Fwd: [bangla-vision] Affia action and other news

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From: LGR <taliba.quran@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Affia action and other news
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• Ohio woman gets over 3 years in terror funds case
• Marine Reserve Eyed In 2010 Gunfire At Pentagon
• JFAC's Ramadan Support project for Aafia Siddiqui
• Debate over Afghan detainee abuse set to re-ignite as documents released
• Suspect In Pentagon Scare Appears In Court For A Previous Case
• Palestinian girl seeks father's release from Israeli jail
• DC: CAIR, UC Berkeley to Release First Annual Islamophobia Report
• Two Habeas Cases Dismissed

Ohio woman gets over 3 years in terror funds case Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:30 PM PDT By JOHN SEEWER TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty with her husband in a plot to ship money to a Mideast terrorist group did it to make money and not for political purposes, a federal judge said after sentencing her to more than three years in prison Wednesday. Amera Akl told

Marine Reserve Eyed In 2010 Gunfire At Pentagon Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:18 PM PDT by Carrie Johnson Ballistics evidence may tie a man arrested at Arlington National Cemetery last week to a mysterious series of shootings at military buildings in the Washington, D.C., area, in 2010, federal authorities say. Yonathan Melaku, 22, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, has been in custody since police found him

JFAC's Ramadan Support project for Aafia Siddiqui Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:09 PM PDT JFAC is launching a Ramadan Support project for our dear sister Aafia Siddiqui. After having being abused for years, and now serving an unimaginably long sentence for a crime the entire world knows she did not commit, it might bring her hope and comfort to hear from the outside world during a month where

Debate over Afghan detainee abuse set to re-ignite as documents released Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:45 PM PDT By Mark Kennedy Afghan detainees sit in an Afghan National Army compound at a Canadian forward operating base in Panjwaiyi District, Afghanistan on November 13, 2008. Photograph by: Ethan Baron/Canwest News Service, xx OTTAWA — The heated political debate over whether Canada was complicit in the abuse of Afghan detainees will suddenly re-emerge Wednesday,

Suspect In Pentagon Scare Appears In Court For A Previous Case Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:22 PM PDT FD Editor Note:  Will they manufacture some terror charges against him – I hope not! Rebecca Blatt The man from Northern Virginia whose suspicious behavior near the Pentagon prompted a security scare Friday is being held without bond. But according to authorities, his charges are unrelated to the Pentagon investigation. Yonathan Melaku, 22, of

Palestinian girl seeks father's release from Israeli jail Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:16 PM PDT By MOHAMMED MAR'I RAMALLAH: The daughter of jailed Palestinian prisoner Atif Wraidat on Tuesday urged the international human rights organizations to pressure Israel to release her father. "My father is dying and we are dying with him everyday", the nine-year-old Karin said during a joint press conference with Palestinian Minister of Detainees and

DC: CAIR, UC Berkeley to Release First Annual Islamophobia Report Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:13 PM PDT Groundbreaking report lists 'worst' Islamophobes, 'best' of those pushing back against growing anti-Muslim sentiment WASHINGTON, PRNewswire-USNewswire — On Thursday, June 23, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender will hold a news conference on Capitol Hill to release "Same Hate, New Target," the first-of-its-kind

Two Habeas Cases Dismissed Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:03 PM PDT by Raffaela Wakeman A few weeks ago, Ben pointed out that two detainees had moved to drop their appeals, with their lawyer essentially calling the cases lost causes. Word comes today that the D.C. Circuit has unsurprisingly granted both Fahmi Salem al-Assani's and Suleiman Awadh bin Aqil al-Nadhi's motions to dismiss.

 

 

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