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Judge Rules First Guantanamo War Crimes Trial Can Begin
Fox News ^

Posted on 07/17/2008 10:03:57 AM PDT by navysealdad

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled to allow the first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial to move forward, blocking an appeal by lawyers for Salim Hamdan, a former driver for Usama bin Laden.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: enemycombatant; gitmo; gwot; hamdan; judiciary; militarycommissions; terrortrials; wot

1 posted on 07/17/2008 10:03:57 AM PDT by navysealdad
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To: navysealdad

A good ruling but it’s a disaster that this should be subject to any judicial review at all.


2 posted on 07/17/2008 10:09:01 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: navysealdad
First item on the menu will be 'discovery.'

Will be interesting to see how we handle it.

3 posted on 07/17/2008 10:10:37 AM PDT by the anti-liberal (Write in: Fred Thompson)
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To: navysealdad

4 posted on 07/17/2008 10:15:57 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: navysealdad

Close Gitmo, remove all prisoners from American care and put in Egypt under Egyptian jails and laws. We should not allow our courts or our tax dollars in this at all.

Egypt is given 3 Billion tax dollars for nothing. Time they pay us back.


5 posted on 07/17/2008 11:05:24 AM PDT by edcoil
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Close Gitmo, remove all prisoners from American care and put in Egypt under Egyptian jails and laws. We should not allow our courts or our tax dollars in this at all.

??

Are you nuts? I would rather my tax dollars go to convicting these bastards in a military court than to a methadone clinic.

What is your problem? You sound like a Ron Paul supporter whining about your taxes when it comes to prosecuting terrorists.

6 posted on 07/17/2008 12:08:47 PM PDT by submarinerswife ("If I win I can't 't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
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