Pakistanis React to NATO Airstrike at Border Post

Reporter Fahad Desmukh has a story on the reaction to a NATO airstrike on a Pakistani border post over the weekend.

Review for Guantanamo detainees

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The White House is drafting an executive order for President Obama on Guantanamo. The order would formalize the indefinite detention without trial of some Guantanamo detainees, while setting up a system of periodic reviews of their cases. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Lt. Col David Frakt of the US Air Force Reserve JAG Corps. Frakt says the order might allow some detainees to effectively challenge their incarceration. Download MP3

Ghailani verdict welcomed abroad

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The first Guantanamo bay detainee to face a civilian court in America has been cleared of all but one of the 281 charges he faced. Critics in the U.S. say it shows President Obama’s policy of moving terrorism suspects into the civilian system isn’t working. But in other parts of the world, the verdict and Obama’s policy are being welcomed. Correspondent Laura Lynch has the story. Download MP3 (Courtroom sketch: Shirley Shepard)

Germany on terrorism alert

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Germany is increasing security at airports and railway stations in light of “concrete indications” of terrorist attacks being planned for the end of November. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said it followed a tip-off from another, unnamed country. Germany had information on “sustained efforts” by Islamist extremists to carry out attacks, he said. Susan Stone reports from Berlin. Download MP3

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UK to compensate former Guantanamo detainees

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Around a dozen men who accused British security forces of colluding in their transfer overseas are to get millions in compensation from the UK government. Some of the men, who are all British citizens or residents, were detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. At least six of them alleged UK forces were complicit in their torture before they arrived at Guantanamo.Gerry Hadden reports. (Photo: Katy Clark) Download MP3
From the archives: Katy Clark’s Guantanamo coverage (2002-2009)

Inside the Sunni Awakening in Iraq

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A new BBC documentary tells the story of Iraq after the 2003 invasion. Marco Werman speaks with producer, Sam Collyns, about the part of the program focusing on Iraq’s “Awakening” movement. That’s when Sunni Arabs turned against their former al-Qaeda allies and sided with the US-led Coalition. Download MP3
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Where to prosecute terrorism suspects?

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Neither Attorney General Eric Holder nor Congress is backing down in the fight over where to prosecute terrorism suspects. Holder maintains that Federal Courts are the best place to try 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his co-conspirators while a bipartisan group of Senators is trying to force the Administration to prosecute terrorists in military courts. The World’s Katy Clark has more. Download MP3

• Closing Guantanamo
• Katy Clark’s Guantanamo stories

Gitmo debrief

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Shortly after taking office, President Obama issued an executive order to shut down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within a year. The White House has now acknowledged it won’t make that January deadline. The World’s Katy Clark has reported several times from the detention facility on Cuba, she just returned from another reporting trip there. Jeb Sharp gets a debrief. Download MP3 (Photo: Katy Clark)

• Katy’s update from Guantanamo (Jan 6)
• Katy’s previous Guantanamo coverage on The World
• FAQ on closing Guantanamo

Gitmo update

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Shortly after taking office, President Obama issued an executive order to shut down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within a year. That year is almost up but the White House recently acknowledged it won’t make that the January deadline. The World’s Katy Clark has reported several times from the detention facility, now she’s back for an update. Download MP3

• Katy’s previous Guantanamo coverage on The World
• FAQ on closing Guantanamo

Yemen, the new terrorism front

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Yemen has become a hotbed of radical Islamic militant activity. Many of Osama bin Laden’s former associates now live there. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Sudarsan Raghavan, Baghdad Bureau Chief for the Washington Post, who’s in Yemen and met bin Laden’s former personal bodyguard.

• Sudarsan Raghavan’s article in the Washington Post

Lithuania hosted secret CIA prisons

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The CIA used at least two secret detention centers in Lithuania after the 9/11 attacks, a Lithuanian inquiry has found. At least eight terror suspects were held at one center on the outskirts of the capital Vilnius (pictured), the investigation found. It was formerly a riding school and the suspects were reportedly held there between 2004 and 2005. Matthew Bell looks at how the current practice of the CIA compares. Download MP3 (AP Photo: Mindaugas Kulbis)

• BBC coverage
• On The World: Renditions to continue under Obama (Aug 25)

CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap

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An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans – all but one of them CIA agents – and two Italian secret agents for the 2003 kidnap of a Muslim cleric. The agents were accused of abducting Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar (pictured), from Milan and sending him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured. Marco Werman talks with John Radsan, who served as the CIA’s assistant general counsel from 2002 to 2004. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• Central Intelligence Agency

Interview with Pervez Musharraf

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The former president of Pakistan was America’s ally in fighting Muslim extremism. Many in Washington said he did too little. Many Pakistanis said he bowed to western pressure. Now, as Pakistani troops battle militants along the Afghan border, he talks with Marco Werman about the delicate balance of leading Pakistan. Download MP3 (Photo: Catherine Murphy)
Web extra: Marco asked Musharraf about his stay in the US:

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• Musharraf profile
• Musharraf’s facebook page

Life after Gitmo

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President Obama signed an executive order to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by January 2010. That date is getting closer and the remaining detainees there are awaiting their release. The World’s Katy Clark tells us about how former Guantanamo detainees often struggle to reintegrate into society after their release. Download MP3

• Law professor Mark Denbeaux on archiving Guantanamo cases
• Katy Clark’s Guantanamo coverage (2002-2009)

Europe’s own interrogation scandal

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Human rights advocates in EUROPE are calling for countries there to look into their own role in CIA prisoner abuse. Several countries are accused of abetting CIA prisoner programs during the Bush administration. The World’s Gerry Hadden has the story.