Military appoints tribunal to try 3 Guantanamo detainees

[Kadie]

Military appoints tribunal to try 3 Guantanamo detainees

The Associated Press


Last Updated: June 29, 2004, 10:59:10 AM PDT


GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The U.S. military announced Tuesday that it has formed a five-member tribunal to try three terrorism suspects held at this U.S. naval base.

The trials - of an Australian, a Sudanese and a Yemeni - would be the first of any of the prisoners swept up in the U.S. war on terror and held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Pentagon's announcement came a day after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that prisoners at the base should have access to U.S. civilian courts to appeal their detention - a decision considered a major blow for President Bush's stance that the United States can jail suspects without judicial review.

"This is an important first step," Air Force Maj. John Smith, a lawyer who helped draft commission rules, said in a telephone interview from the Pentagon. "We'd like to have a case tried by the end of the year."

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[7th_Sephiroth]

1. i can see it now

Panel:are you muslim?
Detainee: Yes
Panel: Guilty

*barfs*

[struggle4progress]

2. kick

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