law and will accept coerced evidence. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • detainee  • military tribunal  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  • David Hicks  • commissions

  • August 2007

    • Jury Splits on Abu Ghraib Verdict

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 28, 07 6:21 PM CDT

      Jury Splits on Abu Ghraib Verdict

      A military jury today acquitted Army Lt. Col. Steven Jordan, the only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, of three charges relating to widespread prisoner abuse that led to global denunciations of US involvement in Iraq. Jordan was found guilty of one count of “willfully disobeying” a senior officer by discussing the investigation and faces up to 5 years in prison. More »

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      Iraq war  • US military  • detainee  • Abu Ghraib  • acquittal

    • Iraq Detainees Swell by 50%

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 25, 07 7:00 AM CDT

      Iraq Detainees Swell by 50%

      Since the January troop surge the number of detainees held by the American military in Iraq has increased by 50%, reports the New York Times . The overwhelming majority of those in custody, nearly 85%, are Sunni. And while Jihadism drives some Iraqi insurgents to plant roadside bombs, for many there is a far less ideological motivation: money. More »

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      Iraq  • insurgents  • troop surge  • Sunni  • detainee  • jihad

    • Shrinks Fault CIA Torture Tactics

      newser  |  Salon  |  Aug 15, 07 9:50 AM CDT

      Shrinks Fault CIA Torture Tactics

      The American Psychological Association, long chummy with the CIA, is set to condemn tactics the spy agency has been using to interrogate terror detainees, writes Salon . Members have in the past worked with the CIA to design techniques: now the group wants to distance itself by formally opposing a long list of tactics they consider torture at the organization's yearly convention this weekend. More »

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      CIA  • torture  • psychology  • detainee  • abuse  • interrogation  • sleep deprivation  • water boarding  • torture list

    • Padilla Terror Trial Targets Islam: Lawyer

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 14, 07 5:20 PM CDT

      Padilla Terror Trial Targets Islam: Lawyer

      A lawyer for one of Jose Padilla's co-defendants accused prosecutors of turning the terror suspects' trial into a "US versus Islam" crusade to conceal a lack of evidence. Padilla, a US citizen, and two other men face charges of conspiring to murder and injure people in Afghanistan and Eastern Europe, as well as providing material support to Al-Queda. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • War on Terror  • terrorist  • Islam  • detainee  • counterterrorism  • terror plots  • Jose Padilla

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