Terrorism Notebook
100 detainees to be moved from Guantánamo Bay

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The official did not say where the prisoners would be sent or if any would face further detention or prosecution in their home countries.

The official said one to be transferred had shot and killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. He said the boy apparently pretended to be dead, then opened fire on the American.

The official did not know why the boy was being released, but the military has said the main purpose of the detentions is intelligence gathering.

The United States holds about 660 prisoners from 44 countries at Guantánamo.

Syria turns over suspects in bombings to Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Syria handed over 22 suspects to Turkey yesterday in connection with four deadly suicide bombings in Istanbul, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported.

The suspects, all Turks, reportedly fled the country after the attacks, which targeted two synagogues in near-simultaneous bombings Nov. 15 and the British consulate and a British bank in twin attacks five days later. A total of 61 people, including four suicide bombers, were killed.

Anatolia said the suspects included Hilmi Tuglaoglu, a close associate of Azat Ekinci, who is suspected of buying the explosives-loaded pickups used in the synagogue bombings.

Amnesty report criticizes U.S. in probe of two deaths

KABUL, Afghanistan — Amnesty International today criticized the U.S. military for failing to announce the results of a criminal investigation into the deaths of two Afghans at a prison inside Bagram Air Base a year ago.

The two men died about a week apart while in U.S. custody at the base just north of Kabul, the Afghan capital, and official autopsies concluded their deaths were homicides.

Indonesian court clears militant leader of charge

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian appeals court has cleared militant leader Abu Bakar Bashir of treason and reduced his sentence from four years to three, officials said today. The court upheld Bashir's conviction for forging identity documents.

Bashir was convicted in September of treason in a plot to overthrow Indonesia's government but cleared of being the leader of the al-Qaida-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiyah.

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