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alternative perspectives on the "war on terrorism"
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Judge questions U.S. actions in war on terror
Lawsuit by Islamic charity raises 'significant' allegations
Neely Tucker, Washington Post, April 22, 2002
A federal judge said today that a suit filed by the nation's largest Islamic charity raised "significant and distressing allegations" about government actions in its war on terror, signaling that the case may challenge the Bush administration's ability to quickly strike domestic organizations alleged to have links to international terrorists. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said that the government's lightning-strike seizure of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation in December – on allegations the charity was a fundraising front for the terrorist organization Hamas – was a matter of "great significance." She also warned government lawyers that she would not look favorably on their request to keep classified information concealed from public view. "I'll make no secret that the government is going to have a very heavy burden to submit information ex-parte [in secret, in the judge's chambers]," Kessler said. "In a case with as many serious ramifications as this one, unless the law is crystal clear . . . everything should be in public and on the record."
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September 11 and the declaration of a "war on terrorism," has forced Americans to look at the World in a new light. No one can afford any longer to define the limits of their concerns by refusing to look beyond this nation's borders. If the freedom that every American cherishes, is not to become a freedom bound within a fortress, then every American will need to understand and respect the needs and concerns of the rest of the World. To this end, The War in Context invites anyone with interest and an open mind to listen to the critical discourse in which the policies and actions of the Bush administration are now being questioned. This debate, which is engaging inquiring minds inside and outside America, will hopefully inform the development of a sustainable new world order - a world order in which America is as much shaped by the World as is the World shaped by America.
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