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The Siasat Daily
Another ricin letter found in US
Wed 24 Apr 2013
April 23: A letter that was intercepted and sent to a screening facility at an airbase in the United States contained the deadly poison ricin according to preliminary tests. The letter was discovered... (photo: Creative Commons / SusanLesch)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, gestures to the crowds, with Hezbollah's commander in south Lebanon Sheik Nabil Kaouk, at right, during a rally organized by Hezbollah in the southern border town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, on Thursday Oct. 14, 2010

Al Qaeda Canada Iran Photos Wikipedia: Iran and state terrorism

Huffington Post
Iran And Al Qaeda Connected? The History Behind A Complex Relationship
Tue 23 Apr 2013
-- Canadian authorities claim al-Qaida operatives in Iran directed a failed plot to attack a passenger train. Iran denies it has any links to the two suspects. What falls in between is Iran's... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)

In this April 18, 2013 video frame grab reviewed by the U.S. military, soldiers walk past detainees' cells during early morning prayer at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Camp 5, in Cuba.

The New York Times Tue 23 Apr 2013
US Military Says 84 on Hunger Strike at Guantanamo
MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. military spokesman says 84 prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says four hunger strikers are in a hospital on the U.S. base in... (photo: AP / Suzette Laboy)
Guantanamo Hunger Strikes Photos US Wikipedia: Guantánamo Bay hunger strikes

Japan summons China envoy over disputed isles

Al Jazeera Tue 23 Apr 2013
Japan summons China envoy over disputed isles
Japan has summoned the Chinese ambassador in protest over a flotilla of Chinese government ships that entered territorial waters near a disputed island chain. Japan's foreign ministry said on Tuesday... (photo: EC / EC)
China EU Japan Photos Wikipedia: Japan

Human rights activists dissatisfied with the Obama administration's failure to close the Guantanamo prison, protest in front of the White House wearing orange jumpsuits with black hoods, in Washington on Monday Jan. 11, 2010.

Baltimore Sun Mon 22 Apr 2013
More than half of Guantanamo prisoners are on hunger strike
MIAMI (Reuters) - More than half of the men held at the Guantanamo detention camp have joined an escalating hunger strike to protest their open-ended detention, a camp... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
Guantanamo Hunger Photos Protest Wikipedia: Hunger strike

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The People's Voice Mon 22 Apr 2013
America's War on Islam 2.0
Waging war at home or abroad requires enemies. America creates them when none exist. Imperial strategy demands them. Post-9/11, Muslims were targeted for political... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
America Islam Photos War Wikipedia: Islam

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (March 1, 2011) Seabee in Guantanamo Bay works on a building.

The Miami Herald Sat 20 Apr 2013
Guantánamo hunger strike reaches 63, 38 percent
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- More than a third of the war-on-terror captives are now considered hunger strikers, with 15 of them being force fed and four... (photo: Public Domain / Official Navy Page)
Cuba Guantanamo Hunger Photos Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Former British resident Binyam Mohamed, center wearing white cap, the first Guantanamo prisoner released since U.S. President Barack Obama took office, is accompanied by officials at Northolt military base in west London, Monday Feb. 23, 2009. Mohamed, who claims he was tortured at a covert CIA site in Morocco, was freed from Guantanamo after nearly seven years in U.S. captivity without facing trial and returned Monday to a British military base.

Huffington Post Tue 16 Apr 2013
U.S. Tortured Detainees And Top Officials Are Responsible: Report
WASHINGTON -- A two-year independent investigation by the Constitution Project released Tuesday said that U.S. forces engaged in torture and senior officials bear... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
Guantanamo Photos Torture United States Wikipedia: Torture and the United States

A U.S. Sailor, foreground, assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion conducts an early morning patrol while detainees stand by in the background at the recreation yard inside Camp Delta at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, July 7, 2010.

Stuff Tue 16 Apr 2013
Pressure on for Guantanamo Bay closure
A violent weekend clash between guards and prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the release of harrowing accounts by inmates of force-feeding of hunger... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)
Guantanamo Human Rights Photos US Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Al Jazeera Mon 15 Apr 2013
Italy's Berlusconi 'ready to run for PM'
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister and leader of the centre-right People of Liberty party, has said he would run for premier again if a snap vote is... (photo: AP / Andrew Medichini)
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Torture

	Guantanamo Bay prisoners clash with guards amid hunger strike Deutsche Welle
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Human Rights

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel participates in a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier in Cairo, Egypt, April 24, 2013. Egypt is Hagel's fourth stop on a six day trip to the middle east to meet with defense counterparts.(Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) (Released)

On his first Mideast tour as Pentagon chief, Hagel meeting Egyptian leaders on military ties

In his first press briefing as Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel talks about the the onset of the sequester and the grave impact it will have on national security and the readiness of the military at the Pentagon, Feb. 28, 2013. After taking initial questions from the press, Hagel introduced Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter who provided reporters with more details about the impending steep cuts.

Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran

File - An A-10 Thunderbolt II, like this one, performs sorties daily providing top cover for ground forces in Southwest Asia. A-10s provide close-air support and employ a wide variety of conventional munitions, including general purpose bombs, cluster bombs units and laser guided bombs.

US Cluster Munitions: 277 Million Boston Bombings

China intends to limit US operations in west Pacific: Pentag The Siasat Daily
China intended to limit US operations in West Pacific: Penta The Siasat Daily
Pentagon downplays comment on F-35 fighter jet cyber threat Hartford Courant
Pentagon service providers feel the heat of budget cuts Business Journal
Pentagon cites dated weapons system as reason to restrict so The Examiner
The Sexual Assault Case That Has The Pentagon Scrambling Jus Business Insider
Raytheon sees Pentagon protecting new weapons programs Chicago Tribune
Help wanted at the Pentagon; Wilkerson being investigated fo Foreign Policy
Pentagon reviews contractor profit guidelines for weapons Stars and Stripes
Pentagon’s budget cuts could slow F-35 program, Congress tol Stars and Stripes
Mikulski to Pentagon: Respect Congress Foreign Policy
Pentagon sees risks, progress on Lockheed's F-35 jet The Star
WRAPUP 1-Pentagon sees risks, progress on Lockheed's F-35 je Reuters
Pentagon’s budget cuts could slow F-35 program, Congr The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Pentagon sees Singapore's decision about buying F-35s by sum Hartford Courant
Pentagon sees some risk of delay in F-35 software Reuters
Pentagon lays out responsibilities defining CIO role Business Journal
Not convinced: WH, Pentagon respond to report of CW in Syria Foreign Policy
Honolulu police considered for Pentagon award Dayton Daily News
RAMTHUN: Bending the Pentagon’s medical costs curve The Washington Times

Could the CIA have prevented the Boston Marathon bombings?

US Experts Skeptical of Putin’s CIA Privatization Claim

CIA had Boston suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev put on terror watch list

Intelligent Highway Solutions goes public The Business Review
U.S. intelligence believes Syria has used chemical arms Philadelphia Daily News
Terrorists sourcing two-wheelers from Kerala for bomb blasts The Times of India
UK to Support Somalia's Intelligence Organ. All Africa
Secret documents reveal how man in charge of British intelli The Daily Mail
After Boston Bombings, Putin Calls for U.S.-Russia Intellige Chosunilbo
Terrorist intelligence chief al Adam reportedly killed by dr The Examiner
U.S. intelligence confirms chemical weapon used in Syria The Examiner
Senator accuses US of 'intelligence failings' in tracking Ta The Guardian
The Obama administration's troubling history of politicizing Foreign Policy
Intelligence says Syria used chemical weapons, crossed Obama Chicago Sun-Times
Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was on CIA list of London Evening Standard
Tamerlan flagged by CIA and FBI NZ Herald
U.S. intelligence assesses Syria used chemical weapons, but Orlando Sentinel
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U.S. intelligence agencies: Assad used chemical weapons ‘on The Washington Post
U.S.: Intelligence points to small-scale use of sarin in Syr CNN
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Apigee gets into U.S. intelligence with In-Q-Tel backing The Business Review
CIA had Tsarnaev's name put in terror watchlist after being Fox News

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Pappal commander of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division is being interviewed about the Sha'ab Central Market to transfer back to the Iraqi people on Jan. 3, 2009 at Forward Operating Base War Eagle in Baghdad, Iraq.

This Reporter Followed US Marines As They Fought The Most Storied Battle Of The Iraq War

Palestinians attend the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in the West Bank town of Saeer, near Hebron, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013.

Palestinians protest in West Bank, Gaza to support prisoners on hunger strike

File - JTF-Guantanamo guards escort a detainee to the detainee hospital located adjacent to Camp Four, Dec. 27.

Will US personnel ever face torture charges?

Palestinians Fight Unlawful Deportation Antiwar
Trying Suspect No. 2: Federal courts are well-suited for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Getting states to toe the line The Star
Hungry for freedom in Guantanamo Asia Times
MI6 to be investigated over treatment of three more terror s The Guardian
Harsh Treatment at Guantánamo The New York Times
The truth about torture Baltimore Sun
A detailed look at America’s torture years The Salt Lake Tribune
For Shame Foreign Policy
BOSTON MASSACRE 2013, AND ISLAMISM The Examiner
Basson's lawyer: There are no victims Mail Guardian South Africa
Stay the Hand of Vengeance Huffington Post
Supreme emergency at Guantanamo Bay Al Jazeera
Paul Hogan, 'Crocodile Dundee' Actor, Allegedly Missing $34 Huffington Post
Torture in Israeli Jails: The Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes Scoop
Report: 'indisputable' evidence of US torture Canberra Times
Report lays out 'indisputable' evidence of US torture Canberra Times
The Chance for Peace, Revisited CounterPunch
UN Rights Chief Presses US to Shut Guantanamo The New York Times
Obama: We Must Clean Up Bush-Era Torture The Petition Site

Iranians say they're innocent of Thai terror plot

London council worker faces jail over terrorism discs found in car

PRESERVE THE PUBLIC REALM TO COMBAT TERRORISM

Pak-trained terror cell leader jailed for life in Britain Zeenews
Bomb plot ringleader Irfan Naseer jailed for life and warned London Evening Standard
'Threat of cross-border terrorism is Afghanistan's greatest Newstrack India
Italian marines under anti-terrorism probe, death penalty no The Times of India
Winnipeg mosques on heightened alert amid terror arrests CBC
Whose terror, whose pain? Al Jazeera
Suicide bomb plot ringleader Irfan Naseer jailed for life an London Evening Standard
Life in jail for ringleader of terror plot which could have The Daily Mail
UK terror plot leader jailed for minimum 18 years STL Today
Terror ringleader Irfan Naseer jailed for life and warned by London Evening Standard
Five life sentences for terror ringleader Irfan Naseer, warn London Evening Standard
>Iranians say they're innocent of Thai terror plot Seattle Post
>UK terror plot leader jailed for minimum 18 years Seattle Post
Graham: Butt-heads do terrorism Boston Herald
Birmingham terror plot leader jailed The Irish Times
Terror plot ringleader jailed for minimum of 18 years The Guardian
Terror plot ringleader Irfan Naseer jailed for life London Evening Standard
Theory and Practice of Terrorism American Spectator
Emory University launches business and terrorism class The Business Review
Birmingham terror ringleader gets five life sentences for pl The Daily Telegraph

North Korean soldiers sit on the side of a road in south of Kaesong, North Korea near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

North Korea rejects South's Kaesong demand

Police clash with demonstrators during a protest near the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain Thursday April 25, 2013. The protest, mostly against austerity measures, comes on the day that Spain's jobless figures were released.

Spain protesters clash with police

Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, briefs the press en route on a 5 day trip to the Middle East, March 7, 2013. Hagel is traveling to Afghanistan on his first trip as the 24th Secretary of Defense to visit U.S. Troops, NATO leaders, and Afghan counterparts.

Chemical weapons used in Syria: US defense secretary

Town of Waukesha postpones decision on water service area Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ex-Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wins $250,000 prize from Milwa Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Uihleins give $500,000 to UWM preservation institute Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nurse suffers serious eye injury in March for England BBC News
Boston Bombing Suspect May Avoid Death by Cooperating San Francisco Chronicle
Armed robbers strike again in Kumasi as they inflict wounds Joy Online
Syrian air strikes, shelling batter rebels in Damascus subur Daily Press
9th-grade student accused of having gun in school San Francisco Chronicle
'Stop the kill function' -- Why experts say autonomous milit CNET
What price humanitarian war? Canberra Times
Stop-and-frisk trial defense New York Post Online
Jordanians Protest Proposed US Troop Deployment The New York Times
Questions raised over Lebanese drone France24
Iraq gripped by deadly sectarian violence Al Jazeera
Man carjacked by Boston bomber suspects tells his story Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
US economy accelerates at 2.5 percent rate in Q1 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison police discover emaciated dogs, 'deplorable conditio Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
India says talks on to end standoff with China The Guardian
The Nuclear Illusion Project Syndicate
Ladakh incursion: BJP wants thorough probe on standoff with The Siasat Daily

Archaeologist

Georgia archaeologists find Confederate POW camp

French Justice Minister Rachida Dati, right, and Dutch Junior Minister of Justice Nedahat Albayrak, left, address members of the media during their visit to the asylum for criminally insane de Kijvelanden in Poortugaal, near Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Friday August 31, 2007. The French government is examining Dutch-style detention hospitals and compulsory psychiatric treatment for sexual offenders, and already has earmarked funds for such projec

Noriega deprived of POW status in France

US Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson of the US Army 507th Maintenance Battalion, is being ushered to a waiting US Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130 aircraft (not shown) a few miles south of Baghdad for a flight to Kuwait City, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Former Iraq POW writes about nightmares after her rescue

Review: POW's story brings home the drama Star Telegram
Minn. Korean War vet finally receives POW recognition Stars and Stripes
Missing for decades, Korean War POW will at last be laid to Stars and Stripes
Decorated WWII POW Tom Hollingshead dies at 88 Stars and Stripes
Breaking News: Secretly bloodied Guantanamo POWs The Examiner
Ex-POW urges Utah crowd to remember today’s Idaho POW The Salt Lake Tribune
Base theater renamed for former Vietnam War POW my SA
Former war prisoner urges Utah crowd to remember today’s Ida The Salt Lake Tribune
Korean War chaplain who aided fellow POWs awarded Medal of H Sun Sentinel
Medal of Honor for Korean War chaplain who aided fellow POWs Reuters
Fellow POWs share joy in Kansas chaplains posthumous honor Kansas City Star
Emil Kapaun, who ministered to Korean War POWs, to receive p The Washington Post
Nine of Kapaun’s fellow POWs to witness awarding of Medal of The Wichita Eagle
Government urged to better remember WWII POWs Taipei Times
Palm trees at Fort Knox may be German POW drawings Lexington Herald-Leader
US field holds secrets of 1780s British POW camp New Straits/Business Times
Chaplain who died in Korean POW camp to get Medal of Honor Denver Post
Group tries to preserve York County site that housed British Penn Live
Cornfield Holds Secrets Of 1780s British POWs Orange News
Pa. field holds secrets of 1780s camp that held British POWs Stars and Stripes

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