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2010-03-11: Headlines

China Post: 10 suspects held in Russia train bombing 2010-03-11
MOSCOW -- Ten men captured by Russian security forces in a raid that killed a militant leader last week have been arrested as suspects in a deadly November ...
Registan.net: Means-testing the Drone War 2010-03-11
The end result of this incessant drone war against militant leadership is that the leadership itself is far more radical and far less willing to negotiate ...
Al-Jazeerah.info: 12 Pakistanis Killed in US Missile Attack, 6 Aid Workers Killed in Taliban Attack 2010-03-11
The covert US drone war against Taliban leaders has focused increasingly on North Waziristan, a bastion of multiple militant groups, since a December 30 ...
Firedoglake: The Next Attack: Holder's Amicus Curiae Brief Against Unlimited Presidential Power 2010-03-11
It is difficult to imagine any circumstances in which a terrorist would meet the standards for designation as an enemy combatant described by the government ...
The Perpetual Post: The Politics of the 9/11 Trials 2010-03-11
In fact, according to the poll, the preference towards military tribunals has gone up in EVERY category since the same questions were asked last fall.
PEJ News: Noam Chomsky Post-Earthquake interview 2010-03-11
Keane Bhatt: Was Aristide wrong to argue against calls (made by some of his more militant supporters) for armed struggle inside Haiti to restore democracy ...
Antiwar.com: The Rogue Nation 2010-03-11
... the United States by declaring one an enemy combatant under the terms of the Military Commissions Act. Jose Padilla was denied his constitutional right ...
Times of Central Asia: 'US-led forces not after peace in Afghanistan' 2010-03-11
... Afghan officials to talk publicly about links between the ISI-Militant relations for fear of damaging possible cooperation with Pakistani authorities.
USA Today: 'Jihad Jane' shows terrorism-case trend 2010-03-11
Kohlmann says the websites have "matured" from fan sites into serious sources of militant ideology and places to organize. He estimates 1000 extremists ...
USA Today: Obama's liberal base 'disengaged' 2010-03-11
If Obama has suspects tried before military commissions "he will betray his campaign promise to restore the rule of law, demonstrate that his principles ...
RU Daily Targum: Right views unfounded 2010-03-11
... questioned nine top political appointees at the Justice Department for previously working as advocates for enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay.
Philippine Star: 'Morong 43' appeal case before CA 2010-03-11
Outside the CA, some 200 protesters from the militant group Bayan, Health Alliance for Democracy and Karapatan assailed the three CA justices who ruled ...
Personal Liberty Digest: Report: Obama To Consider Military Tribunals For 9/11 Suspects 2010-03-11
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to transfer Mohammed and other terrorist suspects from Guantanamo Bay to New York City has come under heavy scrutiny ...
WAMU: 10:00Administration Debates Trying Alleged 9-11 Plotters in Civilian ... 2010-03-11
... administration is considering an about-face, how it could affect plans to try other terror suspects and what it might mean for closing Guantanamo Bay.
Forexyard: Reuters World News Highlights at 0045 GMT, Mar 11 2010-03-11
CANBERRA/JAKARTA - A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant movement ...
Reuters UK: Indonesia Market factors to watch - March 11 2010-03-11
... navies have been patrolling in Malacca Strait since March 5 after the Singaporean Navy issued a warning on possible militant attacks on oil tankers.
Daily Mail: PETER OBORNE: For years I've been a passionate admirer of the U.S. But recent ... 2010-03-11
In recent years, there have been too many troubling and hideous episodes, ranging from the abuse of human rights at Guantanamo Bay to the horrors inflicted ...
The News International: Obama mulls compromise on Guantanamo trials 2010-03-11
But Republicans and some Democrats have vehemently opposed bringing them onto the US mainland from their detention in the US military base at Guantanamo Bay ...
Palestine Chronicle: Alternative Reading of the Al-Mabhouh Murder 2010-03-11
... founders of the militant arm of Hamas, Izz al-Din al-Qassam; the middleman between Hamas in Gaza and al-Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran.
Irish Independent: Cocaine hidden in fake pineapples 2010-03-11
The territory's Islamic militant rulers announced the ban last week. Islamic custom bars women from exposing their hair to strangers.
Irish Independent: Taxi drivers vow to ramp up protests if demands aren't met 2010-03-11
THOUSANDS of air passengers and commuters face further traffic disruptions as militant taxi drivers thre ...
The Mercury: Death of Bali bomber confirmed 2010-03-11
JAKARTA: Indonesian counter-terrorism authorities were praised yesterday for killing a top-ranked militant wanted for planning the 2002 Bali bombings.
Solomon Star: More wounds reopened on day two of hearings 2010-03-11
10. Dick Tavake is from Temotu province. Mr Tavake was harassed and abused on three deferent occasions by the two former militant groups. By EDNAL PALMER.
Special Broadcasting Service: Pakistan Taliban blast kills 13 2010-03-11
Six militant attacks in Lahore, frequently targeting police and security offices, have killed more than 130 people over the last year.
People's Daily Online: Russia arrests 10 militants linked to train bombing 2010-03-11
President Dmitry Medvedev regarded the economic backwardness, rampant militant violence and clan rivalry in the region as key security threats to Russia.
DigitalJournal.com: Nigerian President sais attacks, not religious - aid for victims 2010-03-11
... hard to assist in food and water distribution for around 5000 victims of last Sunday's brutal attacks on Jos, by militant members of an Islam group.
Global Times: DNA test confirms Bali bombing mastermind killed 2010-03-11
Another militant arrested was Sapta Adi bin Robert Bakrie, a graduation of Minanao terrorist training camp in the Philippines, said Hendarso.
Little About: `Jihad Janes extreme views were unknown to her Penn state neighbours 2010-03-11
New York, Mar.11 : The Pennsylvania woman linked this week to an alleged terrorist plot involving militant Muslims was not known in her neighbourhood ...
Little About: Top Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur among 14 killed in US drone strike 2010-03-11
Another vehicle, which was on its way to help the victims of the first attack, was also targeted killing eight more militants, The Daily Times reports.
Edmonton Sun: Cleaner oilsands takes time 2010-03-11
They're worried that militant environmentalists have successfully made Alberta's oilsands symbolic of all that is wrong with an oil-addicted world.
Sydney Morning Herald: US-Iran tension plays out in Afghanistan 2010-03-11
Taliban forces killed eight Iranian diplomats in the late 1990s, and the militant group makes money from drug-smuggling operations across Iran's border ...
Jakarta Globe: Dulmatin Posed as Livestock Trader While Running Guns to Aceh: Authorities 2010-03-11
... suspect killed in a terror raid two days ago, slipped into Indonesia more than a year ago and continued his militant activities under a new alias.
China Post: Charges in Argentine bomb case are 'lies': suspect 2010-03-11
Argentine prosecutors allege the attack was orchestrated by Iranian government leaders and entrusted to the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.
Montreal Gazette: New US flight rules irk much, accomplish little 2010-03-11
... the father of would-be Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to warn US embassy officials in Nigeria about his worryingly militant ...
Malaysia Star: Dulmatin 'slipped into Indonesia' 2010-03-11
All claims turned out to be false, to the frustration of Indonesian authorities, for they know only too well the destruction the 39-year-old militant c ...
Deseret News: Military commission fair for alleged terrorist, says BYU alum and Guantanamo ... 2010-03-11
Allred said US military tribunals which were originally based on the the British Article of War, where a ship's commanding officer would select the officer ...
Pretoria News: Bali kingpin's slaying a blow to militants 2010-03-11
Dulmatin, an electronics specialist, was a top bomb technician for the South-east Asian Islamist militant group Jemaah Islamiah. Authorities say he helped ...
CCTV: Militant s kill 5 in Pakistan 2010-03-11
Islamist militants have attacked a US based Christian aid agency in Pakistan, killing five people. Police say gunmen burst into the World Vision agency ...
Adelaide Independent Weekly: Fringe: Bill Henson and His Children/Waiting for Mamdouh 2010-03-11
In Waiting for Mamdouh it is incredible that Mr Habib plays his own leading role – that of a man we threw into Guantanamo Bay, sent away for torture ...
Channel News Asia: Militants kill, burn workers in south Thailand 2010-03-11
The shadowy militant groups in the region never publicly state their goals but have targeted both Buddhists and Muslims, sometimes using gruesome method ...
Hindustan Times: US missiles kill up to 16 in Pakistan: officials 2010-03-11
The official did not reveal the nationalities of the dead, but the term "foreign militant" is often used to refer to Al-Qaeda-linked fighters.
DAWN.com: US worries militants may trigger India-Pakistan war 2010-03-11
... a year after ten heavily armed gunmen belonging to the banned Pakistan based extremist militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba attacked Mumbai last November ...
Vanguard: AHEAD VANGUARD'S post-Amnesty dialogue : The imperatives of sustainable ... 2010-03-11
The main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger- Delta, MEND, had already declared its intention to resume fighting and had actually ...
GMA news.tv: CA junks Morong 43's habeas corpus plea; lawyers to seek SC review 2010-03-11
Renato Reyes Jr., secretary general of militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan — which had been supportive of the Morong 43 — added they were "not losing hope," ...
NDTV.com: J&K: Infiltrating into militant ranks, new police strategy 2010-03-11
In the last two months, 10 top militant commanders have been killed in the Doda and Kishtwar districts of Jammu. The police are working on a strategy to ...
Terre Haute Tribune Star: Operation Comedy coming to Valley 2010-03-11
... that in addition to her regular tours, she's performed eight times for US troops overseas, flying into places such as South Korea and Guantanamo Bay.
The Corsair: 30 Days of Veganism: The Halfway Update 2010-03-11
As I get older, I'm trying to not be so militant and just realize that what's done is done. Move forward and try not to get wrapped up in the emotional ...
Free Malaysia Today: Indonesia confirms extremist mastermind killed 2010-03-11
Dulmatin was a leader of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). The news comes as US President Barack Obama, whose country had offered ...
Winnipeg Free Press: Al-Qaida eyeing less-complex US attacks after seeing impact of Fort Hood, Dec ... 2010-03-11
... into bankruptcy," Gadahn said in a video released and translated by US-based site Intelligence Group, which monitors Islamic militant message traffic.
People's Daily Online: Iran sends proofs on separatist leader's "crimes" to Interpol: MP 2010-03-11
Iran's western provinces have been the hotbed of regular armed clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish militant parties, in particular ...
The Sophian: Exercise a little tolerance for Republicans 2010-03-11
A liberal student at Smith is allowed to disagree with President Obama's handling of Guantanamo Bay, but still support the Democratic Party, and be proud ...
New York Times: Interview: 'My Life With the Taliban' 2010-03-11
11, 2001, Mullah Zaeef was held in GuantÃ¡namo Bay, Cuba, for more than four years before being released, an experience he also recounts in the book.
Himalayan Times: Indonesian prez confirms Bali mastermind killed 2010-03-11
Dulmatin was a leader of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). The news comes as US President Barack Obama, whose country had offered ...
Jakarta Post: Military, police hold anti-terrorism joint training 2010-03-11
Indonesian counterterror authorities won international praise on Wednesday for killing a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadly ...
Inside NoVA: Political notes: Connolly speaks against mauling in East Africa 2010-03-11
In an unrelated matter, Wolf challenged US Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. last week to disclose the names of lawyers crafting Guantanamo Bay policy ...
Daily Caller: When lawyers attack 2010-03-11
Or why these lawyers voluntarily flocked to Guantanamo Bay to take up the cause of the detained terror suspects when they did not and do not have a right ...

2010-03-10: Headlines

Patriot Post: Death Checks In 2010-03-10
--The prison at Guantanamo Bay, specifically constructed to hold the most dangerous of terrorists, is to be closed, its occupants shifted to the Americ ...
Tampabay.com: The Skinny: Hairdressers take on Ham ... very carefully 2010-03-10
In what would make an excellent plot twist if there was a Shear Genius: Gaza Strip, Gaza's Islamic militant rulers Ham ...
Huffington Post: Moral Cowardice and the Third Reich: The Legacy of Pius XII 2010-03-10
Turns out that for the sake of appeasing Turkey and its increasingly militant Islamist Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Obama is prepared ...
Consortium News: Remembering the Land of the Brave 2010-03-10
Under George W. Bush, we accepted illegal wiretapping of citizens without FISA warrants, the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act, all in the name ...
Consortium News: Hard Lessons of the My Lai Massacre 2010-03-10
The “stuff” that happened to the indiscriminately imprisoned and often falsely charged “suspects” at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay was nothing new.
Antiwar.com: On GuantÃ¡namo, Symbolism Trumps Substance 2010-03-10
And why are military tribunals so bad? Although they have been slightly improved since the Bush administration originally set up its kangaroo military ...
The Guardian: What and when MI5 knew about torture 2010-03-10
That month, the Pentagon releases pictures of hooded and shackled detainees dragged around at the new detention centre at GuantÃ¡namo Bay.
OregonLive.com: Forcing military commissions is courting disaster 2010-03-10
C., has offered the Obama administration a deal: If the major 9/11 conspirators are tried by military commissions, and a policy is devised to decide ...
Firedoglake: Lindsey Graham's Empty Back Pocket 2010-03-10
In addition to working with Democrats on a climate bill, Lindsey Graham (R-SC) thinks he can broker a deal on closing the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay ...
News Hounds: Hannity Supports Glenn Beck's Assessment That Obama Is A Racist 2010-03-10
Dick Durbin's apology for comparing Guantanamo Bay to a concentration camp. “Tolerant,” “forgiving” Hannity said, “Let me ask you what's worse.
Media Matters for America: Did Thiessen suggest DOJ lawyers are comparable to Tom Hagen? 2010-03-10
It is important to remember that no less an authority than the Supreme Court ruled that those held at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cub ...
Independent: Ex-MI5 head: US hid torture tactics from UK 2010-03-10
She cited the case of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident, who was held at Guantanamo Bay after the 9/11 attacks and provided his captors with useful ...
Independent: Jaci Stephen: You could spot the Brits at the Oscars – they were the one ... 2010-03-10
... an absolute sweetheart, brilliant at his job, and a million times better than his predecessor, who would have been more at home running Guantanamo Bay.
ReliefWeb: FACTBOX-Key risks to watch in Nigeria 2010-03-10
The main militant group MEND has said it is still waiting to assess progress by Jonathan before deciding whether to reinstate a ceasefire but a splinter ...
AlterNet: Why Progressives Need to Support Obama 2010-03-10
Just look at his failure to close Guantanamo Bay. His efforts to appease the Republicans has weakened his agenda. He has not addressed comprehensive ...
AlterNet: Civil Liberties and Corporate Messaging 2010-03-10
... torture and extrajudicial assassination of so-called terrorists (unfortunately this could potentially include anyone who criticizes the government ...
AlterNet: Five Reasons to Unplug the TV Now! 2010-03-10
... torture and extrajudicial assassination of so-called terrorists (unfortunately this could potentially include anyone who criticizes the government ...
NPR: Bali Bombing Suspect Confirmed Dead In Police Raid 2010-03-10
Enlarge Associated Press Indonesian police officers and hospital workers carry the body of a suspected militant killed in a raid in Banten province up ...
The Hill: Buck stops with Obama 2010-03-10
... for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City, and promising to close GuantÃ¡namo Bay prison within one year — fall on the shoulders of the president.
The Hill: Grassley: Getting GOP support to close Gitmo a 'longshot' 2010-03-10
By Michael O'Brien - 03/10/10 01:57 PM ET It's a "longshot" that Republicans would get on board with an agreement to close Guantanamo Bay and bring terr ...
Scotsman: US hid torture says ex-spy chief 2010-03-10
It erupted last month after the disclosure of the "cruel, inhuman" treatment of Binyam Mohamed, the British resident formerly held at Guantanamo Bay.
World Socialist Web Site: The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party ... 2010-03-10
The central strategical problem that confronted the Trotskyist movement in this early period in the development of the ICFI was the active and militant ...
Politico: Liz Cheney allies: Critics are 'prissy' 2010-03-10
... has gone after current Justice Department lawyers who before joining the administration had defended suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay.
MyNews.in: US undecided on 9/11 mastermind's trial venue 2010-03-10
... the Justice Department to try other terror suspects in civilian courts and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay prison,' The Wall Street Journal said.
New York Times: Group's Attack on Justice Dept. Lawyers Divides Conservatives 2010-03-10
The court ruled that the Bush administration's initial plans for military commissions to try detainees violated the law. “You don't want to give ...
New York Observer: The New McCarthyites 2010-03-10
Ms. Cheney and Mr. Kristol have charged that certain lawyers in the Justice Department represented alleged terrorists held at the GuantÃ¡namo Bay pri ...
Raw Story: Fmr. Bush attorney general slams Liz Cheney's 'shoddy and dangerous' attack ... 2010-03-10
... to a growing conservative chorus of condemnation against Liz Cheney's attacks on Department of Justice lawyers who represented Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Sri Lanka Guardian: Pathways of Dominance? 2010-03-10
Overall, the analysis stays within the confines of the militant struggle, leaving almost untouched Tamil nationalism. One might ask what is so wrong ...
Rhinelander Daily News: Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace 2010-03-10
With the Islamic militant Hamas openly committed to Israel's destruction and now in charge of the Gaza Strip, and with Israel governed by a coaliti ...
Before It's News: Torture to be Visited Upon Americans by Americans 2010-03-10
This would have the effect of banning all civilian trials for such alleged terrorists, pushing those detainees into military commissions.
The Public Record: Graham Tries To Cut Deal With White House On Guantanamo Closure 2010-03-10
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told the White House on Sunday that there is only one way to close GuantÃ¡namo Bay: by abandoning civilian 9/11 trials.
Reuters: Bali bombing suspect killed: Indonesia president 2010-03-10
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A leading Southeast Asian militant, wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings, was the man killed in police raids in Jakart ...
Reuters India: FACTBOX - Five facts on Indonesian Islamist militant Dulmatin 2010-03-10
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah's bomb technician Dulmatin was killed in police raids on the outskirts of Jakart ...
Reuters: US general's Kyrgyz visit rivals Russian influence 2010-03-10
Analysts say that Central Asia, a mainly Muslim but secular region, has become increasingly susceptible to militant ideas in the past few years because ...
Forexyard: Reuters World News Highlights at 0530 GMT, Mar 10 2010-03-10
CANBERRA - A leading Southeast Asian militant, wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings, was the man killed in police raids in Jakarta, Indonesia's President ...
BBC News: Ex-MI5 chief says US 'concealed suspect mistreatment' 2010-03-10
Last month it emerged that Binyam Mohamed, a British resident formerly held at Guantanamo Bay, had been subjected to "cruel, inhuman and degrading" ...
Himalayan Times: Bali blast mastermind killed 2010-03-10
Police have mistakenly thought that Dulmatin was killed in the past, and militant leader Noordin Mohammad Top, also blamed for the Bali bombing ...
Salon: Military commissions: A bad idea 2010-03-10
Incredibly, there is a noisy political debate about whether to entrust the still-pending 9/11 trial to a military commissions system that, among its many ...
BBC News: Five killed in attack on aid agency in Pakistan 2010-03-10
Militant groups and religious parties in Pakistan have often accused non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of spreading "vulgarity" in society.
BBC News: The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has confirmed that ... 2010-03-10
Indonesia's anti-terrorist forces have launched a series of raids nationwide after the discovery of an alleged Islamist militant training camp in ...
US Department of State: US Government Efforts To Counter Violent Extremism 2010-03-10
Thus, we have moved to rectify the excesses of the past few years by working to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, forbidding torture, and developing ...
Minneapolis City Pages: Joe Basel and his teabugger friends: The Greatest Hits on YouTube 2010-03-10
... the streets of Boston to sign people up for the "Love Thy Prisoner Campaign," a push to find nice homes and pen pals for prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Jakarta Post: Women rights: An international issue? 2010-03-10
At extremes, both militant governance and human rights demands lead to violence and crime. Women's right is still an international issue because it ...
Raw Story: UN expert slams US for not looking into torture claims 2010-03-10
"I do think that much of it has been implemented," he said, noting that even though Guantanamo Bay prison has yet to be shut, the blame did not fall ...
AFP: Obama nears compromise on Guantanamo trials 2010-03-10
Influential Republican Senator Lindsey Lindsey Graham has offered a deal that would allow Obama to fulfill his pledge to close the criticized Guantanamo Bay ...
AFP: Indonesia confirms Bali bomber killed 2010-03-10
Dulmatin was a leader of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). The news comes as US President Barack Obama, whose country had offered ...
Deseret News: World datelines 2010-03-10
JAKARTA — A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been killed in a shootout ...
VOVNews.vn: Raids kill 3 Indonesia militants near Jakarta 2010-03-10
The cafe owner told AP that the suspected militant had been logged on to the internet for about five minutes when officers stormed in.
580 CFRA Radio: Suspected Bali Bomb Mastermind Killed 2010-03-10
Indonesia's President confirms top-ranked Southest Asian militant Dulmatin was one of three suspected militants killed in two co-ordinated raids ...
Earthtimes: UN rapporteur: US must investigate torture allegations 2010-03-10
European states should have better aided US President Barack Obama's efforts to shut down the military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by accepting ...
NetIndian: Proposal to extend CISF cover to more power plants 2010-03-10
He said militant and terrorist outfits had planned to target some power plants in Jamu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, ...
Sussex Sun: A Plan to Deal with Terrorism 2010-03-10
We will try suspected terrorists in military tribunals. Military action will only occur in dire instances, such as the overthrow of a very stable ...
New York Times: Police Kill Bali Nightclub Bombing Suspect 2010-03-10
The police said the militant, who went by only one name, Dulmatin, was a senior operative for Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian terrorist network ...
13WHAM-TV: Victims Believed Targeted in Greece Triple Shooting 2010-03-10
Some neighbors have found comfort in the fact that police say this was a targeted killing, but others say they're thinking about moving.
PKKH | PakistanKaKhudaHafiz: Colonel Imam: Ideologue or Pragmatist 2010-03-10
... the Taliban movement by weaning commanders away with bribes will not succeed, since committed militant commanders will not trade their loyalty for cash.
9&10 News: Fraud hunters...Toyota recalls more Tundras...Baby sling recall 2010-03-10
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A top-ranked militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been identified as the m ...
Eastern Echo: Bipartisanship can work 2010-03-10
A while ago I expressed doubt about the bipartisan health care summit, because even with Obama there I believed the GOP ...
Special Broadcasting Service: Yudhoyono says people smuggling will be a crime 2010-03-10
Dulmatin was a leader of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). The news comes as US President Barack Obama, whose country had offered ...
Mountain Xpress: Recycling matters to all — and all should be doing it 2010-03-10
We become militant about the aesthetic integration of office-supply store facades, benefits for domestic partners, vegetarian equality, chained dogs ...
Oneindia: Bali bombing suspect killed 2010-03-10
The deceased identified as Dulmatin, a Southeast Asian militant trained by the al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, was wanted in connection with the suicide bombing ...
Jakarta Post: Talangsari victims deny terrorist link 2010-03-10
... Port in South Lampung, following reports that MT, one of the terror suspects shot dead in Aceh, had relations with the Talangsari militant group.
GMA news.tv: Court junks Morong 43's habeas corpus plea 2010-03-10
Renato Reyes, secretary general of militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan — which had been rallying behind the Morong 43 — said they were "not losing ...
Mid-Day: Maha Home Minister attends 26/11 attack proceedings 2010-03-10
... Sabahuddin and Ansari are facing charges of drawing maps of targets and passing them on militant outfit LeT for executing the terror strikes.
BusinessWeek: Liz Cheney Would Call John Adams a Terrorists' Pal: Ann Woolner 2010-03-10
That's what she says about Attorney General Eric Holder because he hired lawyers who represented Guantanamo Bay detainees in cases against the US government ...
Las Vegas Sun: Obama still wants US trial for some Gitmo suspects 2010-03-10
The White House does not want to hold military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. That means the administration would need to reach a deal to close the pri ...
Himalayan Times: Govt to provide resources for Maoist fighters 2010-03-10
He urged other political parties not to force the Nepali Congress to form a militant body “Tarun Sena” to safeguard democracy and the party.
KGMI: New Poll Spells Potential Trouble For Democrats 2010-03-10
... drawn fire from Republicans for treating the bombing suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, as a typical criminal suspect instead of as an enemy combatant.
People's Daily Online: Dubai issues 16 more int'l warrants for Hamas murder suspects 2010-03-10
A combo of identity photographs released by the Dubai police shows the 15 new suspects in last month's killing in the emirate of top Hamas militant Mahmud ...
Tampa Tribune: The GOP's hypocrisy is mind boggling 2010-03-10
Republican legislators who once supported a variety of bills from cap and trade to immigration reform to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp ...
CCTV: Suspect in Bali bombings may be killed 2010-03-10
Indonesia officials say a top fugitive militant wanted for planning the 2002 Bali bombings may have been killed. DNA tests are under way to confirm h ...
The Associated Press: Suspect: Charges in Argentine bomb case are 'lies' 2010-03-10
Argentine prosecutors allege the attack was orchestrated by Iranian government leaders and entrusted to the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.
Citizen: Indonesian president confirms terror man's death 2010-03-10
An undated picture of the militant leader Dulmatin. The Al-Qaeda-trained bomber is the suspected mastermind of some of the region's most notorious attack ...
ABS CBN News: Top militant Dulmatin killed: Indonesia's president 2010-03-10
CANBERRA - The militant group Jemaah Islamiyah's top bomb technician Dulmatin was killed in police raids in Jakarta, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram: American al-Qaida suspect is not group's spokesman 2010-03-10
The attack broke what had been a relative lull in violence in Pakistan, where militant groups revile the government for its alliance with the US A senior U ...
The Moderate Voice: Liz Cheney's Skewered View 2010-03-10
... produced an ad criticizing Attorney General Eric Holder for hiring at least nine attorneys who defended accused terrorists at Guantanamo Bay prison.
NDTV.com: Tatas make a comeback in Assam 2010-03-10
Just as the government is planning to have talks with the militant outfit ULFA and create an impression of an improving law and order the Tatas are back ...
The Epoch Times: Terrorists Killed by Police in Indonesia 2010-03-10
Police sources said the raids were linked to a series of others operations on a suspected Islamic militant group in Aceh Province.
Charleston Gazette: Readers' voice: March 11, 2010 2010-03-10
... are in the process of being delivered: a step up in the war in Afghanistan, the health-care bill, the stimulus bill and the closing of Guantanamo Bay.
Stars and Stripes: Fort Worth has quietly become a hub for military intelligence 2010-03-10
... about 450 of whom are currently deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain, the Horn of Africa and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, among other locations.
AsiaOne: Australia PM congratulates Indonesia on terror swoop 2010-03-10
... but a police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP one was believed to be Dulmatin, a leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant group.
AsiaOne: British ex-spy chief accuses US of hiding torture 2010-03-10
The allegations were sparked by a British court's decision last month to release details of US torture of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate.

2010-03-09: Headlines

Press Trust of India: Patil, Bagwe attend 26/11 Mumbai attack proceedings 2010-03-09
... Sabahuddin and Ansari are facing charges of drawing maps of targets and passing them on militant outfit LeT for executing the terror strikes.
SunHerald.com: Court dismisses Uighurs' appeal in detention case 2010-03-09
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Monday from the seven Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay ...
SAMAA TV: Lahore blast death toll reaches 14 2010-03-09
... to the suspected death -- still not confirmed -- of TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud and military offensives that have disrupted militant networks.
Today's Zaman: Keep America Safe -- From Whom? 2010-03-09
The caller was Lt. Cmdr. Kuebler, a uniformed Navy officer who had been detailed to the Office of Military Commissions. As part of his military dutie ...
Asia Times Online: Alternative reading of Hamas murder 2010-03-09
... of the militant arm of Hamas, Izz al-Din al-Qassam; the middleman between Hamas in Gaza and the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.
AlterNet: A Campaign Promise Dies: Obama and Military Commissions 2010-03-09
At first it seemed Obama was on track to make good on his campaign promise of halting military commissions. Instead, he's reviving the same system he once ...
Media Matters for America: In newest column, Wash. Post's Thiessen defends witch hunt against DOJ lawyers 2010-03-09
General Barry McCaffrey, former US drug czar, following an academic mission to Guantanamo Bay, advised the Pentagon: World opinion is so united against ...
Antiwar.com: Liz Cheney Wants to Keep America Safe 2010-03-09
Today the Military Commissions Act is still largely untested (many of the military's own say it's broken) and still evolving. It would seem these legal ...
Inter Press Service: MEDIA-NEPAL: Self-Censorship Creeping Up After Killings 2010-03-09
We cannot take on the growing number of militant outfits on our own," he points out. Apart from Singhaniya's murder, there are other unresolved incident ...
USA Today: Dissident's death spurs new protests in Cuba 2010-03-09
... Committee of the Red Cross regularly visits prisons to check on conditions, including the US facility for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay.
EUobserver.com: EU's visit to Gaza is 'poke in the eye' for Israel 2010-03-09
"I think that both a visit and a meeting [with Palestinian militant group Hamas] are unnecessary and unhelpful," Israel's former ambassador to the EU ...
Los Angeles Times: Suicide car bomber strikes Pakistani counter-terrorism offices 2010-03-09
No organization claimed responsibility for the Lahore blast, but in the past the Pakistani Taliban or militant groups allied with it have been behind ...
Boston Globe: Blast in Pakistan's heartland shatters a recent calm 2010-03-09
Militant groups that revile the government for its alliance with the United States generally operate in Afghan border regions, where Al Qaeda and ...
Salon: Confessions of a terrorist sympathizer 2010-03-09
I figured the military commissions at GuantÃ¡namo would be the perfect soapbox for me to espouse my terrorist ideology. Maddow: And did your position as ...
Salon: Obama sabotages himself with fake "pragmatism" 2010-03-09
Apparently, there must not be anything wrong with indefinite detention, military commissions, renditions, state secrets, etc. because Obama has embraced ...
Sri Lanka Guardian: Economic Freedom: The Path to Economic and Political Emancipation of ... 2010-03-09
Moreover, most of the original leaders of the first wave of armed Tamil militant groups were youths from dispossessed castes (but not necessarily ...
Sri Lanka Guardian: Rajpal Abeynayake's Vines and Creepers Time 2010-03-09
Abeynayake said, "Today, whether one likes it or not, he has subordinated Tamil militant politics and Tamil politics per se to the diktat of the majority ...
Sri Lanka Guardian: Tamil options and the April 08 SL General Election 2010-03-09
The concern of the Buddhist voters country-wide about the un-buddhistic conduct of the JHU in the political snake-pit is shown in most of the militant monk ...
CTV.ca: Globalization at the crossroads 2010-03-09
... when they think about American justice, they think about Guantanamo Bay, and when they think about American finance, they think about Lehman Brothers.
Atlantic Online: The Gall of Liz Cheney 2010-03-09
... or "American", to be given a role at Justice after having represented some of the terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Financial Times: Obama sways to the politics of war 2010-03-09
The problem for the ACLU is that America's conception of due process, justice and the rule of law includes military commissions.
ISNA: The "thugocracy" government is the US criminal administration: Larijani 2010-03-09
... which has killed innocent people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, besides all its felonies in Abu Ghraib prison and Guantanamo bay.
Telegraph.co.uk: No court has power to allow secret evidence 2010-03-09
The case is the latest battle for secrecy in the courts which the Government has launched in relation to Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Reuters South Africa: Indonesia raids suspected militants 2010-03-09
Another police source who declined to be identified told Reuters the police raid had been targeting Dulmatin, a fugitive Indonesian member of militant group ...
Reuters South Africa: Accused Somali-trained militant to be tried in NY 2010-03-09
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man US prosecutors say received bombmaking training in Somalia from the Islamist militant group Al Shabaab has been ...
BBC News: Indonesia militant 'killed in shoot-out' near Jakarta 2010-03-09
Indonesian security forces say they have killed a suspected militant during a shoot-out on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta. The raid was thought to ...
World Socialist Web Site: The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party ... 2010-03-09
... between the trade union bureaucracy and the Labor government that the working class was unable to overcome, no matter how militant its struggles.
World Socialist Web Site: The liberals' lament: What's wrong with Obama? 2010-03-09
They have seen Obama continue the Bush administration's assault on democratic rights, including military tribunals, indefinite detention without trial ...
Washington Post: Foreign Digest: Pakistan, Iran, China, Guantanamo, Dubai, Haiti 2010-03-09
The Pakistani Taliban, an umbrella militant group that had been weakened in recent months, staged a forceful resurgence Monday with an attack that killed ...
Washington Post: 'Al-Qaeda 7' smear campaign is an assault on American values 2010-03-09
In a 5-to-3 decision, the court sided with Hamdan and ruled that the Bush administration's military tribunals were unconstitutional.
The Hill: Sen. Graham: Give released Guantanamo Bay detainees to Homeland Security 2010-03-09
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) is urging Congress to pass legislation giving the Department of Homel ...
TwoCircles.net: Israel to allow UN chief, EU envoy to enter Gaza 2010-03-09
Israel has largely blockaded the Gaza Strip since 2008, when the Islamist militant group Hamas seized control of the densely populated coastal territory.
San Francisco Examiner: After political setbacks on Gitmo, Obama administration seeks deal on detainee ... 2010-03-09
AP WASHINGTON — A senior administration official says the US still hopes to put some Guantanamo Bay detainees on trial in US civilian courts.
The Press Association: Ex-MI5 head: US concealed torture 2010-03-09
... of what was described as the "cruel, inhuman and degrading" treatment of Binyam Mohamed, the British resident formerly held at Guantanamo Bay.
TopNews: HuJI, Jaish wiped out in Jammu, says top cop 2010-03-09
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed that militant outfits Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) have been rooted out of ...
KSTP.com: GOP senator urges Obama to shift on terror trials 2010-03-09
11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four accused henchmen in military tribunals, he will press fellow Republicans to vote to close the Guantanamo Bay ...
The News International: Preventing the militants' comeback 2010-03-09
... by sending suicide bombers to attack the security forces and the lashkar and through targeted killing of anti-Taliban tribal elders.
This is Money: Royal Mail strikers get more for less work 2010-03-09
The deal follows three months of bitter negotiation with the militant Communication Workers' Union. Both sides yesterday insisted the deal was ...
UT The Daily Texan: World Briefly: Suicide bomber strikes Pakistan 2010-03-09
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell on the Pakistani Taliban and allied militant groups. Those groups are believed responsible ...
BlueRidgeNow.com: Experts Urge Keeping Two Terror Trial Options 2010-03-09
“This rush to military commissions is based on premises that are not true,” said John B. Bellinger III, a top legal adviser to the National Security Council ...
Interfax-Religion: Wahabi militant killed in Kabardino-Balkaria 2010-03-09
The militant was killed in the fighting," a source said. An Austrian-made submachine gun, an improvised grenade and a fake police ID card were found on him.
Earthtimes: Suspected Muslim militant bomber nabbed in Philippines 2010-03-09
By : dpa Cotabato City, Philippines - A suspected Muslim militant bomber was captured in the southern Philippines, a provincial police chief said Tuesday.
THISDAY: Crude Cries 2010-03-09
... breach its promises and lead to heightened violence by the existing militants and the formation of new Militant groups comprising now unknown youths.
Faxts News: Decade Of The Drone: America's Aerial Assassins 2010-03-09
In early March American military deaths in the Greater Afghan War theater -Afghanistan, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), Djibouti, Eritrea, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzst ...
Las Vegas Sun: Egyptian blogger on military trial to be freed 2010-03-09
But military tribunals are normally reserved for those the government perceives as a threat to its existence, such as terror suspects or members of ...
Wicked Local Plainville: No sense of decency, at long last… 2010-03-09
They did it because—as Spencer Ackerman points out—the Military Commissions Act of 2006 expressly provided that detainees get defense lawyers.
Las Vegas Sun: Al-Qaida calls on US Muslims to attack America 2010-03-09
In a 25-minute video posted on militant Web sites, Adam Gadahn described Maj. Nidal Hasan as a pioneer who should serve as a role model for other Muslim ...
Straight.com: Donald and Lenore makes for a long, slow night underground 2010-03-09
When Lenore, our hostess, is choosing which sunset to project onto the wall, she flips through slides of Hawaii, Puerto Rico—and Guantanamo Bay.
ISN: Costs of War: Safety in Aggression? 2010-03-09
... officials for the decision to read Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab his Miranda rights and prosecute him in criminal court, rather than as an enemy combatant.
The Associated Press: Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees 2010-03-09
... whether one MI5 officer — known as Witness B — is guilty of criminal wrongdoing regarding the alleged torture of an ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee.
Globe and Mail: White House considering military trial for 9/11 suspect 2010-03-09
The delay is needed, apparently, because the Obama administration is also making a deal with Republicans on closing the Guantanamo Bay detention centre ...
Las Vegas Sun: Officers: Pakistan detains American-born al-Qaida 2010-03-09
... about giving credence to the claim that Gadahn was in custody as reports emerged that the man arrested might instead be a Taliban militant leader.
Vancouver Sun: Distinguish between jihadists and terrorists, Harkat trial told 2010-03-09
In 2008, he testified as an expert witness in the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, Salim Hamdan, in Guantanamo Bay. Williams said Monday that after he ...
Yahoo! News: Republicans scold Liz Cheney 2010-03-09
Good defense counsel is thus key to ensuring that military commissions, federal juries, and federal judges have access to the best arguments and most ...
The Associated Press: Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail 2010-03-09
... own vision of health overhaul, or even completely unrelated but embarrassing amendments such as closing the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Westport-News: AP Top News at 9:23 am EST 2010-03-09
In a 25-minute video posted on militant Web sites, Adam Gadahn described Maj. Nidal Hasan as a pioneer who should serve as a role model for other Muslim ...
Herald Sun: Top Jemaah Islamiyah militant Dulmatin believed killed in Indonesia - police 2010-03-09
Anti-terror police chief Tito Karnavian confirmed that the man killed was linked to a militant group in Aceh province in the north of the island of Sumatra.
Oneindia: Maoists release kidnapped school headmaster in WB 2010-03-09
Following the incident Sidhu Soren, a leader of Sidhu Kano Gana Committee, the militant wing of People's Committee against Police Atrocities told Duley' ...
The New Ledger: Cheney in Exile 2010-03-09
Newt Gingrich summarized Cheney's argument succinctly in a speech last year: “The reason we have Guantanamo Bay is that we have people there who want ...
Las Vegas Sun: Pakistan seeks identity of American suspect 2010-03-09
The arrest of an American militant in Pakistan would be another example of US citizens traveling abroad to join al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Arab Times: Gates in Afghanistan warns of hard Taleban fight ahead 2010-03-09
The Taleban is the biggest militant group waging an eight-year insurgency to evict Western troops and topple the US-backed Afghan government and has been ...
TIME: 9/11 Trials: Can Graham Help Forge a White House Deal? 2010-03-09
11 mastermind, shortly after his capture; the GuantÃ¡namo Bay detention facility President Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel ...
Bikya Masr: Morocco: Sahara desert project 2010-03-09
A Hezbollah minister said on Sunday that disarming his Shiite militant group was not “a subject for discussion,” two days before Lebanon's national dialogue ...
Republica: A briefing for Mr Pascoe 2010-03-09
The recent targeted killing of two prominent businessmen (who also had media interests) points to the existing situation of impunity, the easy availability ...
France24: Iran officials lash out at 'thug' Petraeus 2010-03-09
Iran captured top Sunni militant Rigi last month and accused US, Britain and Israel of supporting him in carrying out attacks against the Islamic republic.
Eurasia Review: Three US Screenings Of “Outside The Law: Stories From GuantÃ¡namo” – In Boulder ... 2010-03-09
... the lives and livelihood of those men wrongly incarcerated in GuantÃ¡namo Bay Prison who our government has determined pose no threat to our country.
CCTV: At least 12 killed in Pakistani blast 2010-03-09
Militant groups are angered by the country's administration for its alliance with the US. No group is claiming responsibility, but suspicion fell on ...
Cato @ Liberty: The Case against Domestic Military Detention 2010-03-09
As they stand now, our military commissions have jurisdiction over material support of terrorism but not the panoply of federal statutes that allow ...
The MIT Tech: Shorts (left) 2010-03-09
Leading congressional Republicans are arguing that getting tough on terrorism means trying all foreign terrorism suspects before military commissions.
Bar & Bench: A view from the west: A Canadian adolescent in Guantanamo Bay - the Omar Khadr ... 2010-03-09
Sporting sparse facial hair of adolescence, the 15 year old was detained in Guantanamo Bay on charges of war crimes and supporting terrorism.
Oskaloosa Herald: Superintendent hopeful focused on technology 2010-03-09
He was also stationed at Guantanamo Bay for a time. Abrahamson is also currently working on his Phd. dissertation on superintendents' impact on student ...
Kashmir Live: Police claim success in strikes, to focus on Rajouri, Poonch now 2010-03-09
Claiming success in eliminating 17 militants, including 10 top commanders of various militant outfits, since the beginning of this year.
Earthtimes: Indonesia police kill 3 in raids on suspected militants - 2nd Update 2010-03-09
Instead, the police suspect the new group is linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, a South-East Asian militant group once tied to al-Qaeda.
Mediaite.com: Ken Starr Joins With Keith Olbermann: Liz Cheney's Ad "Very Unwise" 2010-03-09
Ken Starr had some harsh words for Liz Cheney's Keep America Safe ads from last week, which accused the lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees to ...
Sydney Morning Herald: Top JI militant believed killed in Indonesia: police 2010-03-09
A police source told AFP the man was believed to be Dulmatin, one of the most-wanted leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant group and an Al-Qaeda-trained ...
Las Vegas Sun: Leading Pakistani Taliban deputy believed killed 2010-03-09
... the stronghold of several militant groups that have focused on defeating US troops in Afghanistan rather than taking on the Pakistani state.
The Salem News: School builder and author Greg Mortenson to receive Salem Award 2010-03-09
... a Chinese dissident, a college professor working to stop the genocide in Darfur and lawyers who represented an alleged terrorist held at Guantanamo Bay ...
Jakarta Globe: One Killed In Tangerang Terrorism Raid 2010-03-09
Tito Karnavian , head of the Densus 88 antiterror squad, said the raid was related to the recent discovery of an alleged militant hideout in Aceh.
New York Magazine: Former Bush Advisers: For Terror Trial Options, Two Is Better Than One 2010-03-09
“This rush to military commissions is based on premises that are not true. I think it is neither appropriate nor necessary to limit terrorism cases ...
KMPH Fox 26: AP Top News at 11:45 pm EST -Monday, March 8, 2010 2010-03-09
... would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the US, where many would faces criminal charges, a senior administration official said Monday.
Javno.hr: SEEKING COMPENSATION: 2010-03-09
SYDNEY, February 25, 2010 (AFP) - A former Guantanamo Bay detainee Thursday won the right to sue the Australian government for complicity in interrogati ...
Daily Caller: Politics as usual: Another Washington deal 2010-03-09
Rather, the people say military tribunals are appropriate. And, Guantanamo is the best site for them.
Chicago Tribune: Gitmo defense? 2010-03-09
"Good defense counsel," they said, is "key to ensuring that military commissions, federal juries, and federal judges have access to the best arguments ...
Indian Express: In 20 yrs, JK witnesses 820 clashes 2010-03-09
As many as 577 ultras were killed in various group clashes between different militant outfits during past two decades of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir.
ReadMedia: Statement from the New York State Bar Association 2010-03-09
... the following statement supporting the ability of attorneys who previously in private practice represented detainees held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base ...
Kyodo News: Bali bomber killed in shootout near Jakarta: police source 2010-03-09
Indonesian militant Dulmatin, a suspect in the deadly Bali bombings in 2002 and hunted for years by both the Indonesian and Philippine authoritie ...
OfficialWire: Interpol Adds Names To Mabhouh Probe 2010-03-09
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a Palestinian national who founded the militant wing of Hamas, was discovered dead in a Dubai hotel in January.
Eurasia Review: India And Myanmar: Treacherous Frontier - South Asia Intelligence Review 2010-03-09
This South East Asian neighbour now remains the lone safe-haven for militant groups operating in India's Northeast, since their alternative refuge ...

2010-03-08: Headlines

Huffington Post: Liz Cheney's Impeccable Timing 2010-03-08
... now Principal Deputy Solicitor General, who previously argued that the Bush administration's military commissions were unconstitutional -- and convinced ...
National Post: US trying to repatriate Khadr: sources 2010-03-08
Khadr has been jailed for the last seven years in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. NEW YORK -- Obama administration officials are quietly seeking a way to repatriate ...
Hindustan Times: Powerful blast rocks Lahore, 4 killed 2010-03-08
Lahore -- Pakistan's cultural capital and a cosmopolitan city of nearly eight million people -- has suffered a wave of Islamist militant attacks.
Firedoglake: You May Not Be Interested In National Security, Mr. Emanuel, But National ... 2010-03-08
He has been leery of or has resisted the most aggressive efforts to overturn Bush-era national-security policies, like closing the prison at GuantÃ¡namo Bay ...
truthout: Biden Leads Latest US Push to Revive Mideast Peace Talks 2010-03-08
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is battling the political schism that was created when the militant Islamic group Hamas took over the Gaz ...
truthout: A Campaign Promise Dies: Obama and Military Commissions 2010-03-08
The military commissions were set up after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. They were immediately discredited and challenged by civil liberties ...
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Debate intensifies over terrorism trials in federal courtrooms 2010-03-08
If Mohammed and the remaining 188 Guantanamo Bay detainees are prosecuted in military tribunals it is unclear to what extent the press and the public ...
The Guardian: Government attempts to keep torture case secret 2010-03-08
The men include former GuantÃ¡namo Bay detainees Binyam Mohamed and Moazzam Begg. But the government is seeking to have the case held in secret ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau: Pakistan says it's arrested al Qaida's American mouthpiece 2010-03-08
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani officials Sunday said they'd arrested the American face of al Qaida, a key militant ...
Daily Beast: Rahm's White House Enemies 2010-03-08
Rahm Emanuel has become a lightning rod for criticism, with everything from the failures of comprehensive healthcare to the delay in closing Guantanamo Bay ...
Boston Globe: After setbacks, Obama looks to deal on Gitmo 2010-03-08
AP Writers / March 8, 2010 WASHINGTON—A senior administration official says the US still hopes to put some Guantanamo Bay ...
Boston Globe: GOP's Graham urges shift on terror trials 2010-03-08
11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four accused henchmen in military tribunals, he will press fellow Republicans to vote to close the Guantanamo Bay ...
Boston Globe: Taliban, rival militants battle 2010-03-08
... Afghanistan - Fierce weekend fighting in the north of Afghanistan between Taliban forces and another militant Islamist group has left an estimated 50 ...
Arab News: UN sleuth says torture global, states bar him investigating 2010-03-08
... context of the global fight against terrorism, as studies he and another UN expert made on the US detention base at Guantanamo Bay on Cuba had shown.
Telegraph.co.uk: Court of Appeal to hear Government's battle to keep 'torture' evidence secret 2010-03-08
The case is the latest battle for secrecy in the courts which the Government has launched in relation to GuantÃ¡namo Bay detainees.
Telegraph.co.uk: Labour links with Charlie Whelan and unions 'damaging Britain' 2010-03-08
... the Business Secretary, claiming that the “militant” Unite union, which has been involved in the proposed industrial action at British Airway ...
Gwinnett Net Daily: US Wrestles whether to try "Alleged" Pakistan Terrorist in US Military Forum ... 2010-03-08
11 suspects held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be tried. However, Biden said he believes Mohammed will be found guilty regardle ...
Daily Mail: DAILY MAIL COMMENT: So much for freedom of information 2010-03-08
... of the Afghanistan war, and is demanding that a court case into the alleged abuse of British residents at Guantanamo Bay be held behind closed doors.
World Socialist Web Site: The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party ... 2010-03-08
Unemployment, now at a post-war high, was concentrated in the industries that contained the most powerful and militant sections of American workers.
Focus News: Philippine troops kill seven 'militants' 2010-03-08
An army commander said they believed the men might be linked to a wanted Malaysian militant - Zulkipli Bin Hir, also known as Marwan.
Daily Report: Big Law defends GuantÃ¡namo lawyers 2010-03-08
By Legal Times The intensifying flap over Justice Department lawyers who have advocated for GuantÃ¡namo Bay detainees is spilling over to Big Law ...
Faxts News: US: ACLU Ad Challenges Military Commissions 2010-03-08
The ACLU said military commissions are ”a second class system of justice which should be shut down for good. The Constitution is not optional ...
Sydney Morning Herald: Gadahn once threatened Australia 2010-03-08
US al-Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn, shown in a grab from an internet video posted in 2008, has reportedly been arrested. Photo: Reuters An outspoken Americ ...
Sydney Morning Herald: US-born al-Qaeda spokesman arrested 2010-03-08
US al-Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn, shown in a grab from an internet video posted in 2008, has reportedly been arrested. Photo: Reuters They spoke ...
The News International: Senior Taliban commander shot dead near Miramshah 2010-03-08
The official said that it could be a targeted killing, as the tribesmen in North Waziristan generally believed that militants operating there were involved ...
The News International: Aafia visited Islamabad in Jan 2008: uncle 2010-03-08
... in the name of Majid Khan, who is suspected of being an al-Qaeda member and is being held in the United States military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The News International: Jamrud resident freed from Gitmo after four years 2010-03-08
JAMRUD: A resident of Jamrud Tehsil, Khyber Agency, who was detained at the Guantanamo Bay camp for four years, reached home ...
www.newsworms.com: Lahore Ripped Apart By A Bomb Blast, 4 Killed 2010-03-08
The FIA is a civilian law enforcement agency that has been targeted by militant attacks before, though it appeared to be the first time this particular ...
JURIST: ACLU urges Obama to try 9/11 suspects in civilian court 2010-03-08
... with military tribunals: Most of the attention on the legal problems with the military commissions has focused on the looser evidentiary statute ...
Press TV: Fatal explosion hits Pakistan's Lahore 2010-03-08
The FIA is a civilian law enforcement agency that has been targeted by militant attacks before, though it appeared to be the first time this particular ...
Lankaweb: How to Put the UN Back Where it Should Be 2010-03-08
Torture in Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere have different levels of significance. UN staff has been blamed in a number of instances trying to meddle ...
Greenville News: Graham: Keeping Gitmo open puts US troops in greater danger 2010-03-08
Lindsey Graham said today that keeping Guantanamo Bay open puts US troops in greater danger and he is working on a plan to help President Barack Obam ...
TODAYonline: Explosion at investigative agency's building kills 3 in east Pakistan city ... 2010-03-08
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban and allied militant groups. Police say the explosi ...
9&10 News: Turkey quake kills at least 11...deadly Pakistan bombing...teen's remains found 2010-03-08
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban and allied militant groups. ESCONDIDO, Calif.
The Press Association: Man wanted in terror probe held 2010-03-08
... about giving credence to the claim that Gadahn was in custody as reports emerged that the man arrested might instead be a Taliban militant leader.
24masti: Taliban and other militant battle in Afghanistan lest at least 50 casualties 2010-03-08
Gun battles between the Taliban and other Islamist faction left at least 50 dead fighters. Militants in North Afghanistan fought over control of ...
MSN NZ News: Oscars live blog 2010 2010-03-08
The last film he was in was Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. 2.33pm: What better way for the actors to deal with their awards show nerves th ...
NDTV.com: Lahore Blast: 11 dead, 61 injured, 29 critical 2010-03-08
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban and allied militant groups responsible for a wave ...
Jakarta Globe: Aceh Terrorism Fight Will Not Affect Obama Visit: Official 2010-03-08
Ongoing operations against an alleged militant group in Aceh will not affect US President Barack Obama's planned visit to Indonesia later this month ...
PakTribune.com: US born Al-Qaeda spokesman held in Karachi 2010-03-08
He said it could be a targeted killing, as the tribesmen in North Waziristan generally believe that militants operating there are involved in kidnapping ...
New Britain Herald: Fisher makes case for random seeding 2010-03-08
The perpetrators of an atrocity like that ought to be tried by military tribunals in the dark of night and sent off to some hideous gulag if not summarily ...
GoErie.com: Goldberg: Obama stabbed in back 2010-03-08
Emanuel opposed the idea of shutting down Guantanamo Bay within a year. He argued that Obama should have gone for a smaller, more digestible health-c ...
27east.com: In the ADs office with Monty Granger 2010-03-08
... deployed twice as a medical officer helping Military Police brigades with detainees on incarceration missions in Iraq and one in Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
New York Times: Blast Hits Police Building in Pakistan, 8 Dead 2010-03-08
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban and allied militant groups responsible for a wave ...
SAMAA TV: American al Qaeda spokesman held from Karachi 2010-03-08
The capture of Gadahn, believed to be in his early 30s, is the latest in a series of militant arrests in US ally Pakistan that has raised hopes for more ...
The Associated Press: Blast hits police building in Pakistan, 11 dead 2010-03-08
The attack broke what had been a relative lull in major violence in Pakistan, a nuclear-armed country reviled by some militant groups for its alliance ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram: GOP senator offers White House a deal on 9-11 trials 2010-03-08
... of masterminding 9-11, and four other detainees in military tribunals, he will press fellow Republicans to vote to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Politico: American's capture could roil terror trials debate 2010-03-08
... the already-white-hot debate over whether alleged terrorist operatives should be tried in ordinary criminal courts or in front of military commissions.
MSN India: Osama Bin Laden's close aide arrested near Karachi 2010-03-08
The militant was believed to have been living with Osama bin Laden after september 11, 2001 attacks in New York. Pennsylvania-born Abu Yahya is a US citizen ...
Winston-Salem Journal: Misdirected fire 2010-03-08
It is important to remember that no less an authority than the Supreme Court ruled that those held at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cub ...
Seattle Times: Seized al-Qaida agent might be American 2010-03-08
Several of the fighters have been arrested in Karachi, a teeming city that is far from the militant sanctuaries along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border ...
istockAnalyst.com: 2nd LD-Writethru: Al-Qaida leader nabbed in Pakistan's Karachi 2010-03-08
Other reports said that the arrested militant commander has been shifted to the garrison city Rawalpindi for further investigation.
DigitalJournal.com: Confusion surrounds arrest of US-born al-Qaeda spokesman 2010-03-08
But it is still the arrest of an important Taliban militant That "latest information" appears to have come from US officials. Various sources note that ...
The Aurora Sentinel: Cole: Terror trials a chance to show what America's made of 2010-03-08
Lindsey Graham signaled that the administration had reached some sort of compromise in closing Guantanamo Bay in exchange for trying the alleged mastermind ...
Texas Lawyer: Former DOJ Officials, ABA Show Support for Guantanamo Lawyers 2010-03-08
... against efforts to question the ethics and loyalty of current DOJ attorneys who, in private practice, had advocated for Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Atlantic Online: Has the White House Surrendered On Terror Trials? 2010-03-08
The question: is the White House really going to give up, to essentially allow Congress to force them to use military commissions? Why aren't they fighting ...
The South African Star: World briefs - March 08, 2010 2010-03-08
SANA'A: Gunfire broke out at a hospital in the Yemeni capital yesterday when a group of gunmen tried to free a suspected al-Qaeda militant being treated ...
NDTV.com: Pakistan detains American-born Al-Qaida 2010-03-08
... about giving credence to the claim that Gadahn was in custody as reports emerged that the man arrested might instead be a Taliban militant leader.
The Press Association: Deaths follow Pakistan explosion 2010-03-08
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban and allied militant groups responsible for a wave ...
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: The giving up, like the breaking up, is hard to do 2010-03-08
Agreeing to give up Facebook is like agreeing to solitary confinement at Guantanamo Bay. Horrendous! So, I simply had no choice but to give up something ...
IBNLive.com: CIA's most wanted and Osama's close aide held in Pak 2010-03-08
The militant was believed to have been living with Osama bin Laden after September 11, 2001 attacks in New York. Pennsylvania-born Abu Yahya is a US citizen ...
Oneindia: Osama's closed aide Aby Yahya arrested in Pak 2010-03-08
According to the report, the Pennsylvania-born militant is a US citizen and is reportedly the commander of foreign militants fighting in Afghanistan.
A Pakistan News: Al Qaeda Commander Nabbed in Karachi 2010-03-08
Sources said the arrested militant commander has been shifted to Rawalpindi for further investigation. Pennsylvania-born Abu Yahya is a US citizen ...
BusinessDay.com.au: Militant kills guard in Yemen escape bid 2010-03-08
An al-Qaeda militant has killed a police guard and seriously wounded another as he tried to escape from custody in a Yemeni hospital, the defence ministry ...
Hip Hop Press: Northern Lights releases West Virginia's most anticipated hip hop album 2010-03-08
While in Montreal in August, Northern Lights is scheduled to work with Canadian director, Ahmad Faroukh, who's film Enemy Combatant is becoming a cult hit.
A Pakistan News: Afghanistan:79 Dead In Fighting Between Taliban And Hezb-e-Islami 2010-03-08
Hezb-e-Islami, loyal to former PM Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, is the second biggest militant group in Afghanistan. The two groups have previously been allied ...
The Associated Press: Obama still wants US trial for some Gitmo suspects 2010-03-08
The White House does not want to hold military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. That means the administration would need a deal to close the prison and hold ...
New York Times: Are You or Have You Ever Been a Lawyer? 2010-03-08
Ms. Cheney conveniently omitted that the court ruled in favor of his claim that the military commissions system being used to try detainees like him w ...
Columbia Daily Tribune: Films always offer a wild ride 2010-03-08
... former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden and brother-in-law of Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo and the first person to face US military commissions.
CNN International: Obama must shift on terror trial 2010-03-08
In January 2009, President Obama announced that the United States would close the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Ten months later, Attorney General Eric ...
Kashmir Live: Hizbul militant killed 2010-03-08
A top Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Doda district, police said on Monday. Jammu A top Hizbul Mujahideen ...
Thaindian.com: Security forces kill top Hizbul Mujahideen commander in Doda 2010-03-08
Jammu, mar 8 (ANI): Security forces gunned down a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant on Monday in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district.