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01 July 2008

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Six Years in Guantanamo, Robert Fisk. The Independent 25.9.06, pp 30-31. This interview with Robert Fisk highlights the Guantanamo Bay political prisoner and Al-Jazeera cameraman, Sami al-Haj, who “was beaten, abused and humiliated in the name of the war on terror”. The 38-year old journalist, who was never charged with a crime nor put on trial, suffered repeated beatings and force-feeding because he refused to spy for the USA. Interrogated by British, US and Canadian intelligence officers, he tells Fisk that the Americans apologised to him when he was released after six years of political imprisonment. He hopes that one day he will recover enough from his ordeal to be able to walk without a walking stick again.

The impact of Ergenekon Investigation on Turkish Counterterrorism Operations, Gareth Jenkins. Terrorism Monitor, 3.10.08 pp. 6-9. According to this long-time journalist resident in Istanbul, the judicial investigation into the Turkish ultra-nationalist conspiracy Ergenekon has become increasingly characterized by a mixture of incompetence, paranoia, politicization and disinformation. Some members of Ergenekon were prepared to try to destabilize the AKP government through the use of violence. However it was poorly organized and badly equipped. By the time it was dismantled it had only managed to conduct a handful of relatively small operations.
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2374453

Iran, the IAEA, and the laptop, Muhammed Sahimi. Antiwar.com, 7.10.08. Each time the IAEA declares its satisfaction with Iran´s explanations for any [nuclear] issue, new allegations and questions are raised. One crucial piece of information about a laptop that has been purportedly stolen in Iran and made available to Western intelligence agencies in Turkey, that has not been discussed or mentioned is the documents´ digital chain of custody.
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/sahimi.php?articleid=13559

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