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AP: Terror Suspects Held for Weeks in Secret Jails
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan -- The CIA's infamous secret network of "black site" interrogation centers is gone. But suspected terrorists in Afghanistan are being held and interrogated for weeks at temporary sites, including one run by the elite special operations forces at Bagram Air Base, according to U.S. officials who revealed details of the detention network to The Associated Press. The Pentagon has previously denied operating secret jails in Afghanistan, although human rights groups and former detainees have described the facilities. U.S. military and other government officials confirmed that the ...
Accused Terrorist Omar Khadr Delays Hearing at Guantanamo
By Graydon Gordian - Politics DailyGUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Accused war criminal Omar Khadr initially did not show up for the second day of his pretrial hearing Thursday because of what his lawyers described as severe pain in his left eye. The absence of Khadr, a 23-year-old Canadian citizen captured in Afghanistan and charged with murder, conspiracy and support of terrorism, sparked a debate in the courtroom. Eventually Col. Patrick Parrish, the presiding judge, called a recess to give Khadr's attorneys a chance to convince him to attend. If Khadr failed to show, Parrish said he would order him to be brought to court. ...
The Afghanistan Surge: A Logistical Challenge with a Cast of Thousands
By David Wood - Politics DailyTroops are jamming two dozen at a time into eight-man Arctic tents hastily erected beside the runways at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, as the first of the 30,000-plus reinforcements ordered by President Obama arrive for the expanding war. It's simple enough for the commander in chief to order the additional troops into the fight at "the fastest possible pace,'' as Obama did in his West Point speech Dec. 1. Getting it done, safely and on time, will be barely short of miraculous, given the risks and vulnerabilities involved. Heavy-lift cargo planes jammed with troops or armored vehicles ...
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