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Military coup d’état against Obama?
Was Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette sacked from his command of a Pacific carrier battle group last month because he was plotting a putsch against Obama?
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Haiti: Hidden costs of the industrial zone
Workers’ rally outside the Port-au-Prince industrial park, Oct. 8. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton, US special envoy to Haiti, were both on hand for the opening of the new Caracol Industrial Park, a 617-acre tax-exempt… Read moreHaiti: Hidden costs of the industrial zone
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ACLU urges Obama to close Gitmo in second term
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called on US President Barack Obama early on the morning after his re-election to shut down the Guantánamo Bay military prison.
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Accused USS Cole bomber boycotts pretrial hearing
Guantánamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, accused in the USS Cole bombing, boycotted his pretrial hearing in a military tribunal at the facility.
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UK court approves extradition of terror suspects
The High Court of England and Wales approved extradition of five terror suspects to the US, after the European Court of Human Rights dismissed a challenge to the extradition.
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US transfers Gitmo detainee Khadr to Canada
Canadian citizen Omar Khadr was transferred to Canada from Guantánamo Bay to serve out the rest of his prison sentence under the authority of the Correctional Service of Canada.
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Italy high court upholds sentences of 23 former CIA agents in rendition case
An Italian court upheld the convictions of 23 former CIA officers for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr.
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Guantánamo detainee dies after being found unconscious in cell
Yemeni Guantánamo Bay detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif died over the weekend at a hospital on the US Navy base after guards found him unconscious in his cell.
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Holder closes investigation into alleged torture deaths of CIA detainees
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department will close its investigation into the CIA’s alleged torture and abuse of detainees, with no criminal charges.
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US charges Gitmo detainee with supporting terrorism
The US Department of Defense announced new terrorism charges against a Saudi Guantánamo Bay prisoner accused of plotting with al-Qaeda to blow up oil tankers.
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US appeals court upholds life sentence of convicted al-Qaeda operative
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the life sentence imposed on a former Osama bin Laden aide after he stabbed a prison guard in the eye in 2000.
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Coup d’etat at Amnesty International?
Amnesty International USA's executive director Suzanne Nossel is a State Department veteran who is leading the human rights group into an accommodation with US imperialism.