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DETENTION UPHELD. In the case of YASER ESAM HAMDI, 22, a Louisiana-born man captured with Taliban forces in Afghanistan and now held in a Navy brig in Norfolk, Va.; by an appeals court in Richmond. The court ruled that the government can detain a U.S. citizen captured in an overseas battle indefinitely if the military declares him an "enemy combatant...
...Keydets (5-5) won despite having lost the previous night to lowly Norfolk State and despite playing without their leading scorer in the second half. Guard Jason Conley (22.2 ppg) strained a tendon in his right foot during the first half and did not play after halftime...
...faces Democratic nominee and Norfolk County Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill in November’s general election...
...FATE OF THE VIRGINIA In the two months after the battle, the two ships moved warily on opposite sides of Hampton Roads. But what the Union Navy couldn't do at sea, the army did by land. The Confederates were forced to evacuate the Norfolk area, and the Virginia was trapped. The ship rode too deep to go upriver, and the Union blockade sealed any sea escape. The crew blew up the Virginia...
...other men in question are in very different circumstances from Walker Lindh. One, 21-year-old Yaser Esam Hamdi, was captured in Afghanistan and brought to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After authorities discovered he was born in Louisiana, Hamdi was transferred to a naval base in Norfolk, VA. Hamdi lacks the homegrown factor that may have helped Lindh; he has lived with his family in Saudi Arabia for much of his life. He has been held without access to an attorney since his capture earlier this year. The second domestic terrorist, Jose Padilla, is under arrest for allegedly conspiring with...