Human Rights | Extra-Judicial Detentions and Assassinations

2010-03-18: Headlines

  • The Guardian: New guidelines for intelligence officials 2010-03-18
    ... of British citizens and residents such as Binyam Mohamed, held as a terror suspect in Pakistan and tortured in Afghanistan, Morocco and Guantánamo Bay.
  • Huffington Post: Holder: Facts, not fear 2010-03-18
    Highlighting the benefits of using Article 3 trials over military commissions, Holder noted that our allies support civilian trials over military ...
  • NPR: A Village Clings To Hope Amid Dagestan's Dangers 2010-03-18
    They drag away someone they suspect of militant ties. Either way, these young men are rarely seen again. But in the dusty flatlands of rural Dagest ...
  • The Perpetual Post: On Barbie and Black Barbie 2010-03-18
    Because of my liberal semi-militant upbringing I would regularly have a rogue battalion of wicked, kickass Barbies. Normally they'd be passing through ...
  • New Statesman: Get ready for President Cheney 2010-03-18
    Polls now show that most Americans want Guantanamo prisoners to be put before military tribunals rather than civilian courts (even though the Supreme Court ...
  • Daily Kos: Holder Defends Civilian Courts for Terror Suspects 2010-03-18
    In doing so, he addressed a number of myths underlying Republican criticism of using civilian courts instead of military commissions.
  • Veterans Today Network: GORDON DUFF: ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER HINTS AT BIN LADEN DEATH, FINALLY 2010-03-18
    ... a new “evil doer” came into view, torture, rendition, Soviet style “show trials” or military tribunals pushed a real search for the truth out and away.
  • Independent: Robert Fisk: Into the terrifying world of Pakistan's 'disappeared' 2010-03-18
    Others, we know, had been taken to Bagram, three or four to Guantanamo Bay where at least we knew they were alive." But Amina's research could prove ...
  • Independent: Links with torture countries to go on 2010-03-18
    It follows a number of high-profile court cases – most notably by former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed – that claimed MI5 officers were complic ...
  • Reuters AlertNet: FACTBOX-US-Indonesian ties 2010-03-18
    Just this month, police raided a training camp in Aceh and later shot top militant Dulmatin, a skilled bomb-maker who had been on the run for years.
  • Reuters: NEWSMAKER-Shaikh likely to push Pakistani fiscal discipline 2010-03-18
    ... as Pakistan's weak government attempts to energise a struggling economy battered by a Taliban militant insurgency and starved of foreign investment.
  • Reuters: Roads, ports shape up as key Brazil vote battle 2010-03-18
    Rousseff, a former leftist militant who is catching Serra in opinion polls, favors a bigger state role but has also pledged to reform the often rigid ...
  • ikhwanWeb.com: El-Shater's family calls for his immediate release 2010-03-18
    El-Shater who was transferred to military tribunals after being acquitted by civilian courts on charges which were “groundless and politically motivated ...
  • Albany Times Union: Justice for 9/11 mastermind 2010-03-18
    The justification for military tribunals largely encompasses claims that the civilian court system is not up to the task of trying suspected terrorists.
  • The Washington Independent: Holder vs. McChrystal: What Would We Do with Bin Laden? 2010-03-18
    ... determined to paint him as weak for his faith in civilian courts that have convicted many orders of magnitude more terrorists than military commissions.
  • Arab Times: 'Laden won't be caught alive' 2010-03-18
    ... taken on new meaning as President Barack Obama pushes to try suspected terrorists in civilian courts instead of more secretive military tribunals.
  • GMA news.tv: Bishops, group call for vigilance in Arroyo's choice of new Chief Justice 2010-03-18
    For its part, militant umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) called on people to prevent the likely abuse of power by Mrs. "It is up to ...
  • Albany Times Union: Try Mohammed at Guantanamo 2010-03-18
    In their current form, military commissions have been approved by the new Congress and the courts, and will be used by the administration for other accused ...
  • Globe and Mail: Terror group claims Canadian recruit killed 2010-03-18
    Al-Shabab, a militant Islamist faction tied to al-Qaeda, released a video of a man described as Mohamed al-Muhajiri, which means one who travels ...
  • Los Angeles Times: The gulf in the Persian Gulf 2010-03-18
    Today, however, concern about the rise of militant Palestinian Hamas, Palestinian political disarray and the growing political despair of Palestinians under ...
  • Los Angeles Times: Militant linked to attack on CIA killed 2010-03-18
    Riedel said Yemeni was a key intermediary between Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network, a militant Afghan faction that collaborates with Al Qaeda in attacks ...
  • Los Angeles Times: Obama to visit at crucial moment for Indonesia 2010-03-18
    The president's three-day trip next week will demonstrate US confidence in the country's security apparatus as it adapts to a mutating militant threat.
  • Los Angeles Times: Pakistan indicts 5 Americans on terrorism charges 2010-03-18
    Islamic militant networks, they said, probably would have been wary of allowing green recruits from the West into their fold. But Cheema, the prosecut ...
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Pakistani court indicts 5 Muslim Americans 2010-03-18
    Islamic militant networks, they said, likely would have been wary of allowing green recruits from the West into their fold. However, Cheema said authoritie ...
  • National Post: OTTAWA PROBES MARTYR CLAIM 2010-03-18
    ... in Somalia after a video surfaced on the Internet calling him a martyr and urging others to "follow his footsteps" by joining the militant Al-Shabab.
  • KUAR: Two Westerners Under Taliban Rule In Kandahar 2010-03-18
    A former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Zaeef has a long history with the Taliban; he was present when Mullah Omar was selected as the Taliban's leader.
  • The News International: Haqiqi chief's lawyer gunned down 2010-03-18
    DIG Memon said that taking notice of the targeted killing incident, he had suspended and demoted Ferozabad SHO Orangzeb Khattak.
  • Boston Globe: A $63m push to retrofit housing 2010-03-18
    Facilities from the US Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on Dorchester Bay have used similar financing plans ...
  • Sri Lanka Guardian: Serenading Mihindu (aka President Mahinda Rajapakse) 2010-03-18
    Fonseka is being tried by two military tribunals but neither of the two charge sheets against him includes the 'crimes' for which he was arrested ...
  • Mail & Guardian Online: Nigeria says most militants on board with amnesty 2010-03-18
    The attacks, claimed by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), are the first by Nigeria's biggest militant group since the amnesty ...
  • New York Times: A Family Triangle of Archetypes Amid the Sandbags of America 2010-03-18
    ... belief from Grace, in a book she is secretly writing that accentuates the positive in life, and from Buddy, who keeps a video diary of militant anger.
  • Zee News: Towards A New Af-Pak? 2010-03-18
    There are now positive signs that Pakistan has finally come to grips with the reality that without tackling all shades of militant element ...
  • Arab Times: US missile strikes kill at least ten militants in NW Pakistan 2010-03-18
    US drone attacks target Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked commanders in the nuclear-armed country's northwest tribal belt, where militant networks have carved out ...
  • THISDAY: Good Morning, General Gusau 2010-03-18
    We seem to be depending on the expressed good intentions of militant warlords on the eve of a critical national election. But some of the contestants ...
  • News Trends: Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Ind. Marine 2010-03-18
    WASHINGTON — An al Qaida militant suspected of playing a key role in a suicide bombing at a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan died last week in Pakist ...
  • Press Trust of India: Encounter in Manipur sparks protests 2010-03-18
    Imphal, March 18 (PTI) A suspected militant was killed in a gunbattle by the security forces, sparking protest by locals who claimed the encounter to ...
  • Las Vegas Sun: Iraq Shiite group: We didn't mistreat freed Briton 2010-03-18
    Moore's release, however, coincided with the transfer of the head of the militant group behind the kidnapping, from US to Iraqi government custody.
  • Sun-Sentinel: New CAIR director speaks for young South Florida Muslims 2010-03-18
    Already a veteran of South Florida protests related to Israel, Liberty City and the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Malik said he is anxious to improve ...
  • GMA news.tv: Christian Monsod: SC under Arroyo is like a Marcos court 2010-03-18
    Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) also asked Mrs. Arroyo to respect the Constitution. "The SC may have decided but the final call will ...
  • China Briefing: Why the US Won't Win a Currency Spat with China 2010-03-18
    As the militant, brilliant, (and oft ignored by white corporate America) black Chicago poet (remind you of anyone?) Gil Scott-Heron said in 1981 at a ...
  • The Nation, Pakistan: Nato tanker blown up 2010-03-18
    Another Khyber administration official confirmed the incident, saying there were no casualties and blamed the attack on the militant group Lashkar-e-Islam.
  • PakTribune.com: 10 more killed in NWA drone attacks 2010-03-18
    Only one militant, identified as Khalid, was said to have survived, but he was seriously injured and admitted to a private medical centre in Miramshah ...
  • WorldNewsVine: Afghanistan | Drugs, Weapons Seized by Joint Security Forces 2010-03-18
    Intelligence information indicated militant activity in the area prompting Afghan-international security forces to investigate.
  • Vanguard: I know nothing about MEND's operation — Akhigbe *No apology for Warri bomb ... 2010-03-18
    Speaking to Vanguard, yesterday, on the abortion of its two-day post-amnesty dialogue in Warri by the militant group, which detonated two bomb ...
  • DAWN.com: No respite from fear 2010-03-18
    Some of the militant groups are modest in their religious zeal as they want Sharia rule only in their territory, while the more ambitious ones among them ...
  • New York Times: Pentagon Sees a Threat From Online Muckrakers 2010-03-18
    WikiLeaks also published an outdated, unclassified copy of the “standard operating procedures” at the military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
  • Bianet: Journalists Tahmaz and Demirer Still in the Dock 2010-03-18
    Journalist Hakan Tahmaz is in the dock for his interview held with leading official of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Kandil Mountain in ...
  • Weakley County Press: War hero outspoken on needs of Tennessee, United States 2010-03-18
    It should remain open as long as we are involved in combat anywhere and military combatants should be tried in military tribunals and never in our court ...
  • Little About: Top Al-Qaeda commander killed in drone attack in North Waziristan : US official 2010-03-18
    ... expert who had established contacts with groups ranging from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to Afghan and Pakistani Taliban militant groups.
  • Post-Bulletin: President blasts UN report 2010-03-18
    Nearly 20 years of unabated chaos have eviscerated all national institutions, and the current conflict between a weak transitional government and militant ...
  • The Gateway Online: Breakin' Down the E-Town Sound: Humble Beginnings 2010-03-18
    ... would've gotten otherwise,” said Minister Faust, a former member of the Edmonton-based Militant Rap Party and current host of The Terrordome on CJSR.
  • The Nation, Pakistan: Pakistan working on 'exit strategy' for military: PM 2010-03-18
    The area is the stronghold of militant groups such as the Haqqani network, identified as a significant threat by the US.
  • A.V. Club: The battle of the sexes rages on at the Romanian Film Festival 2010-03-18
    ... the films The AV Club watched ahead of time included plenty of male behavior that makes your average drunken jock-brah look like a militant feminist.
  • BusinessWeek: Al-Qaeda Trainer Believed Killed in Bombing, US Official Says 2010-03-18
    ... Hammam Khalil al- Balawi, the suicide bomber, said he was carrying out the attack to avenge the killing of a Pakistani militant leader.
  • PunjabNewsline.com: Bitta challenged pro Khalistan militants in Pakistan 2010-03-18
    Bitta alleged that militant Daljit Singh Bittu was released from jail due to influence of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Managing Committee president Paramjit Singh ...
  • Express Buzz: Cornered, Ulfa engages snipers 2010-03-18
    During interrogation, the arrested Ulfa militant revealed that Kalita, a sharpshooter, was assigned specific targets who enjoy high security cover.
  • Sarasota Herald-Tribune: CIA chief says US attacks crippling al-Qaida leaders 2010-03-18
    The comments came as a senior US intelligence official revealed new details of a March 8 killing of a top al-Qaida commander in the militant stronghold ...
  • Ottawa Citizen: Canadian suspect in Mumbai attack again denied bail 2010-03-18
    The agency alleges he and Headley were following orders from the outlawed Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and that Rana allowed Headley ...
  • SteelGuru: Papuan radicals behind Freeport attacks - Report 2010-03-18
    ... Radicalization and Dialogue in Papua, said that some elements of OPM and the National Committee for West Papua were becoming increasingly militant.
  • New Yorker: Bin Laden's Body 2010-03-18
    Holder spoke with some scorn about the fetish for military tribunals over criminal trials—“They're not put up against a wall and shot,” Holder “barked back” ...
  • Arab Times: 26/11 US suspect to plead guilty 2010-03-18
    VASCO: India on Wednesday said 42 militant training camps were operating in Pakistan and accused the country's government of making little effort to close ...
  • Anglican Media Melbourne: Belief in an age of unbelief 2010-03-18
    It was Hitchings who coined the phrase “Islamofascism” to describe today's militant Islam. Then there is Sam Harris who has written “The end of Faith”  ...
  • Modern Ghana: JOS KILLING - WERE ARE BEROM PLATEAU MEN AND BOYS TO DEFEND THEIR WOMEN ... 2010-03-18
    THE YORUBA PEOPLE HAVE OPC, AREA BOYS AND OTHER MILITANT GROUPS TO DEFEND ODUDUWA AREA IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENDS. THE PLATEAU BEROM PEOPLE SUPPOSED ...
  • Vanguard: Warri: The Vanguard Emperor Is Under Fire… 2010-03-18
    As the militant wing of the Vanguard Empire, you are all ordered into the war room, to plan and respond to that aggression. RSM Okon Bassey, all the retired ...
  • Vancouver Sun: Thursday at a Glance 2010-03-18
    ... in Somalia after a video surfaced on the Internet calling him a martyr and urging others to "follow his footsteps" by joining the militant Al-Shabab.
  • Pakistan Ledger: History didn't begin on 911: Leaving Afghanistan to Afghans 2010-03-18
    Induction of Army in South Waziristan in 2002 at the behest of Washington and launching of military operations made the militant tribesmen turn their gun ...
  • Ball State Daily News: SCENE SELECTION: Iraq War becomes action thriller in 'Green Zone' 2010-03-18
    Instead of the invincible and programmed Bourne, he plays a flawed militant who is not the most politically savvy fighter. He follows orders and execute ...
  • Daily Pilot: • That's Debatable 2010-03-18
    When asked about the Obama administration's plan to shut down the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and move its detainees to a prison in Illino ...
  • Enid News & Eagle: Enid attorney says attacks on lawyers who defend unpopular clients, causes h ... 2010-03-18
    ... Department attorneys who previously represented Guantanamo Bay terror suspect detainees or argued for changes in legal policy concerning Guantanamo Bay.

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