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July 04, 2003

Bush approves terror suspect trials

US President George W Bush has decided that six al-Qaeda suspects in US custody can be tried before a military tribunal, US officials have said.

It marks the first time Mr Bush has decided any terror suspects can be tried in a military court.

A decision on whether they will actually be tried will be made at a later date and will depend on moves by the suspects and their lawyers, the Associated Press news agency quoted an unnamed official as saying.

It is not clear who the six suspects are or where they are being held, although correspondents say at least some of them are believed to be among those held at the US' Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba.

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GITMO's sure more interesting now than it was when I was there for REFTRA.

Posted by: Seth at July 4, 2003 02:25 AM

Didn't some court actually let some terror suspects go free WITHOUT BAIL? Somethin having to do with paintballs and a freindly foriegn IMAN?

What idiot would do something like that in order for the whole court system to be eliminated from terrorist prosecution. It must be a lefty plot to deprive these terrorists of thier rights...

The only reason the courts have anything to do AT ALL with trying court cases on terror charges is because it requires a presidential writ to charge them in a military tribunal. Listen up lefties, GWB has alot of pens.

Yathink?

Posted by: devils chewtoy at July 5, 2003 12:15 PM