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U.S. Repatriates 12 Guantanamo Detainees
18 hours ago ago from CitySpur - When You Simply Want the Best a City Has to Offer
Kris Alingod AHN Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) The Obama administration has repatriated a dozen detainees from the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as part of its goal of shuttering the prison by a self-imposed deadline of Jan. 22. Four Afghans, Abdul Hafiz, Mohammed Hashim, Sharifullah and Mohamed Rahim, were sent back to Afghanistan, over the weekend, according to the Justice Department. Two Somalis, Ismael Arale ...
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21 hours ago ago from Peace Times
About 12 detainees from Guantanamo Bay detention in Cuba were being transferred by United States to their respective countries. There were Six Yemenis, four afghans and two Somalian prisoners who were transferred. These transfers were carried out between the individual countries and the United States to ensure that proper security measures were carried out. Consultations with foreign authorities regarding these individuals will ...
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3 hours ago ago from Ed Driscoll
What happens when the Orwellian-named plan of the Obama administration meets the leviathan government-loving ultimate RINO Governator of California? Pretty much exactly would you'd expect : The Obama administration's new plan to give a boost to small businesses reflects continued trouble in that sector, which is facing new failures even as much of the nation's economy is stabilizing. As credit lines have shrunk and consumers ...
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22 hours ago ago from Islandlaw Constitutional Rights Pages
The Obama administration has finalized plans to begin bringing Guantanamo detainees to Thomson Correctional Center, an unused rural prison in Thomson, Illinois. This move has been criticized as a political move which throws some pork to Obama's home state while doing nothing to improve the situation of the detainees. It is also seen as dangerous in that it invites terrorism on U.S. soil. The administration's decision will also create ...
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10 hours ago ago from Perspective Journal: News and Politics
Filed under: Terror , Obama Administration , National Security Six detainees held for years without trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Yemen, as part of the Obama administration's plan to reduce the population at the U.S. military prison. A senior White House official told The New York Times that the recent repatriations came on the heels of the transfer of another Yemeni detainee in September. The ...
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Obama to Name Chief of Cybersecurity
9 hours ago ago from The New York Times
Nearly seven months after highlighting the vulnerability of banking, energy and communications systems to Internet attacks, the White House on Tuesday is expected to name a technology industry veteran to coordinate competing efforts to improve the nation's cybersecurity in both military and civilian life. White House photo by Lawrence Jackson President Obama last week with Howard A. Schmidt, who is expected to be named on ...
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