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The big issue: Sparing country [redacted]
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 14/12/2014
» In 2002, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorism and US military pushback, the CIA opened a secret facility in central Thailand. The agency brought two high-level al-Qaeda operatives, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, to the site and launched a new programme of "enhanced interrogation" techniques on them including physical assault and waterboarding, distressing many US officials.
THE BIG ISSUE: Safety restraints
Alan Dawson, Published on 16/12/2012
» The road to national reconciliation has become the most divisive issue of the day, but a couple of small cracks appeared in the wall separating the country.