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Why Guantanamo Must Be Closed: Advice for Barack Obama

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Andy Worthington

In an attempt to separate fact from fiction, I'd like to offer my advice, based on the three years I have spent studying Guantanamo in unprecedented detail.

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Taliban Gain New Foothold In Afghan City

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics

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The Taliban bomber calmly parked a white fuel tanker near the prison gates of this city one evening in June, then jumped down from the cab and let out...

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Taliban Fighters Take Over Several Afghan Villages Outside Kandahar

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents during a hunt for inmates who fled prison after a sophi...

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American Woman Kidnapped in Afghanistan

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 01.26.2008 | Home

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Gunmen kidnapped a burqa-clad American aid worker and her driver in southern Afghanistan's largest city early Saturday, ...

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