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Thursday, December 02, 2004

Federal Judge Questions Sweep of Bush's War on Terrorism

Judge Questions Sweep of Bush's War on Terrorism (washingtonpost.com)

In the same week that the International Red Cross criticized US use of "torture" at Guantanamo, a Federal judge began hearing arguments in the case of 500 foreign prisoners detained as "enemey combatants."
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