Our View Detainees Cause Confusion in Cuba
The piece argues for careful handling of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Camp X-Ray amid debates on their status as POWs or unlawful combatants. It criticizes vague classifications, notes Geneva Convention guidelines, and urges humane treatment while awaiting clearer legal rules for modern warfare.
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al-Qaida
Camp X-Ray
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Pentagon
Defense Department
Robert Nelson
Guantanamo
United States
Robert Levy
Libertarian Cato Institute
Levy
Afghanistan
Public Forum Odessa American Letter Address
Odessa American invites public comments mailed to PO Box 2952 Odessa Texas and faxed to 915 333 7742 or emailed via onletters link.freedom.com for the newspaper letters page. Citizens may share opinions on local issues through these channels.
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Public Forum
Odessa
American PO
Link
Freedom
Reality vs Abstraction in Security and Rights
Thomas Lowell argues that modern intellects overly rely on abstractions like civil rights, even amid global terrorism. He says rights arise from mutual obligations within a real world, not from abstract ideals, and condemns hiding behind abstractions that ignore deadly realities. He insists citizens must live by actual laws and dangers, not utopian philosophy.
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Hitler
Goering
United States of America
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Purge the evil from among you says Cal Thomas
Cal Thomas argues for strict immigration control and deportation of illegal entrants from Middle East nations. He cites Census data claiming 115000 illegal aliens from the region and 24 000 from Israel, warning that terrorists could enter the United States. He also notes 4 million Mexicans illegally in the country and urges tougher laws and cessation of amnesty. He cites 9 million illegal residents and calls for deportation of those who harbor terrorist risk. Thomas is a syndicated columnist and lecturer.
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United States
Israel
Iran
Middle East
Afghanistan
America
Center For Immigration Studies
Census Bureau
Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer
New York City
Mohammed Salameh
World Trade Center
Pakistan
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Bush Administration
Justice Department
Steven Camarota
Congress
INS
Thomas
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