Rumsfeld vows speedy action on Guantanamo trials

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will move ahead as quickly as possible with special U.S. military trials of two Guantanamo Bay prisoners after a court validated the proceedings, and will bring charges against eight more detainees, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday.

Rumsfeld hailed last Friday's federal appeals court ruling as a vindication of the Bush administration's approach. The court ruled that the military commission trials of foreign terrorism suspects were lawful, reversing a lower-court decision.

Maj. Michael Shavers, a Pentagon spokesman, said Rumsfeld was referring to the cases of Australian David Hicks and Yemeni Salim Ahmed Hamdan, two of the four prisoners at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, already charged with crimes in the military commission process. Special panels of U.S. military officers will try the men.

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[wli]

1. kangaroo courts

Surely en route to the mainland US unless these fascists are brought to justice.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. And so we fearlessly forge ahead with yet another violation of

the Geneva conventions, triumphantly adding another blemish to America's human rights record.

[merwin]

4. Supreme Court ruled last week that 'enemy combatants' are not covered

under the Geneva Convention.

Great, huh?

[merwin]

3. Just like he vowed to give the troops better armor?