blogs.abcnews.com - 7/30/2009
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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced this morning that Ireland today announced it will accept two Uzbek detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay. “I know they wanted to be helpful, and we appreciate their willingness and ability to do that,”...
haaretz.com - 8/4/2009
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haaretz.com —
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on
Tuesday slammed the Obama administration for its decision to...
give a former Irish president the presidential Medal of Freedom, saying they were "deeply disappointed" by the move. In a statement, ...
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AIPAC slams Obama for honoring 'anti-Israel' ex-Irish ...
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com - 7/31/2009
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Two editorials about the new Irish blasphemy law
were published yesterday in the Danish press, and our...
Danish correspondent TB has kindly translated both of them for Gates of Vienna. The first is from 180grader : Irish Blasphemy Ireland has just ...
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Stamping Out Blasphemy in Ireland
news.yahoo.com - 7/29/2009
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AP - Ireland has agreed to accept two
inmates from the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba within...
the next two months, Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday.
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Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo inmates
(AP)
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Two Gitmo Detainees Headed to Ireland
The Political Carnival —
... White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced this morning that Ireland today announced it will accept two Uzbek detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay. ...
Ireland Takes Two Gitmo “Detainees”
Gates of Vienna —
Jake Tapper, ABC News’ respected White House reporter, had the news up last night. I usually read him daily, but last night I was writing thank-you notes until I staggered off to bed. The Department of Justice Saturday evening announced that two detainees had been transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Ireland, and one had been transferred to Yemen. The Ireland deal has been in the works since at least March. The key words here are Saturday evening . This administration specializes in dropping bad news bombs into the weekend news cycle. Do they think we’re all idjits and won’t ...
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