Torture Victim Had No Terror Link, Canada Told U.S.
When the United States sent Maher Arar to Syria, where he was tortured for months, the deportation order stated unequivocally that Mr. Arar, a Canadian software engineer, was a member of Al Qaeda. But a few days earlier, Canadian investigators had told the F.B.I. that they had [...]

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Since the Iraq war began, the U.S. Army has quadrupled the number of soldiers it trains each year to be detainee interrogators, according to Army officials involved in the program.
Next year, 1,200 interrogators are set to be trained at the Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., up from about 300 in 2003. “The number [...]

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Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat
A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.
The classified National Intelligence Estimate attributes a [...]

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Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the British city of Manchester calling for Tony Blair’s resignation and an end to the country’s involvement in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The protest comes on the eve of the Labour Party conference in the city, and security in the city is tight.
Stop The War Coalition, [...]

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Swimming against a swelling tide of popular anger, disillusionment and despair, Germany’s corrupt and self-serving political elites are reacting with horror to the quiet revolution that is taking place in the heartlands of the German nation.
Galvanised by a growing rage at the massive annual transfers of taxpayers’ money to the state of Israel and the [...]

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Mel Gibson has returned to the spotlight to promote his upcoming movie “Apocalypto,” and to criticize the war in Iraq, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Almost two months after he railed against Jews when he was arrested for driving drunk in Malibu, the actor made a surprise appearance Friday at Fantastic Fest, an event in [...]

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