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07/07/11 Republicans have sharply condemned the Obama administration's decision to try a Somali militant in the U.S. civilian court system, a move that has reignited the debate over how to treat terror suspects, the role of the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the prerogatives of Congress in setting policy.
07/07/11 Republicans have sharply condemned the Obama administration's decision to try a Somali militant in the U.S. civilian court system, a move that has reignited the debate over how to treat terror suspects, the role of the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the prerogatives of Congress in setting policy.
07/06/11 The Obama administration, which refuses to send terrorism suspects to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, on Wednesday defended its decision to interrogate a detainee for two months aboard a U.S. Navy ship, outside the reach of American law. "He was detained lawfully, under the law of war, ...
06/23/11 USO have announced that Saving Abel will make a trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
06/18/11 Several local officials on Friday joined U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other state figures in calling for two suspected Iraqi terrorists arrested in Bowling Green last month to be tried before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, instead of in federal court in Kentucky.
06/18/11 After meeting for nearly 45 minutes with local elected officials and law enforcement authorities, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Friday for area residents to contact federal officials about the possibility of moving two men arrested in Bowling Green on terrorism charges to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, instead of prosecuting them in Kentucky.
06/16/11 The U.S. Department of Justice released a statement this morning challenging a call by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to send the two Bowling Green men arrested on terrorism charges to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, instead of trying the men in federal court.
06/15/11 Says controversial military facility should stay open to house accused terrorists WASHINGTON - North Dakota Republican Sen. John Hoeven says a visit to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday reaffirmed his belief that the controversial military facility should stay open permanently. Talk about this topic
06/14/11 U.S. Senator Jim Risch returned from touring Guantanamo Bay Monday evening, capping a day of meetings and tours of the detention facilities located at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on the island of Cuba. "This
06/14/11 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The top-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate wants two Iraqis facing terrorism-related charges in Kentucky sent to the prison at Guantanamo Bay rather than allow them to face trial in a civilian court.
06/14/11 BRETT BARROUQUERE Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. The top-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate wants two Iraqis facing terrorism-related charges in Kentucky sent to the prison at Guantanamo Bay rather than allow them to face trial in a civilian court. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday morning and called 30-year-old Waad Ramadan Alwan and 23-year-old Mohanad ...
06/09/11 When a group of 2,000 elderly British cruise ship passengers docked at Los Angeles for a short stop-off during a five-star cruise around America it was, in the words of one of them, more like arriving at Guantanamo Bay.
06/09/11 Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick on May 20 participated in an inspection of the detention operations, living conditions and medical facilities at Joint Task Force Guantanamo (GTMO) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
05/31/11 Military prosecutors have refiled terrorism and murder charges against the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and four other men under a revamped trial process at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Tuesday
05/31/11 The Department of Defense announced today the office of military commissions prosecutors have sworn charges against five individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi....
05/31/11 The U.S. military commissions prosecutors have filed new charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, and four alleged co-conspirators detained at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
05/31/11 Washington, June 1 : US prosecutors have filed new charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, and four alleged co-conspirators detained at Guantanamo Bay, Xinhua reported.
05/31/11 On his second full day in office in 2009, President Barack Obama signed an executive order calling for the closure of the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in no more than one year.
05/19/11 An Afghan detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison died Wednesday in an apparent suicide, the U.S. military said.
05/18/11 Follow Israel news on and . Kuwait's parliament is on hiatus until end of the month after an unprecedented fisticuffs broke out in the plenum Wednesday when one MP referred to Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Bay as "Terrorists," the Al Aan news portal reported.
05/14/11 HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida Coast Guard unit returned Friday from more than six months of protecting the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where dozens of suspected terrorists are detained. |