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Boumediene Wins Again!
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 11/20/2008
Boumediene Wins Again!
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BREAKING NEWS of the Gitmo variety. From Reuters : Five of six Algerians must be released after nearly seven years of captivity at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled from the bench after holding the ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/20/2008
More Boumediene Fall-out: Judge Orders Release of Five Alleged Combatants
— corner.nationalreview.com — The New York Times has details -- which are scant. At issue are six Algerians, one of... whom is identified as a member of al Qaeda. His detention was upheld, but Judge Richard Leon -- a Bush 41 appointee reputed to be generally sympathetic to the ... (more) More Boumediene Fall-out: Judge Orders Release of Five ...

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longwarjournal.org - 11/19/2008
US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of Pakistan's tribal areas
— longwarjournal.org — An unmanned US Predator aircraft attacked a Taliban and al Qaeda safehouse in the Bannu Frontier Region... east of North Waziristan early today, according to reports from the region. At least five people were killed in the early morning airstrike, ... (more) US Predator strikes al Qaeda & Taliban outside of ...

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reuters.com - 11/20/2008
U.S. judge orders five Algerians at Guantanamo freed | U.S.
— reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five of six Algerians held nearly seven years at the U.S. military prison at... Guantanamo Bay in Cuba must be released, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a setback for the Bush administration. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ... (more) U.S. judge orders five Algerians at Guantanamo ...

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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... New York tonight, and RedState's Jeff Emanuel declares that Soros's plan is to "buy" Franken by helping him challenge pro-Coleman votes and "steal" the election. And a judge's order to release five Guantanamo Bay detainees–including Lakhdar Boumediene of the recent Supreme Court case on habeas corpus rights–sees mixed reactions. There is a question of where the five Algerians will go after they leave Guantanamo, The Corner's Andy McCarthy warns, while emptywheel's bmaz declares the order a victory over Bush administration detention policy. FROM THE BLOGS: ...

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