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The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Mike Sweet column
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IowaThe roar of explosions and cries of the victims from the Boston bombing still were reverberating in America's psyche when U.S. senators Chuck Grassley, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and other Republicans mounted their high horses to monger fear...Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Timothy McVeigh, Immigration, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), U.S. Congress
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Ex-President Carter at Lafayette College: U.S. failing to promote peace
The United States must open a dialogue with North Korea to obtain peace with its communist regime, former President Jimmy Carter said Monday at Lafayette College. "I can tell you that what North Koreans want is a peace treaty with the United States,"...
Tags: North Korea, Lafayette College, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Jimmy Carter
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COLUMN - Can Tsarnaev be ruled an 'enemy combatant'?
Reuters(Ari Melber is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Ari Melber April 22 (Reuters) - Three major legal questions are now swirling around the Boston bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Since his dramatic capture Friday night, the public...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, White House
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Prison hunger strike holds at just over half Guantanamo's prisoners
Miami HeraldThe U.S. military counted more than half the war-on-terror captives at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as hunger strikers Monday, with 10 percent of all detainees being force fed. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House released the hunger strike...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lawyers, U.S. Military, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senators say Tsarnaev should be declared 'enemy combatant'
This post has been corrected. See note at bottom for details.WASHINGTON -- Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), said Saturday in a joint statement that alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be denied a defense attorney and declared an “enemy combatant.” They added...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lawyers, Politics
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Nearly half of Guantanamo prisoners now on hunger strike
Miami HeraldNearly half the war-on-terror captives at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were considered hunger strikers Saturday, and more than 10 percent of all detainees were being tube fed, according to the military. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House released...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Strikes, Prisons, Wars and Interventions
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A history of terrorism out of Chechnya
A massive Russian crackdown on Chechnya's bid for independence in the 1990s and the installation of loyal leaders there pushed the Caucasus Muslim enclave from the headlines years ago. But resentment has festered and at times bled into the global holy war...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Jyllands-Posten (newspaper), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings, Sports
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Torture without excuses
The autopsy gave a spare account of how the 52-year-old man died. He suffered blunt force injuries on his torso and legs, and abrasions on his left wrist indicated he had been tied or shackled down. One of his neck bones was fractured. Death came "as a...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sleep Deprivation, George W. Bush
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America's disgraceful treatment of Gitmo detainees
Before and after Barack Obama was elected president, he stated unequivocally his intention to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and to try the prisoners before civilian or military courts or return them to their home countries. On Jan. 22, 2009, two...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Criminals, Lawyers, Politics
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Festering Chechen militancy not just Russia's problem
Initial reports on the possible motives for two Chechen brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings suggest there was little if any instigation from their volatile Russian homeland or an international Islamic militant force such as Al Qaeda....
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Religion and Belief, Jyllands-Posten (newspaper), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings
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Bin Laden spokesman due in NY court on plot charge
NEW YORK (AP) — A senior al-Qaida leader and member of Osama bin Laden's inner circle was due in court to face a charge he plotted against Americans in his role as the terror network's top propagandist who lauded the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Osama bin Laden, U.S. Military, Politics, White House
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Bin Laden son-in-law pleads not guilty to terrorism charge in N.Y.
NEW YORK -- Sulaiman abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and a spokesman for Al Qaeda, appeared in federal court in New York on Friday morning and entered a plea of not guilty to a charge that he conspired to kill Americans. Hands shackled...
Tags: Lawyers, Judges, Prosecution, Justice and Rights, Terrorism
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