Posted on 08/09/2010 6:04:32 PM PDT by SJackson
A military judge ruled Monday that statements made by Omar Khadr, who is charged of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan, can be used in the trial, which is set to start Tuesday. Mr. Khadr's lawyers say the statements were coerced.
A military judge on Monday ruled that self-incriminating statements made to US interrogators could be admitted as evidence in the war crimes trial of an Al Qaeda operative accused of murdering an American soldier in Afghanistan.
The ruling came in a special courtroom at the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where officials are preparing for the first contested military commission trial of the Obama presidency. It is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
Facing trial is Omar Khadr for allegedly throwing a hand grenade that killed a US special forces soldier and partially blinded another after a firefight near Khost, Afghanistan, in July 2002.
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I’m sorry, but clearly this article is in error. After all we all know the President promised to close Gitmo so no tribunal could be taking place there./s
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Don't tell Eric Holder
Gitmos not closed?
What are Acorn & Code Pink doing???
Eight years and this terrorist just now going to trial?
I hope we got a lot of intel from him, if not, his carcas should have been left on the field.
That was my first thought.
Why is this being set up as a show?
The proper way to conduct these trials is in secret.
After the trial go straight to the gallows in the adjoining room.
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