Posted on 05/20/2009 5:47:58 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
WASHINGTON -- A top Al Qaeda suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said Wednesday.
Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the U.S., and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court.
An official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to disclose the decision, told The Associated Press the administration has decided to bring Ghailani to trial in New York. He was indicted there for the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa -- attacks that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.
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Mods, please move to breaking news.
When this blows up (perhaps literally), will I be labeled un-American when I say “I told you so”?
You certainly won’t be the only one.
A closer look at GHAILANI:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ghailani/index
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IF THIS ARTICLE IS ACCURATE...bringing the terror suspect to NY; then President Obama is today’s STUCK ON STUPID award winner. If this article is not accurate; he is not today’s STUCK ON STUPID award winner.
Mods, if ever a story had “Breaking News” written all over it, it is this one.
He doesn’t trust the Military Tribunals? I forgot, he doesn’t like the military. I guess from now on it’s “Take no prisoners.”
Dumb a$$. Simple as that.
If Obama literally were to try this terrorist himself, would it be the first time he’s ever actually used his law degree?
Trial case, to see how well it goes, or doesn’t.
Some lawyers are going to get rich from this, which is what it’s all about.
These charges pre-date 9/11 and are related to the Kenya embassy bombing. The first trial of the people involved in it ended with their conviction but it wasn’t easy, because the court had to find Swahili translators and there were major security considerations. There was a good, no-nonsense judge, though.
I attended a translation conference where the most interesting speaker was a woman who had been married to a Kenyan for a number of years, lived and worked in Kenya, and thus had learned Swahili and was the main interpreter in the trial. They had three interpreters: two to spell each other, and one to oversee the translations and make sure, to the best of his knowledge, that they were accurate.
I’m surprised that the Kenya bombing trials are still going on, and I’m puzzled as to why Bambi would have chosen this one for the first trial.
“The first trial of the people involved in it ended with their conviction but it wasn’t easy”
See Also:
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/03/attacks.prison.stabbing/index.html
This should go well.
Try some of the world’s leading killers in the same system which let OJ walk away a free man.
Yeah, the American people will just love this/s
... and the leftist defense attorneys will ask ... why bring this trial to a NYC jury pool rather than say a .. San Francisco jury pool? They will claim a 9/11 jury pool will have prejudice and these defendents had nothing to do with 9/11 etc etc And we could pay countless dollars for such back and forth nonsense.
I’m surprised that the Kenya bombing trials are still going on, and I’m puzzled as to why Bambi would have chosen this one for the first trial.
... because he is Kenyan?
Obama probably thought he was prosecuting Guiliani.
There is a weeeeeee bit of a difference you know.
Me thinks our president knows this. And trying them on our soil will serve whatever his agenda is.
His agenda will NOT be to strengthen this country. His agenda will only be to strengthen himself at the expense of this country. He is using the power of the presidency as a mere toy to do his selfish bidding. He is trying to create the United States of Obama with his warped ideals and vision.
The only use this man has for the constitution of the United States of America, which was intended to be the supreme law of the land, is to wipe his ass with it after he has taken a dump in his royal imperial toilet.
He is an abomination that will bring desolation to this great country.
God Bless America! God Save America!!!!
the best thing that could happen is that Arab, yes Arab terrorists blow up the Washington Monuement. There are no casualties...
This Administration... is clue less... totally clue less...
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