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Headley escapes death, extradition; but India to have access

Admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:03:33 +0000

Chidanand Rajghatta

WASHINGTON: Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley aka Daood Gilani has avoided extradition to India and a possible death sentence in the Mumbai terror case, but New Delhi can access him in the United States under a plea bargain he has reached with US federal authorities.

Shacked and wearing an orange prison jump

Search for Dr Aafia’s daughter yields startling results

Admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:39:37 +0000

International NGOs stumble upon a dozen incarcerated non-Afghan girls DNA tests fail to turn up missing Mariam Pak govt asks Afghan, US authorities to aid search Govt trying to ensure Aafia serves out sentence back home

By Saeed Minhas

ISLAMABAD: During efforts to trace Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s missing 11-year-old daughter Mariam,

Robert Fisk: The mysterious case of the Grey Lady of Bagram

Admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:22:32 +0000

How does a neuroscientist and mother of three end up in jail as an al-Qa’ida agent?

Dr Shams Hassan Faruqi sits amid his rocks and geological records, shakes his bearded head and stares at me. “I strongly doubt if the children are alive,” he says. “Probably, they have expired.” He says this

Terrorism Suspects Trial May Be Expensive, Complicated

Iya — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:38:51 +0000

By Josh Green

RALEIGH, N.C. -

A status conference Friday in the case against seven men accused of plotting “violent jihad” revealed just how complicated and expensive the trial will be.

U.S. Government prosecutors have yet to come to an agreement with public defenders about who will pay for the hours of work it will take to

U.S. “Jihad Jane” Pleads Not Guilty to Terrorism

Admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:11:43 +0000

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to kill in a foreign country.

Colleen LaRose appeared in federal court in Philadelphia accused of plotting with others over the Internet to kill a Swedish cartoonist

Five Americans charged with terrorism in Pakistan

Admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:40:10 +0000

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court formally charged Wednesday five young Americans of plotting terrorism in the country, their lawyer said, in a case that has raised alarm over the danger posed by militants using the Internet.

The students, in their 20s and from the U.S. state of Virginia, were detained in

Ex-Guantánamo prisoner Lakhdar Boumediene talks about rebuilding his life in France

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:50:38 +0000

Polly Rossdale

The French government kindly agreed to welcome Lakhdar Boumediene to France; Lakhdar talks about his new life in this video by Amnesty International.

After seven years and six months of unlawful imprisonment in Guantánamo, Lakhdar Boumediene was finally granted the opportunity to rebuild his life in France, free from the fear

Are you an Enemy of the State? S. 3081 may make you one

Admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:21:55 +0000

Unless you have been in solitary confinement or a dark closet for the past 20 years, then you have probably noticed the outright attack on and destruction of the Constitution. Everyone knows the old saying about the frog, “If you throw a frog into boiling water it will immediately jump out

Torture: the shady secrets of MI5

Admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:14:11 +0000

Torture is an emotive and controversial subject. It cannot fail to provoke a response, so it is no surprise that the Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in the case of Binyam Mohamed has garnered much media attention. It will not need any introduction to anyone with an interest in human rights.

Grassroots activist Wa’el Al-Faqeeh faces military court, still without charge

Admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:05:23 +0000

Palestinian activist Wa’el Al-Faqeeh faced his third hearing in Salim military court on 11 March. His detention period was extended until 24 April when the next hearing will take place. Al-Faqeeh remains imprisoned without charge since his arrest from his Nablus home on 9 December 2009. It is expected that Al-Faqeeh

Colleen (Fatima) LaRose – flyer for arraignment

Admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:37:42 +0000

Thanks to globalvoiceforjustice.org

Colleen (Fatima) LaRose – arraignment time

Admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:05 +0000

Please note that the arraignment for Colleen (Fatima) LaRose will be on the 18th at 10:30 am. It’s a good idea to show up early, I have a feeling that there will be a lot of press there.

United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania James A. Byrne Federal Courthouse 601

Abu Zubaydah’s Torture Diary

Admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:33:37 +0000

By Andy Worthington

To coincide with the publication of my article, “What Torture Is, and Why It’s Illegal and Not ‘Poor Judgment,’” in which I revisited the scandalous whitewash of the Justice Department report into the conduct of John Yoo and Jay Bybee (the lawyers who sought to redefine torture in the notorious

GITMO, NIMBY, Land of Brave and Unhelpful Allies

Admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:55:18 +0000

There is a legality issue with GITMO. Can any country in the world can escape its local laws, such as the British law allowing a maximum of 28 day preventive detention, by incarcerating people for ever on a remote island or occupied territory? If not, why would Guantanamo qualify as a safe haven

American Held in Ireland Is Released

Admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:52:55 +0000

But Mother Says Family Feared the Woman Had Been Radicalized

By JOHN HENDREN and CLAYTON SANDELL

Colorado mother Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was released from custody in Ireland after being arrested in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who angered many Muslims by portraying Mohammed with a dog’s body.

Authorities are still holding three

Letter on behalf of Tariq Mehanna

Admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:12:49 +0000

On Friday, March 12, members of the Tarek Mehanna Support Committee attempted for the second time to meet with a representative of the Massachusetts US Attorney’s office.

Again we were told to fill out a complaint form–there was no one at the office who could speak to us. We asked whether it

Leadville woman held in Ireland in alleged terrorism plot

Admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:34 +0000

By Mike McPhee

A Leadville woman is in custody in Ireland, arrested as part of an investigation into a conspiracy to kill a Swedish cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed, according to her family and Leadville police.

Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, was arrested Tuesday in Waterford, Ireland, the second

Karl Rove defends waterboarding

Admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:32:29 +0000

A senior advisor to the former US President, George Bush, has defended harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, saying he was proud of the intelligence the US gained from using them.

Karl Rove was often referred to as President Bush’s brain and as a senior political strategist is credited with Mr

Alleged Al-Qaeda man worked at US nuclear power plant

Admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:07:13 +0000

NEW YORK — An alleged Al-Qaeda agent and US citizen involved in a bloody shooting in Yemen five days ago was revealed Friday to have worked for a US nuclear power plant company between 2002 and 2008.

Sharif Mobley, said by a source close to the police in Yemen to hold both US

N.J. Terror Suspect Sharif Mobley Tied to (alleged) Radical Yemeni Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki

Admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:25:04 +0000

FD Editors Note: I dunno, seems to me that if this huge network existed the way they are telling us it did… we’d all be toast by now. Our Constitution certainly is..

Sources Tie Nuke Plant Worker to Yemeni Cleric Called ‘a Fixture of Jihad 101′

A New Jersey nuclear plant laborer arrested in Yemen with

Colleen (Fatima) LaRose – Arraignment

Admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:05:11 +0000

Mainstream news sources are all abuzz, falling over themselves with the news of the case of Colleen (Fatima) LaRose). It seems that within just 48 hours, every talking head and so-called expert on “terrorism” claimed to be expert on this case, though the indictment was only unsealed on Tuesday. They are

Interview: Anwar al-Awlaki

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:39:55 +0000

The US has accused the US-born Yemen-based religious scholar Anwar al-Awlaki of being linked to an attack on a military base in Texas and the alleged attempt to blow up a passenger plane over Detroit on Christmas Day.

US officials accuse al-Awlaki of either inciting or ideologically influencing Major Nidal Hasan, a US

Why the “Jihad Jane” Case Is a Win for the Patriot Act

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:34:23 +0000

By Massimo Calabresi / Washington

The Justice Department won’t say whether provisions of the Patriot Act were used to investigate and charge Colleen LaRose. But the FBI and U.S. prosecutors who charged the 46-year-old woman from Pennsburg, Pa., on

Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:06:23 +0000

By WAYNE PARRY and GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press Writers Wayne Parry And Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Writers

BUENA, N.J. – He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif

Muslims, Race and the Blogosphere

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:14:27 +0000

By Aisha Gawad

Sometimes I dream of being a housewife. Not because I live to serve my future husband (or that I even have any burning desire to get married at all), but because I yearn for a day when I can sit and read for hours on end. I’m talking everything from Jane

Guantanamo prisoner known as Hambali seeks release

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:49:35 +0000

(Reuters) – The Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of helping plan the 2002 bombings in the Indonesian resort area of Bali that killed more than 200 people on Thursday revived his legal bid to be released from the U.S. military prison.

A habeas petition was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington on behalf of Riduan Isamuddin,

Tajikistan jails 56 Muslim activists for extremist activities

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:09 +0000

Tajikistan’s top court on Wednesday sentenced 56 followers of Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), a radical Muslim group, for extremist activities in the Central Asian state.

“Twenty-three defendants were given jail terms of between 3 and 6 years, while the remaining 33 individuals were fined between [$8,000 and $16,000],” a court spokesman said.

The members of the group were

TD Blog Interview with Ellen Lubell

Admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:53:59 +0000

Ellen Lubell is a partner at Tennant Lubell, a law firm in Newton, Mass. Ms. Lubell and her partner Doris Tennant represent Abdul Aziz Naji, an Algerian national detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On February 18, 2010, I had the privilege of interviewing Ms. Lubell by telephone; what follows are my interview notes, corrected as appropriate

Neighbor: LaRose seemed like ‘everyday housewife’

Admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:53:27 +0000

PENNSBURG — According to neighbors of 427 Main St., Pennsburg, where Colleen LaRose reportedly lived for some time in 2009, there was nothing suspicious or out-of-the-ordinary about LaRose’s appearance.

Renee Herbert, who resides in the Main Street building where LaRose lived, said she used to see LaRose sometimes when the two did laundry.

“Colleen looked like an

Pennsylvania Woman Indicted in Alleged Plot to Recruit Jihadist Fighters

Admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:42:19 +0000

FD Editor Note: I find it odd that the DoJ is suddenly concerned about “committing murder overseas” when the DoD is already doing that on a daily basis.

David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Michael L. Levy, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, together with Janice K. Fedarcyk, Special