Lawmakers praise Camp X-Ray conditions at Guantanamo Bay
U S lawmakers from the Senate and House toured Camp X-Ray and praised detainee conditions as better than expected. They reported 158 to 220 cells, discussed possible expansion to 2500 captives, and noted some detainees could be sent home or face tribunals.
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Cuba
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Camp X-Ray
al-Qaida
Senate
House of Representatives
John Mica
R-Fla
James Inhofe
R-Okla
Afghanistan
Inhofe
United States
John Walker
John Walker Lindh
Washington, D.C
Lana Ros-Lehtinen
Florida
Ros
Lehtinen
Michael Lehnert
Afghan leader urges broader peacekeeping outside Kabul
Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai called for expanding the U N peacekeeping mission beyond Kabul as Afghans pressure for wider security coverage. Regional warlords and some government figures oppose an expanded mandate, while U N officials and U S military push to continue operations against Taliban and al Qaida remnants.
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Taliban
Hamid Karzai
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Northern Alliance
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Annan
Iran
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United Nation
Francesc Vendrell
Vendrell
Tommy Franks
Fifth al Qaida member identified in martyrdom tapes
The Bush administration named Al Rauf Bin Al Habib Bin Yousef Al-Jiddi as the fifth suspected al Qaida member seen delivering messages in Afghanistan tapes. Canadian Prime Minister Chretien said Al Jiddi is no longer in Canada. Powell and Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah spoke in Washington as mourners filed past Marine Jeannette Winters’s coffin, the first U.S. servicewoman killed since the Afghan bombing began.
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al Habib bin
Yousef Al-Jiddi
Bush Administration
al-Qaida
Afghanistan
Jean Chretien
al Jiddi
Canada
United States
Colin. Powell
Abdullah
Washington
Marine Set
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U.S
Mourners remember Marine Sgt Jeannette Winters in Indiana funeral
Dozens filed past a flag draped coffin as Marine Sgt. Jeannette Winters, 25, the first U.S. servicewoman killed since the Afghan bombing began, was remembered. Her brother cited her strength after their mother’s 1994 death. she was to be buried at Calumet Park Cemetery in Merrillville following a KC-130 crash deaths in Pakistan.
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Gary, Ind
Jeannette Winters
U.S
Winters
Sgt
Matthew Winters Jr
Jeannette
Pakistan
Calumet Park
Merrillville
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