February 23, 2005 | 14 Muharram 1426 Hijriah
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Proposed UK Law Makes Guantanamo Look Liberal
New anti-terror legislation proposed in Britain makes Guantanamo Bay appear liberal in some respects. Britain has had its own Guantanamo Bay in the high security Belmarsh prison, where 10 foreign nationals have been held without charge and without trial for...
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Rumsfeld: Scale back military education
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has asked the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut back military officer education during "stress periods" like the war in Iraq so more will be available for deployment. At the same time,...
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veiled4allah
speaking the right language
Steve Gilliard points to an article in the New Republic with an interesting point to make about America's attempts to win hearts and minds in the Arab world: we're not speaking the right language: But there's a problem with these...
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Rummy Dropped From the Loop?
The other day I mentioned a report from Patrick Cockburn of the British Independent indicating that all the major roads into Baghdad were under at least partial control of the insurgents. As it happens, today's New York Times helps explain...