Gunmen hurl grenade at Yemeni police (Middle East Times)

7 August 2008, 10:14 am

Yemeni police search vehicles for weapons at a check point in Sanaa, 2007. A Yemeni police patrol came under grenade attack on Thursday in the eastern province of Hadramut but no casualties were reported.... read more

Legal debate continues after the first conviction of a Guantánamo detainee (The Christian Science Monitor)

7 August 2008, 7:42 am

A mixed verdict against Salim Ahmed Hamdan has his defense lawyers preparing to appeal to federal civilian courts.... read more

TransGlobe Energy: 2008 Second Quarter Interim Report and News Release (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

7 August 2008, 2:00 am

TransGlobe Energy Corporation is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008. All dollar values are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.... read more

Sahr MuhammedAlly: The Hamdan War Crimes Trial: An Illusion of Justice (HuffingtonPost)

6 August 2008, 1:19 pm

Hamdan could have been prosecuted in federal court but the government instead decided to make his offenses war crimes. This in legal terms is ex post facto application of the law -- and it is prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.... read more

Al-Qaida as an exclusive club (Temple Daily Telegram)

4 August 2008, 10:08 pm

Days before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Osama bin Laden left his compound in Kandahar in Afghanistan and headed into the mountains. His driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, traveled with him.... read more

Problem Of Ageing And Poorly Maintained Munitions (Scoop.co.nz)

4 August 2008, 5:44 pm

Some information in the historical timeline in this Fact Sheet was drawn from a list entitled "Major Ammunition Accidents - 1916 to 2008" compiled by Colonel George Zahaczewsky, U.S. Army (Retired).... read more

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