The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
OSLO - A Bosnian-born man has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Norwegian court after being convicted of war crimes against Serbs in Norway's first war crimes trial since World War II.
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly (Free subscription) | yesterday
“Despite the hopes of many human-rights advocates, the new Obama Justice Department is not likely to launch major new criminal probes of harsh interrogations and other alleged abuses by the Bush administration. But one idea that has currency among some top Obama advisers is setting up a 9/11-style commission that would investigate counterterrorism policies and make public as many details as possible....
The First Post (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The Hollywood actors Penelope Cruzpictured in the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin) and Nicholas Cage are likely to loom large in an attempt to bring to justice a former Second World War German officer accused of ordering the execution of 5,000 Italian soldiers on the Greek island, Cephalonia, in 1943. The reason being is because this horrific act was portrayed in the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Munich - A former German soldier described Thursday how he dragged a crate of explosives inside a house where 11 Italian men were detained to be killed. His former commander, 90, is on trial for murdering the prisoners by blowing them up at Falzano, ...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
... their affair she disappears for eight years only to make her reappearance as a defendent in a war crimes trial of which Michael attends as a law student in Heidelberg, Germany. Honeycutt gives us this interpretation of the situation: Michael is shaken to his core by growing evidence that his first love is, by any standard, a monster. But how does one deal with a monster who is a lover?...
MSNBC.com: Newsweek Entertainment (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... center on a male protagonist. Even in "The Reader"—much like "Sophie's Choice"—the woman with a World War II secret is viewed through the perspective of an enamored younger man. This is more narrative strategy than sexism: mainstream Holocaust movies have long relied on an audience surrogate—neither a victim nor a villain, but a neutral observer with whom we can identify. These new movies...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Salim Hamdan, the first man to go before a U.S. war crimes trial since the end of World War II, was flown from the U.S. Naval base in Cuba to Yemen.
Andy Worthington (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... it in the newspapers.” In August, Hamdan became the first prisoner of the United States to face a war crimes trial since the Second World War, and although opponents of the system of trials by Military Commission (dreamt up by Vice President Dick Cheney and his close advisers in November 2001) maintained their disdain for the entire system, pointing out that, amongst other...
Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... bin Laden in an Islamic court, after which, it would hand him over to a neutral country for a war crimes trial. The charade played out as the United States sent the Taliban an ultimatum that included a demand that the Taliban hand over all al-Qaeda leaders, close all terrorist training camps and all inspectors into the country. Of course, the Taliban refused and, as the saying goes,...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Hamdan was the first man to go before a U.S. war-crimes trial since the end of World War II. He was convicted Aug. 6 of providing material support to terrorism, and the military said it could keep him locked up indefinitely if it considered him to be a continued threat. Instead, he was sent to Yemen early.
icWales (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Bin Laden's driver moved to Yemen WalesOnline A former driver for Osama bin Laden has been transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to his homeland of Yemen to serve out the remaining 32 days of his jail sentence, the Pentagon said.Salim Hamdan, the first man to go before a US war crimes trial since the end of the Second World War, was flown from the US Navy base to Yemen.Hamdan was convicted...
Cageprisoners (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... Wednesday night, a Yemeni security official said.Hamdan was the first man to go before a U.S. war crimes trial since the end of World War II. He was convicted on Aug. 6 of providing material support to terrorism, and the military said it could keep him locked up indefinitely if it considered him to be a continued threat. Instead, he was sent back home to Yemen early.Hamdan's...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... had not contacted the Yemenis by midday Wednesday.Hamdan was the first man to go before a U.S. war crimes trial since the end of World War II.He was convicted on Aug. 6 of providing material support to terrorism and sentenced at the war-crimes trial to 5 1/2 years in prison. Being credited with five years and one month for time already served, his sentence ends...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
10:23 p.m. ET SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Osama bin Laden's former driver has been transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen to complete his sentence, the Pentagon said Thursday.The Defense Department said Salim Hamdan will complete his sentence in his homeland of Yemen.Hamdan was convicted at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Aug. 6 of providing material support to terrorism. He was sentenced at the war-crimes...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... night, a Yemeni security official said.
Hamdan was the first man to go before a U.S. war crimes trial since the end of World War II. He was convicted on Aug. 6 of providing material support to terrorism, and the military said it could keep him locked up indefinitely if it considered him to be a continued threat. Instead, he was sent back home to Yemen early.
Hamdan's...
