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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017.
Republicans raged over what they called the White House's weak and dangerous decision last week to prosecute in federal court a man suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda, rather than shipping him off to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sorry, wrong year.
On July 3, word of a 10.5 million dollar federal settlement with Omar Khadr reached the media. The settlement was greeted with heated debate along political lines.
Ranking member on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party of playing on the intellect of Ghanaians as far as the issue regarding some two Guantanamo Bay detainees are concerned. According to him, the same government that picked holes in the decision of the previous NDC administration to retain these ex-convicts is now looking for reason to follow in the same steps.
Uruguayan authorities say a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was resettled in the South American country has returned after being deported from Morocco. An interior ministry official said Monday that Syrian native Abu Wa'el Dhiab was deported for carrying a false passport.
The Trump administration has transferred an Algerian terror suspect from Spain to the United States to be tried in federal court rather than at the Guantnamo Bay naval prison. Ali Charaf Damache was extradited from Spain and arrived in Philadelphia on Friday, where he made an initial appearance in court on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, the Justice Department says.
The Trump administration has transferred an Algerian terror suspect from Spain to the United States to be tried in federal court rather than at the Guantanamo Bay naval prison. Ali Charaf Damache was extradited from Spain and arrived in Philadelphia on Friday, where he made an initial appearance in court on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, the Justice Department says.
Lawyers for the widow of a U.S. soldier slain in Afghanistan have filed court papers in Canada formally seeking to take millions of dollars away from a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing the soldier. Omar Khadr was reportedly paid 10.5 million Canadian dollars by Canada's government last week under a court ruling that his rights were violated by Canadian officials while he was locked up at the U.S. military base on Cuba.
TORONTO>> A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan has received a multimillion-dollar payment from Canada's government after a court ruling said his rights were abused, a Canadian official said today. The official confirmed that Omar Khadr has been given the money.
The lawyer for the widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan said Tuesday they have filed an application so that any money paid by the Canadian government to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner convicted of killing him will go toward the widow and another U.S. soldier injured. Lawyer Don Winder made the comments as a decision by the Canadian government to apologize and give millions of dollars to Omar Khadr came under mounting criticism.
The lawyer for the widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan said Tuesday they have filed an application so that any money paid by the Canadian government to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner convicted of killing him will go toward the widow and another U.S. soldier injured. Lawyer Don Winder made the comments as a decision by the Canadian government to apologize and give millions of dollars to Omar Khadr came under mounting criticism.
The Canadian government is going to apologize and give millions to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan when he was 15, with Canada's Supreme Court later ruling that officials had interrogated him under "oppressive circumstances." An official familiar with the deal said Tuesday that Omar Khadr will receive 10.5 million Canadian dollars .
A decision by the Canadian government to apologize and give millions of dollars to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan came under mounting criticism on Tuesday. An official familiar with the deal said Tuesday that Omar Khadr will receive 10.5 million Canadian dollars .
As Independence Day comes around again we should spend a few moments between barbecue and fireworks to think about the meaning of independence. The colonists who rebelled against the British Crown were, among other things, unhappy about taxation.
Protestors in orange jumpsuits and black hoods stood outside U.S. Southern Command in 90-degree heat Sunday, holding signs with phrases like "Close Gitmo now" and "I am still waiting for your humanity." Around 30 protestors marched from Trump National Doral to Southcom in a call to shut down the prison in Cuba.
WASHINGTON: A U.S. House of Representatives spending panel will vote on Monday on a US$192.5 billion budget bill that includes US$115 million to build permanent housing facilities for U.S. military personnel at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre even as the inmate population has fallen sharply. The House Appropriations Committee said in a statement on Sunday that the 2018 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs spending bill included funding to build two new barracks to house service members stationed at Guantanamo Bay.
My colleague Shakezula has already discussed this, but David Clarke's appointment assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security is a big enough deal to be worth more discussion. It is almost impossible to overstate how unfit he is for any law enforcement position, let alone one of the top federal ones: However, if the premature reports are true, Clarke's promotion to federal office would be a major affront to human and civil rights.
The night of the young guns! Gigi, Bella and Kendall battle it out to rule the red carpet as they join a host of stars at the Met Gala The hero truck driver who comforted a badly-burned dying woman while others took PHOTOS after her truck crashed and burst into flames The truth about diet and cancer: Top dietitian JANE CLARKE reveals what to eat to beat the disease Andrew Jackson 'would never let it happen!' Trump doubles down on his claim that the seventh president could have stopped the Civil War - if he hadn't died 16 years before it started Kim Jong-un accuses America of pushing him to the brink of nuclear war after 'two US bombers practiced bombing in North Korea' 'Troubled' Christian biology student knifeman stabs aspiring singer to death and wounds three others in terrifying stabbing rampage at the University of Texas Johnny Depp must undergo mental evaluation for 'compulsive ... (more)
A contrite Sean Spicer ditched his usual defiance Wednesday and asked the public to forgive him for remarks a day earlier in which he credited Adolf Hitler with refraining from using chemical weapons during World War II. "I made a mistake," the White House press secretary said during an appearance at the Newseum in Washington, where he was interviewed by MSNBC's Greta Van Susteren.