Epstein Secrets

ization to expire, and, with it, the power to hold terrorist prisoners-of- war. The date should have been far in the future, fifteen years, say, lest al-Qaida have an incentive to wait out US military action." He concludes that characterizing an end date for detention "as a reassertion of Congress' consti

i-drug crackdown, which has led to at least 6,600 killed by police and "more than 20,000 others killed by unknown perpetrators," according to a new Amnesty International report. A Duterte spokesman said Friday, "They have no business interfering with us. They are insulting the intelligence of the Filipino people. At

of the group's founders were either trained or fought in Afghanistan. Upon their return to Somalia, connections were forged with remnant members of Al-Qaeda's mostly defunct East African branch. The international jihadist strain within Al-Shabaab views its mission as protecting the Islamic Community world

cado without charge or trial for months or even years. In some cases, prisoners have been detained in inhuman conditions, tortured or even killed.° Amnesty International reported receiving credible evidence that over 950 people have died in military custody in the first six months of 2013 alone.° The ongoing violen

nst his own people and remain almost indifferent to the same crimes EFTA00660824 when committed by Bashar al-Assad in Syria? Why knock off a dozen al Qaeda terrorists from the air, and release another group from Guantanamo? The answer, of course, is politics. Politics matters to any sane politician; bu

to withdraw security forces from cities and residential areas. During their stay in Syria, the rate of killing rose. The Saudis, who won't win any Amnesty International contests, pulled out of the mission in horror. Qatar, which played an instrumental role in building support for armed intervention against Libya's

s. Take your pick of scary scenarios: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030075 --- PAGE BREAK --- 17 civil war, a Sunni fundamentalist takeover, or a new base for al Qaeda. Of course, there would also be an upside to Assad's demise. A brutal regime would have fallen; Iran would be denied an Arab patron and a critical wi

nd people are now said to have been HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030082 --- PAGE BREAK --- 24 detained by elite security forces backed by the army. According to Amnesty International, detainees have been beaten with sticks and cables, and sometimes deprived of food. Unlike in Libya there are no NATO forces to protect Syria's citie