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• Who is Aafia Siddiqui?

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 138
  By Mauri’ Saalakhan As someone who has been a human rights advocate for most of his adult life, I have seen many cases come and go; few have been as heart rending and consequential as the mysterious case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. More than six years into this saga there still remain many unknowns. What ...
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• Parliament misled over rendition of militants captured in Iraq

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  The government has been accused of misleading parliament over the rendition of two alleged militants captured in Iraq and then turned over to the Americans to be secretly sent to Bagram in Afghanistan.
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• What Was Missing in Obama’s Speech: The Black Jail of Afghanistan

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 598
  Even though this article by Alissa Rubin appeared in The New York Times last Sunday, I don’t think it got much attention amidst the speculation what President Obama would say on Tuesday. And it certainly wasn’t part of the President’s only reference to the “Afghan people” in his address : “We will seek ...
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• Great Joy

  
  A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy — Authority: 566
  Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo , illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline . 2007. Copy supplied by publisher, Candlewick . The Plot: Young Frances, preparing for a Christmas play, observes a monkey and organ grinder. Where do they go at night, she wonders? "Somewhere," her mother assures her. "Everyone goes somewhere." ...
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• The Image and the Imagined: On Why We’re not Allowed to see Detainee Abuse

  
  P U L S E — Authority: 566
  By Aisha Ghani On Monday, November 30th the Supreme Court reversed a Second Circuit Court of Appeals order to release photographs of U.S. soldier abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq. According to a statement by Solicitor General Elena Kagan, disclosing these photographs “would pose a clear and grave risk of ...
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• Using Photos of Abu Zubaydah’s Torture to Intimidate and Threaten Other Prisoners

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 718
  Abu Zubaydah The set-up of Abu Zubaydah as an Al Qaeda bigwig may have been meant, among other things, for use in intimidation and torture of other prisoners. Andy Worthington recounts how a prisoner captured with Zubaydah, Omar Gharmesh, reported to another prisoner in Syria’s infamous Palestine Branch prison, ...
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• Obama Troop Announcement Renews Focus on Bagram

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 153
  One of many consequences of President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is that those troops are likely to capture many more prisoners that end up at the U.S.-run prison at Bagram air base .  That’s raising concerns among human rights groups that the recently revealed secret prison run ...
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• Obama to outline new strategy for escalation in Afghanistan, emphasize temporary commitment (The Newsroom)

  
  enUws — Authority: 466
  The Newsroom – In what some are hyping as the most important speech of his young presidency, Barack Obama will address the nation tonight to … See more here: (The Newsroom)"> (The Newsroom)">Obama to outline new strategy for escalation in Afghanistan, emphasize temporary commitment (The ...
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• Afghans detail detention in Bagram ‘Black Jail’

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 143
  Gavin Dahl/RawstoryOne of the very first actions Barack Obama took after swearing in as President of the United States in January was signing an order to eliminate “black sites” run by the CIA. According to a new report, a detention camp in Afghanistan run by military Special Operations forces was not closed.The ...
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• Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies (Reuters)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 167
  Reuters – President Barack Obama on Monday prepared to announce he will deploy about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a new strategy that aims to lay the ground for an eventual withdrawal. See more here: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies ...
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• Obama sets new Afghan strategy (Reuters)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 167
  Reuters – President Barack Obama on Monday prepared to announce he will deploy about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a new strategy that aims to lay the ground for an eventual withdrawal. Original post: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Obama sets new Afghan strategy (Reuters)
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• Obama briefs key allies on Afghan plan (Reuters)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 167
  Reuters – President Barack Obama briefed key allies on his new strategy for the Afghanistan war on Monday and officials said his plan is expected to include about 30,000 more U.S. troops and an exit timeframe. Originally posted here: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Obama briefs key allies on Afghan plan ...
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• Bagram Interviews, ACLU Letter on Child Prisoners, Obama Seals Up Secrets

  
  Invictus — Authority: 463
  Yesterday [11/28], my [Daily Kos] diary on the Washington Post and New York Times articles regarding the existence of torture at a black-site, Special Operations-run prison at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, sparked a lot of comments. These spanned the spectrum from incredulity at the torture reports to ...
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• Will McChrystal Testify About the ‘Black Jail’?

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 153
  I reported yesterday that Gen. Stanley McChrystal will probably testify next week about Afghanistan war strategy. It’ll be interesting to see if he faces questions about the so-called “black jail.” Over the weekend, both The New York Times and The Washington Post reported on an apparently undisclosed ...
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• Charges of Abuse at Bagram Highlight Ongoing Problem With ‘Obama’s Gitmo’

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 153
  This weekend’s news that inmates at the part of the prison at the U.S. Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan, run by Special Operations forces had suffered abuse sounded eerily reminiscent of the charges we’ve heard from previous prisoners victimized by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay. Joshua Partlow and Julie Tate at ...
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• Obama’s secret prison: Afghanistan’s black jail

  
  Psyche, Science, and Society — Authority: 470
  For people who thought that electing Obama meant the end of people being dissappeared, this weekend’s articles in the Washington Post and the New York Time s on the secret “black prison” at Bagram in Afghanistan is deeply disappointing. At the black prison detainees are help apart from any contact with ...
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• Afghanistan Remains the Site For U.S Secret Detention Centers

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 578
  The Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which is the principle air base of the US forces currently stationed in the country, has been identified as a site for a secret US detention facility by various human rights researchers and by the ex-detainees who were previously held in the prison known as the “ Black Jail ”. ...
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• Word from Albert

  
  Whitetail Woods — Authority: 470
  I received an email over the night from Albert of "Rasch Outdoor Chronicles" . Some of us were wonders how he was doing since he headed over to that god forsaken part of the world, well here is what he had to say. Im fine and having oh so much fun! The dust here is enough to choke you, and when the sand/dust ...
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• Obama Still Running Black Site Prisons

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 441
  Back at the beginning of the year, when much of liberal America was still flushed with glee at the inauguration of Barack Obama, we noted that there was a growing dark side to the new Obama Administration. Though Obama had promised during his campaign to overturn George W. Bush’s attacks against the Constitution, ...
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• Torture at Bagram Makes Headlines

  
  Invictus — Authority: 463
  Washington Post , November 28, 2009, Joshua Partlow and Julie Tate KABUL -- Two Afghan teenagers held in U.S. detention north of Kabul this year said they were beaten by American guards, photographed naked, deprived of sleep and held in solitary confinement in concrete cells for at least two weeks while undergoing ...
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