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...centuries ago, the British used the island of St. Helena to intern their sworn enemy Napoleon Bonaparte. No one is volunteering the South Atlantic as a place of repose for the captured fighters of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. So, for the moment, the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, remains the "least worst" solution (as Donald Rumsfeld put it) for sequestering the 158 detainees and several hundred more expected to follow. U.S. military engineers have been working overtime to construct temporary housing that is safe, secure and hygienic. The quarters have been outfitted with hot showers, prayer mats...
...doesn't make any difference in the mode of interrogation or in choosing military trials, closing courtrooms or considering hearsay evidence. The Geneva Convention permits each of these, even for POWs. But pretending that the detainees are POWs would make it harder to run a safe camp for these sworn terrorists. The Geneva Convention says that POWs must be allowed to keep their mess kits, gas masks and metal helmets--for it is presumed they won't turn these into weapons. They are to be paid military salaries and "given the means" of preparing food. (One wonders if this includes...
...stream of consciousness thinking went something like this: Holy crap, that’s Carlos Boozer…wow, he looks huge even compared to the other players…hey look, it’s Mike Dunleavy…I could have sworn he was lankier in real-life…oh well, he still looks goofy…who is that, number 30…must be Dahntay Jones…he’s damn smooth with his J, but looks a little too disinterested to really root for…hey, it’s Chris...
Advisers to Gul Agha Sherzai, the warlord who has retaken control of Kandahar, told reporters Wednesday that seven Taliban leaders had surrendered their weapons and vehicles to Sherzai and sworn loyalty to him. The governor then sent them home to their villages. The next day, Sherzai's men claimed Turabi was the only Talib to surrender. A day later, no one had surrendered--but six (Turabi and five low-level officials) were said to have approached Sherzai and asked for amnesty, which he refused. But he promised not to pursue them as long as they left a forwarding address. They...
...Islamic Revolution, have earned them three landslide election victories ? but also the ire of hard-liners, who have shut down around 50 liberal newspapers and jailed reformists on charges of "insulting" officials and Islam. Iran Special: The Islamic Republic in Transition ZAMBIA Election Doubts Levy Mwanawasa was sworn in as Zambia's new President despite serious concerns about the fairness of the election. The 10 parties opposed to Mwan-awasa's Movement for Multiparty Democracy alleged that ballot boxes had been stuffed and voters intimidated. Independent election monitors confirmed that they too had doubts about voting figures. The new President...