US residents 'enemy combatant' rehearing ruling [4th Circuit] News
US residents 'enemy combatant' rehearing ruling [4th Circuit]

Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri and Mark A. Berman v. Commander S. L. Wright, USN Commander, Consolidated Naval Brig., US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, August 22, 2007 [order agreeing to rehear en banc to decide whether the military can seize and imprison persons lawfully residing in the United States and detain them as "enemy combatants"]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires

On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.