The Government will release captured militants and will not arrest them again.
During his presidency he has pardoned 260 convicted felons, 202 of whom were captured leftist militants.
As part of Operation Defensive Shield, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) occupied Bethlehem and tried to capture wanted Palestinian militants.
The Parwan Detention Facility, located at the base, houses hundreds of Taliban, al Qaeda and other captured militants.
A few hours after the attack Israel sent military troops into northern West Bank to the town of Jenin to capture militants associated with the attack.
Battle of Bethlehem (2 April-10 May) - Israel occupied Bethlehem and tried to capture wanted Palestinian militants who were hiding in the Church of the Nativity.
American Special Operations troops operating in Kenya, working with the Kenyan military, also set up positions along the southern border to capture militants trying to flee the country.
Indonesia's success in capturing militants and dismantling the militant arm of Jemaah Islamiyah has won the country recognition and prompted the United States to begin normalizing military ties in 2005.
It has relied on its extraordinary intelligence, fed by a network of Palestinian informers, to send forces on targeted missions to capture or kill militants.
The Kurdish leaders claim to have captured militants who have told them of secret meetings with agents of Mr. Hussein's secret police.