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The GOP-controlled Senate added an amendment to the $440-billion military spending bill that would extend to spies, terrorists, and Islamic jihadists the same rights U.S. citizens enjoy under the Constitution. In other words, our military interrogators can no longer question suspected suicide bombers and murderers of women and children without the ACLU looking over their shoulder -- ready to haul some poor enlisted man into court just because he yelled at a terrorist or hurt a terrorist’s feelings. If the Senate had done such a despicable thing during World War II, the American people would have stormed the Capitol, tarred...

Emergency Assistance for the Election of the Ra'ees of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority December 7, 2004 www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2004/12/1207.html 1. On December 7 (Tue), Japan decided to extend emergency assistance totaling about $1.06 million to help the election of the President (Ra'ees) of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority on January 9, 2005, to be carried out in a fair and smooth manner. 2. As Mr. Yasser Arafat, Ra'ees of the Palestinian Authority, passed away on November 11, the Palestinian Authority plans to have an election on January 9, 2005, to decide his successor. The Central Election Committee has recently asked the...

Russia has pledged to complete development of a surface-to-surface missile that has been marketed to Iran and Syria. Officials said the Russian Defense Ministry plans to complete development of the Iskander-E short-range missile. The SS-26 solid-fuel missile has a range of 280 kilometers and is meant to defeat U.S. missile defense systems, such as the PAC-3. "This year we expect the completion of the state testing of the Iskander high-precision missile system," Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Moskovsky said. Moskovsky told the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya that Moscow has invested in the development of missiles meant to penetrate missile defense systems,...