Sep 14

Bagram inmates can challenge detention: Pentagon (AFP)

AFP – The Pentagon is to give some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, the right to challenge their detention, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Sep 14

Civilian contractor shot dead on US base in Iraq (AP)

AP – A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with the incident, the military said. Read the rest of this entry »

Sep 14

Civilian contractor shot dead on US base in Iraq (AP)

AP – A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with the incident, the military said. Read the rest of this entry »

Sep 14

Suit by Abu Ghraib detainees rejected (AFP)

AFP – A US federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq who tried to file claims against private army contractors working in the jail. Read the rest of this entry »