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Stories from 2003-12-18

Courts Grant 'Combatant' Detainees Rights, Lawyers

David Kravets | Associated Press | December 18, 2003

"In twin setbacks for the Bush administration's war on terror, federal appeals courts on opposite coasts ruled Thursday that the U.S. military cannot indefinitely hold prisoners without access to lawyers or the American courts." [more]

European Militant Network Shut Down

Victor L. Simpson | Associated Press | December 18, 2003

"All the suspects were charged with 'association with the aim of international terrorism' — a charge introduced in Italy after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. They are believed to have provided false passports and money for recruits." [more]

Federal Guards Abused Suspected Immigrants

James Vicini | Reuters | December 18, 2003

"Federal prison officers in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, slamming them against the wall and painfully twisting their arms and hands, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Thursday." [more]

Head Iraqi Weapons Investigator May Leave

Adam Entous | Reuters | December 18, 2003

"U.S. officials said Kay, who could leave as early as January or February, was frustrated in part by the lack of progress and because some of his staff have been diverted from the weapons search to helping combat Iraqi insurgents." [more]

Hussein Enters Post-Sept. 11 Web of Prisons

James Risen and Thom Shanker | New York Times | December 18, 2003

"Guantánamo's inmates are among the least significant of any detainees captured since the Sept. 11 attacks, according to several American counterterrorism experts. The C.I.A. has not sent any of the highest-ranking Qaeda leaders it has captured to the base, officials said." [more]

US Cannot Hold Citizens as 'Combatants'

Fred Barbash | Washington Post | December 18, 2003

"A federal appeals court ruled today that the Bush administration overstepped its authority by detaining Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen seized in Chicago ... [and] said the administration has no inherent constitutional power to sidestep the normal procedures required to imprison a U.S. citizen seized on American soil." [more]

US Launches Massive Crackdown in Iraq

Joseph Logan | Reuters | December 18, 2003

"United States forces killed three attackers and thousands of soldiers swooped on a town in a major crackdown on Wednesday as violence and instability gripped Iraq in the wake of Saddam Hussein's capture." [more]

White House Web Scrubbing

Dana Milbank | Washington Post | December 18, 2003

"This is not the first time the administration has done some creative editing of government Web sites. After the insurrection in Iraq proved more stubborn than expected, the White House edited the original headline on its Web site of President Bush's May 1 speech, 'President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended,' to insert the word 'Major.' " [more]

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