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...transferring name-brand al-Qaeda prisoners recognized as dangerous men - such as alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Muhammad - to Guantanamo from secret detention abroad is likely to strengthen the rationale for the offshore facility, and for dispensing justice via military courts. It is also precisely because the Supreme Court has ruled that military tribunals do not offer detainees sufficient legal rights that the President has now urged Congress to pass legislation to address those concerns...
...prisoners held by Hizballah will be trickier. The Israelis have only 23 Lebanese prisoners to trade, most of them seized in last month's fighting. So far, The ICRC has received no response from Israeli authorities on its demands for access to alleged Hizballah prisoners. To strengthen their bargaining hand, the Israelis carried out a commando raid in Baalbek valley, seizing five members of the Nasrallah family - assuming they belonged to the same family as Hizballah chief Hasan Nasrallah. But when they learned that the captive Nasrallahs were not related to the Hizballah leader - one was a greengrocer, another...
...walked from his seat into the galley, armed with a plastic jar and a matchbox. My worst fears were confirmed a few minutes later upon seeing the ashen-faced flight attendant. We'd been hijacked. It seems that not much has changed since then. It is better to strengthen security systems and give up some freedoms than it is to accept a high risk of more attacks. SAVI MULL Lucknow, India...
...Hizballah deliberately provoked Israel's ferocious response to inspire and strengthen extremist groups and rogue nations. Why hasn't the world been more supportive of the Lebanese government in its efforts to strengthen that nation's administrative and military power? Harald Smedal Paradis, Norway...
...more than just a homecoming. Obama is using his Africa trip - after South Africa he will visit Darfurian refugees in camps in Chad - to strengthen his foreign policy credentials. A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he has spoken out against the South African government's confused response to the HIV/AIDS crisis and urged Kenya's government to be more transparent and end corruption...