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Gitmo Detainee to be Released Next Week
blogs.abcnews.com - 2/21/2009
Gitmo Detainee to be Released Next Week
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ABC News has learned that the Obama administration will begin the process of releasing a prisoner from the Detainee Center at Guantanamo Bay next week, perhaps as early as Monday. Binyam Mohamed, a 30-year-old Ethiopian and legal resident of the...
boston.com - 2/20/2009
Wrong front for the drug war
— boston.com — Ending a ban on poppy production in Afghanistan is crucial to stabilizing that fragile country.... (more) Wrong front for the drug war

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Knowing Where We Stand On Afghanistan
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 2/20/2009
Knowing Where We Stand On Afghanistan
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — As last Friday’s Progress Report noted, and today’s underlines, President Obama has inherited a crisis in Afghanistan.... The problems identified in the Center for American Progress’s December 2007 report still exist, and have gotten ... (more) Knowing Where We Stand On Afghanistan

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Stop The ACLU:  Obama Pentagon Review Finds Gitmo In Line With Geneva Conventions

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Obama Pentagon Review Finds Gitmo In Line With Geneva Conventions
Stop The ACLU — ... the government official said. Wow! So the ACLU was wrong when they whined about American military making sure prisoners didn’t starve themselves? It wasn’t cruelty to help them survive instead of suffer? Amazing! So, Obama is closing down this facility for some reason. Oh yeah! To make sure he caters to his nit wit base, even though he had no clue about the reality. So what now Barack? Congrats! Job well done Mr. President. Meanwhile, Obama’s got the ACLU jumping for joy as one Gitmo detainee finds freedom! The ACLU says that Mohamed, after being captured in 2002, was flown ...

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