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By Nolan FeeneyJune 1, 2014 2:00 PM EDTA day after the country celebrated U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl return to American custody after nearly five years in captivity, the White House found itself playing defense Sunday for failing to notify lawmakers in advance before transferring five Guantanamo Bay detainees in exchange for Bergdahl freedom.House Armed Services yeezy Committee Chairman Howard Buck McKeon R-Calif. and Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member James M. Inhofe R-Okla. accused President Barack Obama in a statement Saturday of breaking the law by failing to give Congress proper notice of the transfers. The law requires the White House to tell lawmakers about Guantanamo transf nike dunk ers 30 days in advance. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, however, told Congress about air force one the five Bergdahl transfers Saturday morning, just hours before the prisoners were on a plane and headed to Qatar.In executing this transfer, McKeon and Inhofe said, the President 8230; clearly violated laws which require him to notify Congress thirty days before any transfer of terrorists from Guantanamo Bay and to explain how the threat posed by such terror Tkkz Obama Looks to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales
Iraqi riot police try to disperse supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathering for a protest outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on July 20. Protesters set fire to Sweden s embassy in the Iraqi capital early on July 20 ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden. Ahmad Al-Rubaye鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Armani SyedUpdated: August 17, 2023 6:08 AM EDT | Originally published: August 15, 2023 11:05 AM EDTSweden is expected to raise its terror threat level following a spate of Quran-burning incidents in recent months that has sparked anger in Muslim-majority countries, Dagens Nyheter reported on Thursday.The terror threat level will rise from three to four on a five-point scale, which implies a high threat.The decision comes just days after adidas sambarose two men at the heart of a months-long debate over Quran burning set the Islamic holy book aflame on Monday outside Stockholm s adidas samba adidas Royal Palace. Salwan Momika, 37, and Salwan Najem, 48, burned a copy of the Quran as counter-protesters called for them to extinguish their hate. Sweden and its Nordic peer Denmark have been grappling with how to address what some see as an act of protected free speech and other adidas samba og s a symbol of religious hat