Tim Reid
"Three Afghans released after months of captivity at the US military base in Cuba included a man claiming to be 105 and a man in his seventies who says that American troops dragged him from his sickbed." [more]
"The White House is aware that it lacks substantial new intelligence on Saddamís nuclear programme or evidence directly linking Baghdad to the September 11 attacks. But it will build on the contents of Presidentís Bushís speech made to the UN General Assembly last week, in which he listed Saddamís violations of UN resolutions." [more]
"General Schwarzkopf, now retired from the US Army but still a commanding voice on matters relating to Iraq, said that the success of Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and the expulsion of President Saddam Husseinís troops from Kuwait was almost entirely based on the existence of a broad international coalition. He said: ìIn the Gulf War we had an international force and troops from many nations. We would be lacking if we went it alone at this time.î" [more]
"The paper, prepared by Laurent Murawiec, a former adviser to the French Defence Ministry and an analyst at the US military think-tank, the Rand Corporation, was uncompromising in its recommendations. ìSaudi Arabia supports our enemies and attacks our allies,î the report, obtained by The Washington Post, states." [more]
"Kandahar is filled with 10,000 armed men loyal to anti-Taleban warlords. Nooruddin said that while the extremist Taleban had won the arguments in the past, there were many Taleban moderates. 'The people know this,' he said. 'Now we should win their hearts with more mildness. For the people, they hate the Americans.' " [more]
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(Reuters, Dec 18)
"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]
(STAFF, DEBKAfile, Dec 14)
"Saddam was seized, possibly with the connivance of his own men, and held in that hole in Adwar for three weeks or more, which would have accounted for his appearance and condition. Meanwhile, his captors bargained for the $25m prize the Americans promised for information leading to his capture alive or dead." [more]
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