Word: namo
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...AFGHANISTAN Detainees Airlifted The first of more than 300 Afghan war prisoners began a 12,800-km journey from Kandahar airstrip to a U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, chained to their seats aboard a C-17 cargo plane. The operation was conducted amid heightened security after unknown attackers opened fire outside the airport perimeter fence as the first flight took off. The detainees included a handful of prominent al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders - but not those most sought by the U.S., or three former Taliban government officials who surrendered to the new Afghan government...
...UNITED STATES Busy Courts As military officials said they would upgrade and extend prison facilities at Guantánamo Bay, a Los Angeles court heard the first legal challenge to the detention of 158 prisoners held there. District Judge Howard Matz gave government lawyers until Jan. 31 to respond to the petition, which claims the detentions violate international law and the U.S. Constitution. In Virginia, "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, charged with supporting terrorism, made his first appearance in a federal court and was remanded in custody until...