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1. semissourian.com: Article
www.semissourian.com/story.htm - [Cached]Published on: 6/8/2002 Last Visited: 6/8/2002
Ignacio Perez, a spokesman for the 101st.
A planeload of 30 Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners was flown from the base to Pakistan late Thursday. Military spokesmen declined to comment on the flight, but the detainees were presumed to be Pakistani nationals.
In the past week, 110 prisoners from the Kandahar base have been flown to Guantanamo, and human rights groups have said strict security measures -- including chain-link cells that have been likened to cages -- violate the prisoners' rights. The United States denies the charges.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is interviewing some of the prisoners at Guantanamo and assessing of conditions at the camp. -
2. Zwire National News
www.morrissuntribune.com/site/ - [Cached]Published on: 1/22/2002 Last Visited: 1/23/2002
"Everything not paved or plowed is considered a minefield," Capt. Ignacio Perez, of the 101st's 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry, said. Mines cleared were surface mines -- many others are still below the surface and may have shifted in the years since first planted.
A Marine who recently lost a foot to a mine, did so in an area that had been previously swept for surface mines.
In addition, there is constant danger of snipers, who recently fired on an aircraft as it left Kandahar to transfer al Qaida and Taliban prisoners to the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for eventual trial before military tribunals. -
3. U.S. fears Iranian interference in Afghanistan; aid agencies fan out to starving Afghans
www.press-telegram.com/socal/t - [Cached]Published on: 1/19/2002 Last Visited: 2/3/2002
Ignacio Perez, a spokesman for the 101st.
A planeload of 30 Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners was flown from the base to Pakistan late Thursday. Military spokesmen declined to comment on the flight, but the detainees were presumed to be Pakistani nationals.
In the past week, 110 prisoners from the Kandahar base have been flown to Guantanamo, and human rights groups have said strict security measures -- including chain-link cells that have been likened to cages -- violate the prisoners' rights. The United States denies the charges.
