September 2005 - 26 September 2005 (Monday)

26 September 2005 (Monday)

• U.S. Army PFC Lynndie England is found guilty of six of seven charges by a military court in connection with the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. A sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin September 27. (Yahoo!News) (Link dead as of 21:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC))
• Anti-Iraq War activist Cindy Sheehan is arrested while protesting outside the White House. (Yahoo! News) (Link dead as of 21:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC))
• Northern Ireland peace process: Retired Canadian general and present Chairman John de Chastelain of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning announces in a Belfast, Northern Ireland press conference that the weapons, ammunition, and explosives of the Provisional Irish Republican Army have been "put beyond use". "We are satisfied that the arms decommissioned represent the totality of the IRA's arsenal.", the general said. Unionists, such as Ian Paisley, have expressed cynicism. (BBC). (RTÉ)
• Imad Yarkas is convicted in Spain of conspiracy with al-Qaeda in the September 11, 2001 attacks and sentenced to 27 years. Driss Chebli, was convicted of collaborating with a terrorist group and sentenced to six years, Al Jazeera journalist Tayseer Allouni was also convicted of collaborating with a terrorist group and sentenced to seven years, while Ghasoub al-Abrash Ghalyoun was acquitted on all counts. (AP) (Link dead as of 21:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC))
• Conflict in Iraq:
  • Five school teachers were killed in an insurgent attack in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad. (BBC)
  • At least 7 people die when a car-bomb explodes as they queued at the police academy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (BBC)
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israeli Airstrikes on Palestinian targets continue, with the Israel Defense Forces firing missiles in Gaza, knocking out the power supply to the East of the city, the Khan Yunis refugee camp and Rafah. Hamas had earlier declared an end to rocket attacks following pressure from the Palestinian National Authority and Egypt. (BBC)
• An Israeli citizen from an Israeli settlement east of Jerusalem was found murdered in Ramallah after Hamas killed the man they accused of being a member of the Shabak. (Israeli Insider), (BBC)
• Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District is the first direct challenge brought in United States federal courts against a public school district curriculum mandating the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution. Opening arguments are set for today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania District Court. (LA Times) (AP) (Link dead as of 21:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC))