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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (9844)	8/27/2005 11:40:18 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Darren....."I would presume that means invading Canada also?"..... Lets hope so but I fear there are many of them already in Canada....and they likely all vote, and vote for liberals..their allies.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (9844)	8/28/2005 12:53:43 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 32591

U.S. military releases nearly 1000 detainees from Abu Ghraib prison [great day for Sunni terrorists] Associated Press via South Bend [Indiana] Tribune ^ \| Saturday, 27-Aug-2005 \| Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military announced Saturday that it released nearly 1,000 prisoners from Abu Ghraib prison over the past few days in response to a request by Iraqi authorities. The move, the largest prisoner release to date, followed appeals by Sunni representatives to start releasing thousands of prisoners who have been languishing in the jail for months without being charged. After a meeting with President Jalal Talabani on Thursday, Sunni negotiator Saleh al-Mutlaq said the president agreed to release many detainees before the Oct. 15 referendum on the constitution. Al-Mutlaq said hundreds of detainees, most of them Sunni Arabs, were to be set free. The U.S. command said the prisoner release "marks a significant event in Iraq's progress toward democratic governance and the rule of law." "Those chosen for release are not guilty of serious, violent crimes — such as bombing, torture, kidnapping, or murder — and all have admitted their crimes, renounced violence, and pledged to be good citizens of a democratic Iraq," the U.S. statement said. Abu Ghraib prison, built by Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1970s on the outskirts of Baghdad, was retained as a major detention center by U.S. occupation authorities after the dictator was toppled in 2003. It gained international notoriety after some U.S. military personnel were charged with humiliating and assaulting detainees. Later Saturday, Iraqi police said they released an unspecified number of people arrested this week in the region of Madain, 12 miles, southeast of the capital. Sunni politicians had complained to Talabani that the Shiite-controlled police picked up 132 Sunnis in the region to prevent them from registering for the constitutional referendum. The deadline for voter registration is Sept. 1.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (9844)	8/31/2005 10:26:12 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Former professor denied terror ties ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ \| 8/31/05 \| ap - Tampa TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A fired university professor accused of supporting terrorists denied ties to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in a filmed 1994 interview, which was played at his trial Wednesday. During the interview for a PBS documentary on Middle East terror groups operating in the United States, Sami Al-Arian was asked if he had ties to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. "There was never an affiliation," he replied. Prosecutors have presented intercepted phone calls and letters and played videotaped speeches that they say show Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor, was the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's top official in the United States. The organization is listed as a terrorist group by the State Department and is blamed for more than 100 deaths in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Al-Arian and three co-defendants are accused of raising money for the group. In the interview played for jurors Wednesday, PBS journalist Steve Emerson also questioned the purpose of the Islamic Committee for Palestine, an entity Al-Arian founded that prosecutors say was a front for support of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Al-Arian replied that the committee published a magazine and was formed by people who simply wanted to "speak their minds." Al-Arian and his co-defendants deny they supported violent acts and say they are being persecuted for views that are unpopular with the U.S. government. The trial began in June and is expected to run several more months.