U.S. ARMY ATTROCITIES IN IRAQ: Key figure in Abu Ghraib scandal freed from prison!

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updated 8/6/2011 12:42:22 PM ET

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In this Jan. 2005 file photo, Army Spc. Charles Graner walks into the judicial complex at Fort Hood, Texas, for the sentencing phase of his court-martial.

The alleged ringleader of detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq was released Saturday from a military prison, an Army spokeswoman said.

Charles Graner Jr., 42, was released from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after serving more than 6½ years of a 10-year sentence, spokeswoman Rebecca Steed said. Graner will be under the supervision of a probation officer until Dec. 25, 2014, she said.

Steed said she could not release any information about Graner's whereabouts or his destination after release. Neither Graner nor his wife have responded to interview requests from The Associated Press.

Graner was an Army Reserve corporal when he and six other members of the Maryland-based 372nd Military Police Company were charged in 2004 with abusing detainees at the prison in Iraq. The strongest evidence was photographs of grinning U.S. soldiers posing beside naked detainees stacked in a pyramid or held on a leash.

The pictures complicated international relations for the U.S. and provoked debate about whether harsh interrogation techniques approved by the Pentagon amounted to torture.

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U.S. IMPROPER LOBBYING CASE: Alleged Pak lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Fai gets bail!

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NDTV Correspondent, Updated: July 27, 2011 14:34 IST.

Virginia:  Ghulam Nabi Fai, alleged to be an ISI agent and charged with trying to influence the policy of White House and Congress on Kashmir, raised his hand in jubilation after the judge announced that he would be released on bail. 

He then stood there, for a tad longer than necessary, soaking up the moment and eventually had to be taken out of the room by the security officials. His wife did not even wait to step out of the courtroom before she broke out into a triumphant cheer. 

"Dinner is on me. I thank you for your duty. Justice will be done and we hope one day justice will be done for the people of Kashmir," said Chang Ning Ying Q, wife of Ghulam Nabi Fai. 

It seems the Fai family is not seeing his arrest and pending trial as a setback and are determined to use these developments to internationalise the issue of Kashmir here in the US.

 

"I just want to thank god today. Thank you," wife of Mr Fai told NDTV.

As the prosecution and the defence argued it out about whether Mr Fai should be released on bail or not, the FBI officer in charge of this case took the stand. She testified that 80 per cent of Mr Fai's statements come from the ISI and he repeats them verbatim. The prosecutor then told the judge that Mr Fai should not be released because he was an agent of the ISI and that the ISI would look out for one of their guys. With the ISI having similar facilities in the UK and Brussels, Mr Fai would be a flight risk, added the prosecutor.

However, in the end, the judge decided that Mr Fai should be released on bail but under some strict conditions.

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Ex-PIRATES HOSTAGES: ‘My country didn’t care about me’

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July 3, 2011 / By Ravinder Singh Dhulia / DC.

An occasional nightmare can be coped with, but one that lasts 11 long months is hard to imagine. That’s what the ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates was for us sailors aboard the MV Suez.

After the hijack, we were praying for our lives every morning. The ruthless pirates would have starved us to death if they had not been paid the ransom. After being rescued from them, the meaning of life has changed for me. Now, I can understand how important it is to cherish every moment with your loved ones.

I have been a sailor for a decade now. It’s ironic that while I have visited more than 40 countries during my years of travel, I don’t ever want to board a ship again. I’d rather start a business of my own. When I left India last year, I never imagined the horror that I would face. We left Karachi port on MV Suez and were moving towards Eritrea when our ship was hijacked on August 2 last year. We tried so hard to fend off the pirates with fire-hoses and signal rockets, but we were no match for them. They were wild and ruthless. They handcuffed us, pushed us inside the ship, and took us captive.

In the months of captivity, I suffered like a prisoner of war. The pirates would give us one meal a day, usually spaghetti, boiled rice and a few potatoes. There was no water to drink, so we had to depend on rainwater. The food was boiled and we used seawater to add salt in our food. If anyone angered the pirates, we would not be given food for many days. My hands were untied twice a day, when I would eat and when I had to use the toilet. The first four months were especially hard. They didn’t give us phones to contact our families during that time.

The pirates were addicted to some kind of narcotic grass called kath and they often drank. On some days, the inebriated pirates would beat us up with the butts of their AK-47 rifles. In the last days of our captivity, they even started firing their rifles inches away from us. Every time, I would think the next bullet would hit my head and I’d never see my wife and child again. The pirates were reckless and fired indiscriminately. Encounters with death were a daily routine for us.

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NEERAJ GROVER MURDER CASE: Maria Susairaj released from Mumbai jail!

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ITGD Bureau  | New Delhi, July 2, 2011 | Updated 12:39 IST.

Maria Susairaj was sentenced for destruction of evidence.

A day after she was sentenced to three years in prison in the Neeraj Grover murder case, Maria Susairaj was released from a jail in Mumbai on Saturday.

Susairaj was released from jail since she has already spent over three years in Mumbai's Byculla Central Prison for Women as an undertrial in the case.

She was sentenced for destruction of evidence. Jerome Mathew, her fiance and a former naval officer, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of 10 years, after he was found guilty culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 (I) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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SOMALI PIRATES: Freed Indian sailors reach Delhi!

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One of the six abducted Indian sailors is received by family and well wishers after the sailors' arrival in New Delhi. Photo: V.V. Krishnan.

After 10 months in the captivity of Somali pirates, six Indian sailors of M V Suez vessel touched down on home soil on Friday to an emotional welcome from family members.

The sailors came by an Emirates flight from Dubai which landed at IGI Airport at 9.36 am, and were received by family and friends carrying garlands.

Relatives broke down in tears at the sight of the rescued sailors as their children carried placards that read ’Thank you Ansar Burney uncle, we love you’, in a reference to the Pakistani human rights activist who facilitated their release from the sea brigands.

Closely holding his three—year—old son, Ravinder Singh Bhulia, one of the released crew members who hails from Rohtak, said, “The Indian and Pakistani media helped us a lot. As far as the Indian government’s role in the release, I don’t want to comment on it“.

With tears rolling down her cheeks, his wife Champa said, “The pain would never go“.

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