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• Bush Press Conference: It's All Good

  Published: August 9, 2007, 2:41 pm

  Tags: Congress, Domestic Programs, Economy, Afghanistan, Iraq, Democrats, George W Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Guantanamo Bay, Military Affairs, Foreign Policy, Bridges

  * Said that Guant namo Bay, the flagship resort in the Rumsfeld Gulag, cannot be closed until other countries agree to take the more than 350 people still there. * Bristling at a question over whether Attorney General Gonzalez should be held accountable, said Why would I hold somebody accountable who’s done nothing wrong?” *

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• 'Jesus: The Guantanamo Years' postponed

  Published: July 12, 2007, 6:38 pm

  Tags: Jimmy Tingle, Jesus, Guantanamo Bay, Abie Philbin Bowman

  The Guantanamo Years, a controversial comedy show which which was scheduled to open Thursday, July 12, at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater in Somerville, has been postponed until Friday, July 20.According to chatter backstage, there was an unforseen change in Abie Philbin Bowman's travel plans.The one-man act tackles the idea if

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• 'Jesus: The Guantanamo Years' featured in the Somerville Journal

  Published: July 3, 2007, 1:50 am

  Tags: Jimmy Tingle, Jtob, Guantanamo Bay, Abie Philbin Bowman, Irish Comedian

  Jesus: The Guantanamo Years, a controversial comedy show which opens Thursday, July 12, at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater in Somerville, tackles the idea if Jesus Christ returned to earth today. The show arrives from the West End in London, following sold-out performances in Dublin, Belfast, Galway and Edinburgh.The show's creator and

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• Comparisons Are Important

  Published: September 3, 2007, 12:12 pm

  Tags: Media Criticism, Israel, Guantanamo Bay, Anti Americanism, Hezbollah, Hamas, Human Rights, Torture, Gwot

  When Israeli bombs targeted Hezbollah militants who had embedded themselves within civilian neighborhoods in southern Beirut and other areas of Lebanon, the international media, led by human rights watchdogs at Amnesty International, put a scorching hot spotlight on every attack where they could obtain pictures. The carnage, be it real or staged

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• USA Today: 'Detainees Tell of Abuses' -- But Story Shows Little of it

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:01 pm

  Tags: War On Terrorism, Abu Ghraib, Associated Press, Guantanamo Bay, Usa Today

  USA Today's headline, "Guantanamo detainees tell of abuses," and assume the story is another abu Ghraib styled yarn about how evil US soldiers are abusing these poor, poor terrorists in the Guantanamo Bay detainment facility -- after all the prevailing MSM story has been just that when the word "abuses" is used. But, if you

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• Ann Curry Prods Chris Dodd to Bash Bush on Torture

  Published: September 18, 2007, 4:06 pm

  Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, Torture, Ann Curry, Chris Dodd

  of supporting torture at Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday's "Today" show. After Curry spoke to the senator about the book and the trial of Nazis after World War II, she pushed Dodd to contrast the fairness of the Nuremberg trials compared to the Bush administration's support of "tortures" at Guantanamo Bay. The following

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, Anna Politkovskaya, Gordon Brown, Judith Asuni, Switzerland, Chechnya, Niger Delta, Nizhny Novgorod, Augusto Pinochet, Bern, Guantanamo Bay, Juan Eduardo Fuentes, Moscow Kremlin, Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin, Germany, Nigeria, Nigerian Embassy, U S Armed Forc

  Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday ruled out calling an early election, ending weeks of speculation that he would soon seek a stronger mandate from the British electorate.

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• Judge Orders U.S. Not to Transfer Tunisian Detainee

  Published: October 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Judge, Orders, U S, Not, Transfer, Tunisian, Detainee, Guantanamo Bay, Mohammed Abdul Rahman, United States, Gladys Kessler, George W Bush, Tunisia, Joshua Denbeaux, Erik Ablin, Jennifer Daskal, Libya, Cynthia Smith, David Remes, Julie Tate, Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qassim

  A federal district judge has ordered the government not to transfer a Tunisian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to his home country, over fears that he would be tortured or killed. The move marks the first time a court has prevented U.S. officials from making such a transfer and is the firs...

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• CNN's Blitzer Asks Carter Which GOP Candidate Scares Him the Most

  Published: October 11, 2007, 5:59 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaign 2008, Foreign Policy, George W Bush, Guantanamo Bay, Iran, Iraq, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Middle East, Jimmy Carter, President Bush, Wolf Blitzer, The Situation Room, Cnn, Video

  battlefield and brought to Guantanamo Bay. CARTER: My impression is that the United States Supreme Court has said that is a false premise. And I presume that the administration complies with the rulings of the Supreme Court. And the international community obviously still adheres to and professes to commit themselves the honoring of the Geneva

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• Detainee's Lawyers Fear That Mail Is Uselessly Slow at Guantanamo

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Detainee S, Lawyers, Fear, That, Mail, Uselessly, Slow, Guantanamo, United States, Center For Constitutional Rights, Guantanamo Bay, Central Intelligence Agency, Baltimore, Cuba, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, International Federation Of Red Cross Red Crescent Soci

  Majid Khan -- also known as Detainee No. 010020 at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- has been in U.S. custody for more than four years. First, it was in secret prisons run by the CIA, and now, for more than a year, in Cuba, where he has had contact only with his captors and with...

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• Detainee's Lawyers Fear That Mail Is Uselessly Slow at Guantanamo

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Detainee S, Lawyers, Fear, That, Mail, Uselessly, Slow, Guantanamo, United States, Center For Constitutional Rights, Guantanamo Bay, Central Intelligence Agency, Baltimore, Cuba, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, International Federation Of Red Cross Red Crescent Soci

  Majid Khan -- also known as Detainee No. 010020 at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- has been in U.S. custody for more than four years. First, it was in secret prisons run by the CIA, and now, for more than a year, in Cuba, where he has had contact only with his captors and with...

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• Rice Avoids Criticizing Putin as U.S. Seeks Russia's Cooperation

  Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rice, Avoids, Criticizing, Putin, U S, Seeks, Russia S, Cooperation, Condoleezza Rice, Russia, United States, Vladimir Putin, George H W Bush, Moscow Kremlin, Tatyana Lokshina, Iran, Dick Cheney, Guantanamo Bay, Michael Mcfaul, Moscow, Robert Gates, Ronald Reagan, Sergey Ro

  MOSCOW, Oct. 13 -- With the Kremlin backsliding on democracy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has responded with expressions of dismay over a crackdown on independent institutions, while steering clear of any direct criticism of President Vladimir Putin's possible plan to extend his hold on...

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• Crackdowns On Bloggers Increasing, Survey Finds

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Crackdowns, Bloggers, Increasing, Survey, Finds, Lucie Morillon, United States, Reporters Without Borders, Egypt, Eritrea, California, Chauncey Bailey, Europe, Guantanamo Bay, Isaias Afewerki, Josh Wolf, Oakland, Sami Al Hajj, San Francisco, China, Fatah Organization, Hama

  Government repression in some countries has shifted from journalists to bloggers, with the vitality of the Internet triggering a more focused crackdown as blogs increasingly take the place of mainstream news media, according to Lucie Morillon, Washington director of the advocacy group Reporters W...

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• After Guantanamo, An Empty Freedom

  Published: October 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: After, Guantanamo, Empty, Freedom, Guantanamo Bay, United States, Albania, China, Tirana, Sali Berisha, Afghanistan, Nato, Abu Qadder Basim, Hidajet Cera, Jason Pinney, Kosovo, Adel Abdul Hakim, Boston, Dick Cheney, Europe, George W Bush, Woodrow Wilson, Al Qaeda, Iraq, Pakis

  TIRANA, Albania -- For 16 months, they have shared a clutch of tidy rooms in a small refugee camp in this city, living alongside a few dozen others whose lives were unraveled by war or persecution or both.

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• Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

  Published: October 18, 2007, 2:08 pm

  Tags: New Line, Comedy, Action Adventure, Sequels Remakes, Harold Amp Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

  somehow the duo end up in Guantanamo Bay. And that is your new title: Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay I’m actually loving it. What do you guys think of the new title? source: AintitCool

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