23 May 2005
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 2005
Page
1
In London AP report prisoners describe frustration in tribunals. Some claim Taliban involvement while others say they were innocent or misidentified, taken from Afghanistan or Pakistan and transported to Guantanamo Bay as part of the war on terror.
Testimonies from 558 Afghan tribunal proceedings show detainees and judges clashing over identity and evidence. Detainees describe harsh treatment, while a Briton worked for a Yemen oil firm said linked to al Qaida. Many accounts frame the process as Kafkaesque under national security limits.
Cedar Rapids enforces grass and weed limits with notices, 12 inch cap locally and 14 inch in nearby Iowa City, while Marion and Hiawatha use 8 inch rules. City workers cite 27 warnings and 3 compliant owners in one week.
Laura Bush, in visits to the Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, and Jericho ruins, faced angry crowds as armed guards restrained hecklers. She urged both Palestinians and Israelis to seek peace and said the United States will assist in the process.
Laura Bush travels to the Middle East to ease anti-American sentiment fueled by the Iraq war and Abu Ghraib scandal. Protests greet her at the Western Wall and Dome of the Rock where a Palestinian heckler challenges her visit amid renewed criticism of U S actions.
Congress moves to overhaul Social Security as student leaders from 150 colleges press lawmakers to strengthen the program without worsening the deficit. Pro and anti Bush groups lobby campuses while House and Senate committees prepare hearings with a summer bill target and a fall signing aim.
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