by Ezra Kaplan | Aug 10, 2015 | Topics
WASHINGTON – Goats invaded one of the oldest cemeteries in the nation’s capital Thursday for the second time, serving as four-legged landscapers tasked with some much needed pruning. “We’ve hired a herd of 30 goats to help clear out about a 1.6-acre forest that was...
by Ezra Kaplan | Aug 4, 2015 | National Security, Politics
Corrections and clarifications: A prior version of this story incorrectly reported domestic ammonium nitrate production tonnage as domestic farm consumption totals. This story has also been updated throughout to clarify that Rep. Bennie Thompson is pushing for...
by Ezra Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | GITMO, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – Camp X-Ray received the first prisoners in the War on Terror in January 2002. Suspected al-Qaida and Taliban fighters arrived shackled wearing orange jumpsuits, blackout goggles and face masks. They were on their way to eight by eight cube cells...
by Ezra Kaplan | Jul 29, 2015 | GITMO, National Security
GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, CUBA — The July commission hearings for accused war criminal Abd al Hadi al Iraqi halted abruptly this week after the defendant decided he did not trust his assigned Pentagon Lawyers. Not a single one of the motions set to be argued was...
by Ezra Kaplan | Jul 22, 2015 | GITMO, National Security
An Iraqi man alleged to be a senior member of al-Qaida is scheduled to appear in court Monday at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he will face terrorism charges. Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, 54, considered a “high value” detainee, is accused of...
