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Third enemy combatant moved to Charleston brig
Associated Press ^
| 08-23-03
Posted on 08/23/2003 5:49:44 PM PDT by Brian S
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:43:24 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A U.S.-born man captured in Afghanistan has joined two other men deemed enemy combatants at the Navy brig at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station.
Yasser Esam Hamdi was transferred to the brig near Hanahan from Norfolk, Va., on July 30, Maj. Michael Shavers said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; US: South Carolina; US: Virginia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: almarri; charleston; enemycombatant; hamdi; josepadilla; norfolk; taliban
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posted on
08/23/2003 5:49:44 PM PDT
by
Brian S
To: Brian S
Throw away the key.
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posted on
08/23/2003 5:53:37 PM PDT
by
livius
To: Brian S
ruling that the government has wide latitude to detain people American citizens caught fighting against the United States on foreign soil during wartime.
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posted on
08/23/2003 7:38:17 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: angkor
American citizens caught fighting against the United States on foreign soil during wartime should be shot, on sight, no questions asked.
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posted on
08/23/2003 7:43:07 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(God's law is written on men's hearts, not a stone monument.)
To: sinkspur
American citizens caught fighting against the United States on foreign soil during wartime should be shot, on sight, no questions asked.There is a practical reason for keeping these guys alive and on ice for months: Interrogations matched with other interrogations build up our intelligence database.
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posted on
08/23/2003 8:33:30 PM PDT
by
Procyon
To: sinkspur
Of course they should be shot. I was clarifying that the previous ruling was very specifically on the question of American citizens, which is what this little terrorist is whining about.
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posted on
08/24/2003 2:10:04 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: Procyon; sinkspur
Dead men tell no tales, but if you play Barry Manilow into a live man's cell 24/7, he'll cheerfully tell all.
After thatm THEN you shoot him! :o)
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posted on
08/24/2003 2:13:20 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
To: Poohbah
But what if he LIKES Barry Manilow?
Go with Barney the Dinosaur 24/7. He will crack in a week - TOPS.
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posted on
08/24/2003 7:56:03 PM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
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