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U.S. Military Trials of Terror Suspects 'Imminent'
The Washington Post ^
| October 30, 2003
| Will Dunham
Posted on 10/30/2003 8:36:10 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
The start of military trials of foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is imminent, the Pentagon's chief prosecutor said on Thursday, while defending a rule allowing the U.S. government to monitor conversations between the defendants and their lawyers.
President Bush in 2001 authorized the first U.S. military commission trials of wartime prisoners since World War II. On July 3, Bush designated six foreign captives as eligible for such trials. The Pentagon refused to identify them.
"I think it's safe to say our start is imminent, soon," Army Col. Frederic Borch, named by the Pentagon to lead the prosecution, told an American Bar Association event.
He did not give a specific date, how many defendants would be tried, or the charges involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; cuba; detainees; gitmo; guantanamobay; military; pentagon; terrorists; terrorsuspects; trials; wot
To: Pan_Yans Wife
This will be a big time major event, IMO
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posted on
10/30/2003 8:39:02 PM PST
by
Consort
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Poll: What method execution should be used on these vermin?
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posted on
10/30/2003 8:43:18 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Paleo Conservative
If I gave my two cents, I would be banned.
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posted on
10/30/2003 8:45:47 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Ants .... fire ants from Crawford.
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posted on
10/30/2003 9:02:53 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Virtue untested is innocence)
To: Paleo Conservative
I say hang them. Start building the gallows now, in full view of the prisoners.
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posted on
10/30/2003 9:31:10 PM PST
by
Hugin
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