Twins vs. Tigers - June 23, 2005

Just some pictures I took at the Twins game a couple weeks ago. Nothing special in them, mostly just shots of my so-called 'friends.' And by so-called friends I mean enemies! ;-)

How do I use this thing?

The friendly metrodome swastika

A classic piece of work with the camera

Squinty and her pop (Holy Eyeball!)

Mark looking intelligent

I can't believe Marcus actually ate this

Joe Nathan warming up

Brad & Mark trying to watch the game

US suspected of keeping secret prisoners on warships: UN official

The UN has learned of "very, very serious" allegations that the United States is secretly detaining terrorism suspects in various locations around the world, notably aboard prison ships, the UN's special rapporteur on terrorism said.

While the accusations were rumours, rapporteur Manfred Nowak said the situation was sufficiently serious to merit an official inquiry.

"There are very, very serious accusations that the United States is maintaining secret camps, notably on ships," the Austrian UN official told AFP, adding that the vessels were believed to be in the Indian Ocean region.

"They are only rumours, but they appear sufficiently well-based to merit an official inquiry," he added.

Last Thursday Nowak and three other UN human rights experts said they were opening an inquiry into the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where Washington has been holding more than 500 people without trial, and into other such locations.

The United States has neither refused nor granted requests by Nowak's group to visit Guantanamo.

"We have accepted, upon the request of the State Department and Pentagon, to limit our investigation for now to Guantanamo, but even in accepting this we have not had a positive response" to the request for a visit, Nowak said.

He said that if the "investigation into Guantanamo leads us to other things, we will follow them. We will bring up all these matters to the US government and expect Washington to say officially where these camps are."

The use of prison ships would allow investigators to interrogate people secretly and in international waters out of the reach of US law, British security expert Francis Tusa said.

"This opens the door to very tough interrogations on key prisoners before it even has been revealed that they have been captured," said Tusa, an editor for the British magazine Jane's Intelligence Review.

Nowak said the prison ships would not be "floating Guantanamos" since "they are much smaller, holding less than a dozen detainees."

Tusa said the Americans may also be using their island base of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean as a site for prisoners.

Some 520 people suspected of terrorism are currently being held without trial at Guantanamo and others are in camps the United States has refused to acknowledge, the human rights organization Amnesty International has said.

The United States has said that prisoners considered foreign combattants in its "war on terrorism" are not covered by the Geneva Conventions.

Maroon and Good

The Gophers 2005 Preview is up on College Football News. Check it out HERE.

Does Anyone Still Read This?

I don't know if I've lost my loyal readers completely, but I apologize for the lack of posts on The MarxistGopher Report. It's been a combination of me being really busy at work (and outside of work) as well as a lack of interest in anything going on in the news or world of sports.

Since I really have nothing to say about anything important I thought I'd just post some photos that I took at the couple of Twins games I've been to in the past few weeks. The first was a Kyle Lohse victory over the Blue Jays and the second was a Kyle Lohse loss to the Giants 8-4. The next time I go I really want to see a different pitcher...you have to see avariety of hurlers to get the full baseball experience.

...I should probably add at this point that I don't even like baseball! But hey, it's something to do.

I'm going to sign off now because it's really hot and typing is making me sweat. Enjoy the pics, and hopefully I'll have some more regular posts this week.

Mark and I leaving after the victory

Squinty and Her Dog

My View

Tori Hunter

Me and Katie

Shannon Stewart

URGENT NEWS FROM THE NEGOTIATIONS TEAM!

University says they won't negotiate unless they can choose Union's Team
AFSCME Clerical and Healthcare Workers are ready to begin contract negotiations!
Labor Relations REFUSES to sit down with the team the Union has chosen!
For More Information:
Come to the Kickoff Event
TODAY!
June 15th
at NOON
In Front of Coffman Memorial Union

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