What We've Found: Controversial Dutch pol at Temple, Egyptian veil-ban, Iraqi university violence, SCOTUS hears Uighurs, spy scientist and Philly Airport worker admits theft

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What We've Found: Controversial Dutch pol at Temple, Egyptian veil-ban, Iraqi university violence, SCOTUS hears Uighurs, spy scientist and Philly Airport worker admits theft

POSTED: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 4:18 PM
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Julia Harte with your mid-morning fix.

Over the protests of Temple University students, notorious anti-Islamic and anti-immigration Dutch politician Geert Wilders is speaking on campus tonight.

A senior cleric banned women from wearing full-face veils at Al-Azhar in Egypt, one of the most acclaimed schools of Sunni Islamic teaching, on the grounds that the garments have nothing to do with Islam and demonstrate "radicalism."

An armed group of Shiite students and faculty were terrorizing one of Iraq's most prestigious universities, causing Prime Minister al-Maliki, an alum, to temporarily close the institution.

The case of the Chinese Uighurs, a group of Guantanamo detainees who are still in custody even though they are no longer classified as "enemy combatants," will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A Defense Department scientist is one of several federal figures facing espionage charges after he passed along classified U.S. satellite information to an FBI official pretending to be an Israeli intelligence officer.

A former Philadelphia International Airport worker pleaded guilty to stealing four laptops and a videogame from the luggage of airline passengers.


Mithras
Posted 2009-10-21 02:24:04
Nozette is not accused of "treason", he's accused of espionage. There's a difference.

Julia Harte
Posted 2009-10-22 11:45:13
Duly noted. Thanks for the catch, Mithras!
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