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  • Judges skeptical over Bagram detainees' request 8 Jan 2010 00:20 GMT
    ... p.m. PT WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court panel expressed deep skepticism Thursday about giving ... giving three detainees at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan the same right to challenge their indefinite ... lasted over an hour, Tina Foster, an attorney representing the three detainees, pointed to the ...

  • American Justice is Blind, But Her Scales are Rigged 8 Jan 2010 13:21 GMT
    ... taunting him that he would die in Afghanistan--were more severe than the threat to Blackwater ... his leg, and denied access to an attorney. Surely the coercion behind this military captors ... driving his cab, and was testifying in court, at a time that his license that ...

  • US court sharply limits rights of Guantanamo prisoners 8 Jan 2010 05:27 GMT
    ... US court sharply limits rights of Guantanamo prisoners The ... 2006 Military Commissions Act barring the federal courts from hearing habeas corpus appeals from Guantanamo ... to the Taliban when the US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. His brigade surrendered to ...

  • Ex-Blackwater guards charged in Afghan killings (Today) 8 Jan 2010 07:33 GMT
    ... an unrelated shooting involving Blackwater guards in Afghanistan in May, two former Blackwater employees were ... wanted the Blackwater guards prosecuted in criminal court. "Iraqi blood is not that cheap," said ... request for comment. Peter H. White, an attorney for Blackwater in Washington, D.C., provided a ...

  • U.S. appeals court wary of habeas corpus challenge by detainees in Afghanistan 8 Jan 2010 05:24 GMT
    ... Writer Friday, January 8, 2010 An appeals court expressed uneasiness Thursday with the ramifications of ... detainees at a U.S. military prison in Afghanistan to challenge their imprisonment in federal court. ... Justice Department has argued that U.S. District Judge John D. Bates erred in granting the ...

  • Two defense contractors indicted in shooting of Afghans 8 Jan 2010 05:24 GMT
    ... were charged with shooting and killing two Afghan citizens in Kabul and wounding a third, prosecutors ... at the time of the incident, their attorney said. The charges are another legal black ... personnel in Afghanistan, prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday, and officials are concerned that ...

  • Blackwater settles US court... 8 Jan 2010 05:40 GMT
    ... as Blackwater have been settled out of court in the US. The company, now known ... several people, and sought compensation through the courts. "[Blackwater founder, Erik] Prince personally directed and ... murder charges following the killings of two Afghans in 2009. An indictment charges 27-year-old Justin Cannon ...

  • Blackwater settles US court cases 8 Jan 2010 10:25 GMT
    ... as Blackwater have been settled out of court in the US. The company, now known ... several people, and sought compensation through the courts. "[Blackwater founder, Erik] Prince personally directed and ... murder charges following the killings of two Afghans in 2009. An indictment charges 27-year-old Justin Cannon ...

  • 2 Ex-Blackwater Guards Charged In Afghan Killings 8 Jan 2010 00:32 GMT
    ... 2 Ex-Blackwater Guards Charged In Afghan Killings Former Contractors Arrested In Killings Of Two ... Peter Carr, a spokesman with the U.S. attorney's office in Virginia's eastern district. Both men ... percent in danger." Drotleff made a first court appearance Thursday afternoon and requested an attorney ...

  • 2 Ex-Blackwater Guards Charged In Afghan Killings 2 hrs ago 8 Jan 2010 00:46 GMT
    ... 2 Ex-Blackwater Guards Charged In Afghan Killings Former Contractors Arrested In Killings Of Two ... Peter Carr, a spokesman with the U.S. attorney's office in Virginia's eastern district. Both men ... percent in danger." Drotleff made a first court appearance Thursday afternoon and requested an attorney ...

  • Beach man among ex-Xe guards charged in Afghan deaths 8 Jan 2010 04:05 GMT
    ... stemming from an incident last year in Afghanistan, where he was working for a subsidiary ... In a brief appearance in Norfolk federal court Thursday, Drotleff was ordered held without bail ... Bradford Stillman. He asked for a court-appointed attorney. After answering "Yes, sir" and "No, sir" ...

  • Ex-Blackwater guards, one local, charged in Afghan deaths 8 Jan 2010 06:47 GMT
    ... stemming from an incident last year in Afghanistan, where he was working for a subsidiary ... In a brief appearance in Norfolk federal court Thursday, Drotleff was ordered held without bail ... Bradford Stillman. He asked for a court-appointed attorney. After answering "Yes, sir" and "No, sir" ...

  • 2 former Blackwater guards charged in Afghan killings 8 Jan 2010 06:54 GMT
    ... murder charges in the shootings of two Afghans after a traffic accident last year, according ... Peter Carr, a spokesman with the U.S. attorney's office in Virginia's eastern district. Both men ... percent in danger." Drotleff made a first court appearance Thursday afternoon and requested an attorney ...

  • Envoy: prosecutions spur release of child soldiers 8 Jan 2010 04:31 GMT
    ... fighters. Radhika Coomaraswamy told the International Criminal Court that courts must extend their protection to children used ... as suicide bombers in countries such as Afghanistan. Prosecutors finished presenting their evidence against Lubanga ...

  • Afghanistan's Customary Anguish 8 Jan 2010 07:37 GMT
    ... FARAH, Afghanistan – When the problems riddling Afghan society ... hospital, in front of strangers. Going to court is practically unheard of, as it would ... explain the intense corruption present in Afghan courts, where “honour” can be redeemed by bribing ...


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