Note: For the first part of this inquiry, see "Question: al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda?"

At one point the author details a typical "detainee-processing" at Abu Ghraib, which includes a forced rectal exam. This is the only thing that is typically said in Arabic to those captured by the US military: Wa' all'an lill act el amptihan! (trans.

Note: This inquiry has been divided into two questions. See "Question: Transliterating Arabic" for the answer to the second part.

I'm editing a book for publication in the spring on US torture and empire-building at home and abroad. Two questions about transliterating Arabic have come up, particularly the political connotations of each choice. I would be grateful to any insight you might provide.

I would like a list of the dead from Hurricane Katrina. If lists are only regional, then I would like a list of the New Orleans victims. Thank you for your help.

What procedural steps should an adult in California follow in order to obtain full access to complete and uncensored records of court proceedings (in Contra Costa County, in the early 1970s) that led to his or her custodial birth parent losing all legal parental rights, with the child being placed into foster care?

I am in the middle of writing a play about no child left behind. I am having difficulty finding youth voices about how this act is affecting them. Can you help me find accounts of how this act is real

I'm looking for audio of a press briefing in Iraq which was reported in the NY Times on October 3, 2005.

Particularly I am looking for audio of the following statements:

Colonel Davis delivered a blunter message. "We're not going anywhere," he told the murmuring crowd, adding that as long as there were attacks against Iraqi or American troops the house searches and roadblocks and bridge closings would continue.

Two people told this is true and I am trying to confirm for an article (due yesterday) that the San Francisco Haight zip code 94117
has the most bicycle shops (repair and or sales second hand or new) of any zip code in the country.

What percentage of American public libraries have special centers for small business services? Not interested in career centers, rather small business rooms and the like? Also, how many public librari

I am working on an MLIS research paper. The Denver fotonovela fight raises important questions of access and collection defense. To my knowledge, this is the first time an upfront attack on immigrants has popped on the convenient mask of concern over sexual and violent materials. But perhaps you know of others. Historical would be fine - recent or otherwise.

Another paper (required management course- due in 3 weeks!!!)will focus on challenge policies themselves as guides to decision making.

I want an actual materials challenge case that confronted a library with an elaborate policy that dots every i, and to contrast that with a case where there was virtually no policy. Then I can posit the in-betwen one that lays out the essential bones and leaves implementation details to the people involved.