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Although we're getting a little now, Christmas in Britain passed
without
so much as a dusting of snow. Not so in Afghanistan, as we can see from
this photograph, taken from
inside the Pulacharke prison compound. The mountains, in particular,
give a nice, Christmassy feel to the scene, as do the three or four
inches of white stuff covering the ground.

In fact, the only things that really spoil this vista are the
watchtowers, the prison bars and the knowledge that, behind them, are
three American patriots -- Special Forces soldier Jack
Idema, his right-hand man, Brent
Bennet, and journalist Ed
Caraballo.

Jack, Brent and Ed were originally sentenced to a decade in prison
after
a chaotic show trail in September 2004. Their judges were members of
the
Taliban regime who'd crept back into the new Afghan government.
More worrying, perhaps, the bearded crazies were assisted by groups
within the FBI and U.S. State Department, who disappeared evidence and
collaborated with the men who tortured Jack, Brent and Ed. Since the
trail, there have been numerous assassination attempts mounted against
Idema and his men by the Taliban and al-Qaeda scumbags they are being
held with.
Most disturbing of all, however, is the fact that all three men were
declared innocent after a retrial almost exactly a year ago. Now,
granted, there are bound to be some differences between our legal
systems and the one in Afghanistan, but we're pretty sure one thing
they
do have in common is the notion that locking up completely
innocent people isn't acceptable ...

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