Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: Very like a whale. Taken from Hamlet...
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the repatriation of 12 detainees from the infamous Guantanamo Bay Prison to their home countries. The prisoners were sent to Somalia, Yemen and Afghanistan. ...
I can not understand why all the inmates are not sent to this new prison, tried and assessed to see if they are innocent or guilty? If they are innocent reward them for the inconvenience put them on a plane and...
A study by Seton Hall University into the deaths of three detainees at Guantanamo Prison Camp, faults the military for failing to provide credible answers into the circumstances surrounding their deaths.The three...
The following alien encounter was reported to have occurred on 20 August 2009 at Unicoi State Park, Georgia in the United States. A husband and wife had gone camping on Saturday and on Sunday 4: 00 am in the morning when the wife woke up to go to the restroom. (There was a...
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Despite good intentions and a majority Democratic Congress, President Obama has now confirmed that the January deadly for Guantanamo closure will not be met. President Obama signed an executive order during...
Omar Khadr was arrested on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2002. He is alleged to have murdered a U.S. soldier with a grenade. Supporters of Omar Khadr consider him a child soldier and want him brought back...
Omar Khadr has been in US custody since his capture on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2002. He is accused of murdering a US soldier. Omar Khadr was 15 at the time of his capture. Human Rights...
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A coalition of American musicians filed a freedom of information request to find out if their music has been played at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The musicians want to know if their music was used as part of the interrogation methods. The allegations are based on...
A woman in Saudi Arabia is filing for divorce after she discovered that her husband has entered her number in his cell phone under 'Guantanamo'. The curious wife looked up the contact list in her husband's cell phone and was appalled not to find her own name in it, when she...
The spring of 2006 I was on my third assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Providing professional development training for the Afghan men and women employed by the Department of State, I returned to a large newly built Embassy – one of the largest in the world. Embassy...
opinion by Teleos1 | 15 wks ago 296 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Omar Khadr was captured on the Afghanistan battlefield, after a four hour battle, as a 15 year old and has been in Guantanamo for six years. He has been charged with murdering a US soldier and is...
The Canadian Gouvernment has had a few set-backs in regards to Omar Khadr. Khadr was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan when he was 15. He is accused of having killed an American soldier and...
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“… Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), spoke a month later before an AIPAC audience in Chicago. Obama, who has expressed some sympathy for the Palestinians’ plight in the past and made a brief reference to...
opinion by AnanTello | 18 wks ago 125 views | 24 recommendations | 2 comments