In the News: Sep-01

Group: US Embassy guards in Kabul are mistreated - 1 Sep 2009 at 2:56pm - WASHINGTON -- Guards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan live and work in a "Lord of the Flies" environment in which they are subjected to hazing and other inappropriate behavior by supervisors, a government oversight group charged Tuesday.

Judge denies Kuwaiti's request for Gitmo release - 1 Sep 2009 at 12:19pm - WASHINGTON -- A judge ruled that evidence suggests a Kuwaiti man held at Guantanamo Bay was part of terrorist forces, even though in a bid for freedom he claimed to be an Islamic studies teacher who didn't associate with extremists.

Thought for the day:
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. -Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)