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- First war crimes trial since WW II to begin at Guantanamo
  Posted by lexxin from Yahoo News!
  A special military trial was to get underway Monday at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, with a former driver for terror mastermind Osama bin Laden facing the first US war-crimes
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- I was tortured: Hicks - National - smh.com.au
  Posted by Jeff from Smh.com
  Hicks's graphic account of his treatment by the Americans is contained in a sworn statement given earlier to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in Britain to support his bid for British citizenship, News Limited newspapers report.
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- Amnesty Condemns Guantanamo: 'Harsher Conditions of Extreme Isolation'
  Posted by Jeff from Spiegel
  Amnesty International has sharply criticized conditions at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a report released on Thursday, the organization said around 80 percent of the 385 inmates are being held in "cruel conditions of isolation" with almost no contact with the outside world.
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- I feared they'd shoot me, Hicks said before gag
  Posted by Jeff from Smh.com
  Gitmo is a sad embarassment to America: "And his Australian lawyer says he was tortured during his time at Guantanamo Bay, contradicting Hicks's plea bargain statement, in which he said he had not been mistreated by the US." In order to gain release, Hicks had to attest he was well treated by U.S. personnel.
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- Gates calls for bill to help close Gitmo
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  This is good news, Gates is working to end a sad chapter in our history. Gates said the challenge is figuring out what to do with hard-core detainees who have "made very clear they will come back and attack this country." I still think he's been weak on getting Bush to cave on Iraq.
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- Australian Detainee's Life of Wandering Ends With Plea Deal
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Earlier, the media reported this as a success of Guantanamo Bay's secret proceedings, but read this story between the lines. This alleged Taliban recruit is going back to Australia where his conviction may be overturned by his home court. It doesn't appear he did much wrong other than get caught up with the wrong sorts of folks and having poor judgement. The Guantanamo Bay prison is going to be one of the sad chapters of American history. It's clear his confession was forced...
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- C.I.A. Tells of Bush’s Directive on the Handling of Detainees
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  The contents of the documents were not revealed, but one of them is “a directive signed by President Bush granting the C.I.A. the authority to set up detention facilities outside the United States and outlining interrogation methods that may be used against detainees,” the A.C.L.U. said, based on its review of published accounts.
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