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UK apology over rendition flights

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

David Miliband has admitted two US “extraordinary rendition” flights landed on UK territory in 2002.
The foreign secretary said in both cases US planes refuelled on the UK dependent territory of Diego Garcia.
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Tags: mideast · society · terrorists · combatants · britan · detainees · bush+administration · america · terrorism · military · politics · supreme+court · culture · government · iraq

Rigged Trials at Guantanamo

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

The litany of complaints about the legal treatment of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay is long, disturbing and by now familiar. Nonetheless, a new wave of shock and criticism greeted the Pentagon’s announcement on February 11 that it was charging six Guantánamo detainees, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, with war crimes - and seeking […]

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Tags: mideast · terror · terrorists · combatants · trials · detainees · constitution · bush+administration · politics · terrorism · guantanamo · government · america · justice · military