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...want Abu Ali running around their country. U.S. officials, who say Abu Ali "was not on the radar screen" before the Saudis arrested him, developed a deep interest in him once they did but also had trouble lining up sufficient evidence. Finally, Abu Ali's family filed a civil suit last summer to get him returned to the U.S., forcing the Justice Department's hand. The Saudis, eager to avoid the p.r. nightmare of putting an American citizen on trial for terrorism, were relieved to hustle Abu Ali aboard an FBI flight to Washington. Now it was the U.S. that...
...Saudis handed him over saw any signs of mistreatment. On the 20-hr. journey to Washington on the FBI's G-5 jet, a U.S. official says, agents reported he looked "as healthy as a horse," chatting easily and never once complaining of any prior mistreatment. But in the civil case initiated by Abu Ali's family, Judge Bates said, "There has been at least some circumstantial evidence that Abu Ali has been tortured during interrogations, with the knowledge of the United States...
Todd Boyd in The New H.N.I.C: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop writes that “unlike previous eras when politics and ideology produced culture, hip hop stands at the forefront of contemporary culture for it seems to both reflect and produce the politics and ideology of its time.” It is important for the leaders of hip hop culture to identify such potential for empowerment and enlightenment. An open dialogue will expose the uninformed to new ideas that will equip blacks with a political consciousness, knowledge of the markets and investment...
That being said, it is interesting to note that the Queen has stated that while she will not attend the civil ceremony, she will be present for the religious blessing of the marriage. Perhaps this is linked to the fact that there were some issues regarding the legality of the Prince’s marriage to Bowles in terms of civil marriage law applying to the Royal Family. These qualms, however, have been resolved by the Lord Chancellor who has declared that the marriage would in fact be in accordance with the Marriage...
...announcement, say Egyptian political analysts, follows months of growing outspokenness from Egypt's political opposition and within civil society to allow others to run against Mubarak. It also comes against a backdrop of growing pressure from the U.S. for political reform and democratization in Egypt. Indeed, the announcement followed hard on the heels of a decision by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to cancel a trip to Egypt, reportedly in response to the arrest last month of parliamentary opposition leader Ayman Nour - who had been pressing for the right of Egyptians to run for president when Mubarak seeks a fifth...