Word: terrorization
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...rising stars in Fatah elected to the Central Committee was Marwan Barghouti, currently serving five consecutive life sentences inside an Israeli prison for terrorism. Despite the terror charges against him, Barghouti is seen as relatively moderate and a pragmatist who advocates both a two-state solution and reconciliation with Hamas. He is also viewed a possible successor for Abbas if the Israelis decide to release him from prison. Although Israel's Minister of Minority Affairs Avishay Braverman suggested this week that Barghouti be released to help strengthen the hand of Israel's Palestinian peace partner, it remains unlikely that Netanyahu...
Brown inherited an issue far more explosive than political misconduct: she has to determine whether officials in Bush's DOJ twisted laws to sanction harsh interrogation tactics, including waterboarding, sought by the White House for its war on terror. Her predecessor, H. Marshall Jarrett, issued an internal report in January that, informed sources say, recommended disciplinary action by state bar associations for three former top DOJ lawyers - but no criminal prosecution. Brown has reviewed and commented on the 200-page draft, officials said, and sent it to Holder. He is expected to act on her recommendations soon. (Read "Why Obama...
...whether Brown - or for that matter Holder - has the necessary perspective to judge the actions of officials who faced extraordinary pressure in the wake of Sept. 11. Brown's closest associates counter that no one is better equipped to balance the competing equities of antiterrorism and the treatment of terror suspects. The 52-year-old Georgetown University-trained lawyer sifted complex matters for 20 years at the U.S. Attorneys office in the District of Columbia. She prosecuted narcotics cases, wrote appeals, pursued instances of police and attorney misconduct and oversaw all civil and criminal cases. High-profile investigations...
...marched to protest the inauguration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a second term, to object to the renewed mass trial of political dissidents and, on another occasion, simply to take advantage of a religious holiday when many devout Basij members would be in mosques. (See pictures of the Basiji terror in plain clothes...
...pictures of Terror in Mumbai...