2004.04.06 - PEGC Update
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1) AFGHANISTAN

Another terrific article from Seymour Hersh...

The New Yorker --

April 5, 2004 (Issue of 2004-04-12)

THE OTHER WAR
Why Bush’s Afghanistan problem won't go away.
by Seymour M. Hersh

http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/040412fa_fact



2) MURAT KURNAZ

My information here is sketchy and second-hand, but from a reliable source...
Apparently, a motion or application was filed in Al Odah / Rasul yesterday on
behalf of one Murat Kurnaz for leave to join the petitioners (or something along
that line -- that's the sketchy part). Kurnaz is a Turkish citizen with legal
resident alien status in Germany and a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. See also:

The Christian Science Monitor --

March 31, 2004
GUANTANAMO HOLDS FAMILY AT BAY
Mother, lawyer, try to learn more about Kurnaz, one of an estimated 20 European
detainees at Camp X-Ray.
By Andreas Tzortzis, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0331/p06s01-woeu.html

Newsday --

March 11, 2004
HER SON HAS BEEN SWALLOWED BY US
by Marie Cocco

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpqcoc113702981mar11,0,6696138.column


Deutsch Welle --

March 10, 2004
BRITISH GUANTANAMO PRISONERS RELEASED, CRITICISM REMAINS

http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1433_A_1136161_1_A,00.html



3) NACDL COMMENTS CRITICAL OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REVIEW PROCEDURES

Washington, D.C. (Mar. 31, 2004) -- President E.E. (Bo) Edwards of the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Joshua Dratel, Co-Chair, NACDL
Committee on Military Tribunals & Terrorism, today faxed a critical letter to
the top lawyer for the Defense Department, identifying serious deficiencies in
the department’s draft administrative review procedures for detainees at
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba...

http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/newsreleases/2004mn010?opendocument

Full text:

http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/newsreleases/2004mn010/$FILE/DoD_Comments.pdf



4) RIVERBEND: BAGHDAD BURNING

This is a blog that columnist Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote
about last year. It's written by a young Iraqi woman who goes by the handle
Riverbend, lives in Baghdad, and writes very well indeed. Some of her recent
entries are of interest in regard to both the current unrest and the ongoing
detentions f Iraqis by the CPA...

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/



5) OP-ED

The Herald (Glasgow) --

April 7, 2004
HOW WAR IS GIVING POWER TO FORCES OF INTERNATIONAL TERROR
by Iain Macwhirter

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/13528.html



Regards,

Charly

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