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WikiLeaks: 9/11 Mastermind Says He Killed Daniel Pearl Against al-Qaida Warnings

A senior al-Qaida military commander instructed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not to kill Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and said that Pearl should "be returned back to one of the previous groups who held him, or freed." But Mohammed, the supposed mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, says he killed Pearl...

Leaked Files Show Gitmo Inmate Released After Informing on 123 Others

LONDON -- Leaked U.S. military documents reveal that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was freed after informing on 123 other prisoners, despite concerns about the reliability of his evidence, a British newspaper reported Tuesday. The Guardian, The New York Times and El Pais are publishing details of more than 750 leaked U.S....

How Can You Tell Someone Is al-Qaida? Look at His Watch

It's a simple, water-resistant digital watch that retails for about $11. But beware: It could sell you out as al-Qaida. A new batch of WikiLeaks files from Guantanamo Bay reveals a secret checklist U.S. investigators used to figure out whether detainees were really al-Qaida members. Among the criteria was the kind of...

Leaked Files Shed Light on Gitmo Detainees

WASHINGTON -- Secret documents about detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison reveal new information about some of the men that the United States believes to be terrorists, according to reports about the files released by several American and European newspapers. The U.S. government criticized the publication as...

Supreme Court Turns Away New Appeal From Chinese Muslims at Gitmo

WASHINGTON -- The five remaining Chinese Muslims who are being held at Guantanamo Bay lost their latest bid Monday to get the Supreme Court to hear their case. The justices turned away a plea from the five detainees, who have been held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba for nearly nine years. The detainees had previously...

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WATCH: Shocking Torture Method Used At Guantanamo

In 2008, reports surfaced that detainees at Guantanamo Bay had been tortured by songs such as Metallica's " Enter Sandman " and Drowning Pool's " Bodies."

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Guantanamo 9/11 Trial: Senior U.S. Officials Sought To Testify

Defense teams in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are asking a military judge to order senior U.S. government officials to testify at the U.S. base in Cuba as part of a motion to dismiss charges, a lawyer for one of the defendants said Tuesday.

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06/02/12 US want speedy justice for ex-LTTE combatants while... Source: Asian Tribune The Asian Tribune US Bureau noted with amusement that the United States reiterated that it looks forward to a 'speedy and transparent judicial process' regarding ex LTTE combatants and all other detainees held in various prisons in Sri Lanka.
06/02/12 Federal appeals court rules against former Guantanamo... Source: JURIST - Paper Chase [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that Col. Morris Davis [JURIST news archive], the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] may not seek money damages from his former supervisor at the Library of Congress (LOC) [official website] for termination of his employment due to op-ed articles he wrote.
05/31/12 National Chang Festival in Guantanamo Source: Venceremos - Cuba (English) Guantanamo's Venceremos Newspaperâ-The VI edition of Chang Festival begins today in Guantanamo with the Colloquium Rafael Inciarte Brioso, which promotes the exchange among scholars, musicians and other lovers of this Cuban musical style that originated in Guantanamo province.
05/30/12 Ecuador calls for an end to colonialism in Malvinas,... Source: MercoPress Addressing the UN Regional seminar of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization (also known as the C-24) in Quito, PatiÃ±o described as "shameful" the fact that al least ten territories remain listed as colonies.
05/30/12 WATCH: Shocking Torture Method Used At Guantanamo Source: TV Squad In 2008, reports surfaced that detainees at Guantanamo Bay had been tortured by songs such as Metallica's " Enter Sandman " and Drowning Pool's " Bodies."

Background on guantanamo

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a controversial detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

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