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...Kurdish kids on the Turkey-Iraq border. Many have been maimed by land mines yet never stop performing the one job that brings them money?searching for mines?under the command of a charming, scheming 13-year-old who pretty much runs the town. Stray Dogs, shot in Kabul by Marziyeh Meshkini, focuses on the young son and daughter of a Taliban fighter who is missing in action. Their mother has been imprisoned, and each night they try to break into jail to be with her. Like so many Iranian movies, these two paint the region's political and social...
CONVICTED. Bounty hunter and former Green Beret JONATHAN IDEMA, his right-hand man BRENT BENNETT and freelance cameraman EDWARD CARABALLO; of entering Afghanistan illegally, making illegal arrests, establishing a private jail and torturing their captives; in Kabul. Idema claimed that he had high-level support from the Pentagon and Afghan officials for his group's efforts to hunt down terrorists. But the U.S. military says the men were operating without its knowledge, and the judge refused to admit evidence in support of the men's claim. Idema and Bennett were sentenced to 10 years in prison, Caraballo to eight years...
...role in Home Alone; for possession of marijuana and unauthorized prescription drugs; in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was freed after posting a $4,000 bond. CONVICTED. JONATHAN IDEMA, bounty hunter and former Green Beret; of entering Afghanistan illicitly, making illegal arrests, establishing a private jail and torturing captives; in Kabul. He claimed he had Pentagon support in his efforts to hunt terrorists. But the U.S. military says he was operating without its knowledge, and the judge refused to admit evidence backing his claim. Idema was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Two associates also received prison sentences. DIED. PATRIARCH PETROS...
...CONVICTED. Former Green Beret JONATHAN IDEMA, along with BRENT BENNETT and cameraman EDWARD CARABALO; of making illegal arrests, establishing a private jail and torturing their captives; in Kabul. Idema claimed he had support from the Pentagon for his efforts to hunt down terrorists, but the U.S. says the men were operating without its knowledge. The judge refused to admit evidence in support of the claim. Idema and Bennett were sentenced to ten years in prison; Carabalo to eight...
...abiding commitment to NATO. But underneath the irony is real iron: the Minister has solid military facts to flaunt. In Pristina, she attended the formal handover of command of Kosovo's more than 18,000 NATO peacekeepers to French Lieut. General Yves de Kermabon. Then she flew to Kabul to meet troops under French Lieut. General Jean-Louis Py, who last month took charge of NATO's 10,000-strong peacekeeping mission there. Now there are roughly twice as many European troops deployed outside the E.U. and NATO countries as there were 10 years ago, according to Charles Grant, director...