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The Secret American-Iranian Security Deal In Iraq
Arab online newspaper published in London, is the only newspaper to report this a week ago but I waited few days to see if there is any development provides evidence to the newspaper claims, and the military
Read More »Fingerprint Scanners Help Companies Track Workers
NEW YORK (AP) ― Some workers are doing it at Dunkin’ Donuts, at Hilton hotels, even at Marine Corps bases. Employees at a growing number of businesses are starting and ending their days by
Read More »MoD: British soldiers breached Iraqi’s human rights
British soldiers breached the human rights of an Iraqi who died while in UK custody in Basra more than four years ago, the defence secretary, Des Browne, said today. Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist,
Read More »U.S., Canada violated rights of Gitmo detainee
OTTAWA – The U.S. is violating international norms by holding a Canadian former child soldier at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers told Canada’s high court Wednesday as they sought to force the country’s intelligence service
Read More »Blackwater’s Employment Investigated
House oversight committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman expanded his effort yesterday to investigate private security contractor Blackwater Worldwide, calling for a wide-ranging federal inquiry into the company’s employment practices. In letters to the Internal
Read More »In Iraq, Was I a Torturer? Asks Soldier
When 27-year-old Ben Allbright returned from Iraq, he was treated like a hero. But he is haunted by the “harsh interrogations” he oversaw. The prisons in Iraq stink. Ask any guard or interrogator and
Read More »Children in care to get Biometric IDs
Children in care should get school photos and passports, Ministers said yesterday, as they launched plans designed to give thousands of vulnerable children in care a happy and healthy childhood. Whether this will mean
Read More »Don’t extend DNA database, says minister
The DNA database should probably not be extended and should certainly never become universal, Home Office Minister Tony McNulty has said, writes Matthew George. He also told the Commons Home Affairs Committee, which is
Read More »‘Saddam paid for Congressmen trip’
Saddam Hussein’s intelligence agency had secretly financed a trip to Iraq by US lawmakers before the US invasion, federal prosecutors say. An indictment unsealed in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a member of a Michigan
Read More »Bid to keep MPs’ expenses under wraps
THE lengthy stand-off over MPs’ expenses was heading for the High Court last night after the House of Commons launched an eleventh-hour bid to keep the information secret. A Freedom of Information tribunal had
Read More »CCTV cameras not capturing many crimes
San Francisco’s 68 controversial anti-crime cameras haven’t deterred criminals from committing assaults, sex offenses or robberies – and they’ve only moved homicides down the block, according to a new report from UC Berkeley. Researchers
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