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Former Saddam prime minister dies in US custody
The US military on Monday issued a statement acknowledging the death of a detainee, later revealed to be former Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Hamza al-Zubaidi . The statement said Zubaidi, one of Saddam Hussein's top deputies after the first Gul (More) |
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US charges five more Guantanamo detainees with war crimes
The Pentagon Monday charged five more Guantanamo Bay detainees - two Saudis, an Algerian, an Ethiopian and a Canadian - with war crimes, bringing to nine the number of detainees charged out of some 500 held at the Cuba naval station. The announcemen (More) |
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Military commissions resumption statement [US DOD]
Press statement on resumption of military commissions, US Department of Defense, July 18, 2005 [indicating that commission proceedings will resume following the July 15 US DC Circuit Court of Appeal ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]. Excerpt:The Office o (More) |
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Hamza terrorism trial begins in England
The trial of radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza on 16 terrorism-related charges , including promoting the murder of Jews and others, began in London Tuesday. Hamza, who pleaded not guilty to all charges in January, was arrested by British police in Ma (More) |
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Iraqi PM promises to fight corruption; two former ministers subpoenaed
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari Wednesday promised to continue fighting corruption in Iraq's new government. He said "administrative corruption" was one of many challenges Iraq must face, and that the government has "rolled (More) |
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Sudan rejects pending UN resolution on war crimes prosecutions
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said Sunday that Sudan would reject any UN resolution calling for the prosecution of Sudanese nationals suspected of war crimes in a court abroad. The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday (More) |
First German spy convicted for World War I espionage in the US
On August 16, 1918, Lothar Witzke was convicted of espionage by a military commission sitting at Ft. Sam Houston, becoming the the first German spy convicted by the United States in World War I. Witzke was sentenced to hang, but President Wilson commuted the sentence on May 27, 1920. In 1922 Witzke was pardoned by President Coolidge and deported to Berlin.
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