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U.S. a Battlefield, Solicitor General Tells Judges

Posted on July 20, 2005 by Team VCS

RICHMOND, July 19 — A top government attorney declared Tuesday that, in the war on terror, the United States is a battlefield, and therefore President Bush has the authority to detain enemy combatants indefinitely in this country. Solicitor General Paul … Continue reading →

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3 British Soldiers Face Abuse Trials

Posted on July 20, 2005 by Team VCS

The British attorney general announced Tuesday that three British soldiers would be tried on war crimes charges for the abuse of Iraqi detainees, one of whom died. The three were among 11 soldiers charged with mistreating prisoners in Basra in … Continue reading →

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Iraqis Press Donors for Billions More in Reconstruction Aid

Posted on July 19, 2005 by Team VCS

As fresh violence engulfs Iraq, the officials in charge of its government pressed a major meeting of donor nations here on Monday for billions of dollars in new financing to repair a country that remains in a state of physical … Continue reading →

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Far right and football gangs plot ‘revenge’

Posted on July 19, 2005 by Team VCS

Plans by an alliance of rightwing extremists and football hooligans to exact “revenge” on Muslims after last week’s bomb attacks are being monitored by police. The Guardian has learned that extremists are keen to cause widespread fear and injury with … Continue reading →

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U.S. bomber gets life in prison for 1998 blast

Posted on July 19, 2005 by Team VCS

Convicted Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday for the 1998 bombing of an Alabama abortion clinic, which killed a police officer and maimed a nurse. The 38-year-old abortion foe pleaded guilty in … Continue reading →

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National Security Watch: 60 right-wing terror plots foiled

Posted on July 19, 2005 by Team VCS

In the 10 years since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 people, roughly 60 right-wing terrorist plots have been uncovered in the United States, according to an upcoming report by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. The plots, … Continue reading →

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Reporter Says He First Learned of C.I.A. Operative From Rove

Posted on July 18, 2005 by Team VCS

Matthew Cooper, a reporter for Time magazine, said the White House senior adviser Karl Rove was the first person to tell him that the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV was a C.I.A. officer, according to a first-person … Continue reading →

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Suicide Bombs Potent Tools of Terrorists

Posted on July 18, 2005 by Team VCS

Unheard of only a few decades ago, suicide bombings have rapidly evolved into perhaps the most common method of terrorism in the world, moving west from the civil war in Sri Lanka in the 1980s to the Palestinian intifada of … Continue reading →

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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have already cost taxpayers $314 billion

Posted on July 17, 2005 by Team VCS

Many question long-term cost The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have already cost taxpayers $314 billion, and the Congressional Budget Office projects additional expenses of perhaps $450 billion over the next 10 years.   The could make the combined campaigns, … Continue reading →

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For Soldiers’ Farewell, a Crucial Drill

Posted on July 16, 2005 by Team VCS

For Soldiers’ Farewell, a Crucial Drill — Burial Teams for War Dead Often Trained on the Fly By Christian DavenportWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, July 16, 2005; A01 CORAOPOLIS, Pa. — The pallbearers held the coffin at a perilous tilt. Their … Continue reading →

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