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10.03.2009, 10:58

Gitmo inmates admit planning 9/11

Five detainees at the US Guantanamo Bay camp have taken full responsibility for the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of over 3,000 people in New York in 2001, according to a report in The New York Times newspaper.

AFP Photo Pool / Mark Wilson 24.02.2009, 14:58

Gitmo inmates still tortured

Although President Obama has vowed to shut down the infamous Guantanamo prison, things haven’t changed much and the detainees still complain of tortures and humiliation.

16.02.2009, 10:47

My client was tortured at Guantanamo – lawyer

The lawyer of a British resident kept in Guantanamo Yvonne Bradley claims her client should be freed because he was tortured there.

Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base (AFP Photo / Randall Mikkelsen) 26.01.2009, 23:17

Guantanamo: terror detention camp – or Al-Qaeda recruiting agency?

Two former Guantanamo prisoners have taken up senior positions in Al-Qaeda after being released from prison. The two jihadists appeared on the group’s web-site according to the SITE monitoring agency.

23.01.2009, 04:34

Obama orders Guantanamo halt

President Barack Obama is making good on his promise to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He has officially ordered the closure of the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.

AFP Photo / Saul LOEB 23.01.2009, 00:42

'Obama should close the prison sooner than a year'

Guantanamo should be closed much earlier than a year, says Mary Ann Wright, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former official of the American State Department.

People pass a burnt out car on a street in Urumqi in China's far west Xinjiang province on July 6, 2009 (AFP Photo / Peter Parks) 07.07.2009, 02:33 1 comment

“The West would like to see China unified” – expert

“An unstable China would create a lot of turbulence. However, the way the Chinese government deals with those groups [of protesters] in Xinjiang is very important,” said Dr. Kerry Brown of the London-based Chatham House.

15.04.2010, 18:32 9 comments

KSM + military tribunal = 9/11 cover-up?

US Republicans, in an effort to avoid a public civilian trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, are turning up the heat on Attorney General Eric Holder. Why?

AFP Photo / David Furst 07.10.2010, 17:43 11 comments

America’s “Afghan trap” enters 10th year

When the US opened “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan following 9/11, few people questioned the decision. But today, after nine years of sacrifice, that attitude is changing.

10.02.2010, 17:38 9 comments

Military tribunal or civilian trial for terror suspects: you be the judge!

The US is presently in the midst of a fierce debate that challenges the very tenets of its Constitution, which states a person cannot be tried in a military tribunal unless a formal war has been declared.

From Guantanamo inmate to Taliban militant leader

Published: 11 March, 2009, 16:01


Former Guantanamo prisoner freed in December 2007 resurfaces as key Taliban militant, AP quotes Pentagon and CIA officials.

 
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