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Panel Convicts bin Laden Driver in Split Verdict
The New York Times ^
| 6 AUG 08
| WILLIAM GLABERSON
Posted on 08/07/2008 10:29:40 AM PDT by jmpmstr4u2
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — A panel of six military officers convicted a former driver for Osama bin Laden of one of two war crimes charges on Wednesday but acquitted him of the other, completing the first military commission trial here and the first conducted by the United States since the aftermath of World War II.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; enemycombatant; gitmo; guantnamobay; gwot; hamdan; islam; militarycommissions; mohammedanism; osamabinladin; terrortrials; yesterday
It's about time. Whoohooo!!
To: jmpmstr4u2
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posted on
08/07/2008 10:49:18 AM PDT
by
Redbob
("WWJBD" ="What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: jmpmstr4u2
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a stunningly lenient sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for a sentence tough enough to frighten terrorists around the globe.
Disgusting!
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posted on
08/07/2008 2:08:24 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: newfreep
WOW!!!! And these were Military Officers???? They need to pick up the rest of the sentence in Leavenworth.
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posted on
08/07/2008 2:13:21 PM PDT
by
jmpmstr4u2
(CEO; 72 Virgin dating service, (We'll set you up))
To: newfreep
Is there a fresh thread on this? It’s been over an hour and I haven’t seen anything new on FR.
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posted on
08/07/2008 2:14:03 PM PDT
by
Millers Cave
(Lurker since 1998)
To: Millers Cave
Here is the link from Drudge...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver
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posted on
08/07/2008 2:19:21 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: newfreep
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posted on
08/07/2008 2:22:01 PM PDT
by
Millers Cave
(Lurker since 1998)
To: newfreep
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posted on
08/07/2008 2:27:15 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: newfreep
Rats! Back to HTML sandbox....
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posted on
08/07/2008 2:28:19 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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