President Obama acknowledges No Gitmo Closure by January

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...

Protestors in Edmonton demand that Khadr be returned to Canada

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...

Canada's Supreme Court to hear Omar Khadr case today

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...

US Musicians Ask White House If Their Music Was Used For Torture

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...

‘Guantanamo’ Wife: Woman Asks For Divorce Over Husband's Phone ID

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...

Private Security Agency Perverts in Afghanistan Kills USA Image!

 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...

Government's Khadr appeal to be heard by Supreme Court of Canada

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...

Canadian Government takes Omar Khadr Fight to Supreme Court

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...

Palestine, the New LA?

“… 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...

Ottawa Must Seek Khadr's Repatriation, Court Rules

The federal appeals court has denied an appeal by the Harper government and upheld the ruling that Ottawa must seek Omar Khadr's repatriation to Canada.  Omar Khadr, now 22 years old, was apprehended by...

US 'considers' Guantanamo Transfers to Maniland Prisons.

Prisons at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Standish Michigan are on the list as US admin considers moving Guantanamo inmates to mainland prisons. " The task force is examining whether two possible sites on the US...

Pakistan 'Rescues' Child Soldiers

Pakistan military working in the Swat Valley have rescued child soldiers held by the Taliban.  It appears that they were being groomed as child soldiers and as suicide bombers by the Taliban. " They have been brainwashed and trained as suicide bombers, but the nine who I...

Mohammed Jawad, Youngest Guantanamo Detainee, to be Freed

Mohammed Jawad, one of the youngest detainees being held at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is set to be freed by August. A US District Court judge issued a ruling on Thursday that would see Mohammed Jawad released in late August 2009 and be returned to his...

Ireland to take Guantanamo inmates

Two more prisoners at Guantanamo prison camp will be leaving for freedom shortly as Ireland agrees to take them in.  The men are Uzbeks. "The two men, reportedly Uzbeks, are expected to travel to Ireland in...

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