Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects at Gitmo »
Posted By tehranchik 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsIn the first civilian court ruling for terror suspects challenging their detention, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said Thursday that the five men could not be held indefinitely as enemy combatants.
In the first civilian court ruling for terror suspects challenging their detention, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said Thursday that the five men could not be held indefinitely as enemy combatants.
He says the military can continue to detain one of the Algerians.
One of the men to be released is Lakhdar Boumediene, whose landmark Supreme Court case last summer gave the Guantanamo detainees the right to challenge their imprisonment.
The government had accused all six of the men of planning to travel to Afghanistan to join al-Qaida.
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italymeetsdixie1 year, 2 months ago
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chik: I am going to do a google search on this guy, cause I don't know enoough to speak intelligently yet. However, a couple of questions, are we detaining those guilty of thought crime? 'planning to go Afghanistan to join AQ" is vague. Do you have a suggested reading list for wrongly detained Gitmo prisoners?
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tehranchik1 year, 2 months ago
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Andy Worthington.
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tehranchik1 year, 2 months ago
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another expert
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http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-silenc...
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tehranchik1 year, 2 months ago
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Terror suspects! Terror suspects! Terror suspects! Let's pound it into your brain just a little harder. They are unleashing terrorists into our world! OMG! Do you get it?
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Just the headline of this story leads you down a path. Don't you become frightened just by reading it? It's what is being fed into the msm today.
These men ceased to be terrorists and suspects because there has NEVER been evidence or charges against them. 7 years. The truth is finally squeaking out. But never admit the whole truth. Let everyone think they still may be terrorists. They are after all muslim and arab. Do you get it yet?
How about a new title. 'Judge releases 5 innocent men from Gitmo' No that's not good either - it leads you down another path. And it doesn't make you afraid. It doesn't tell you that mistakes have been made.
So how about plain old '5 men released from Gitmo. Pretty boring - but true.-
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italymeetsdixie1 year, 2 months ago
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I put little faith in the titles given to articles submitted from MSM. I usually read their articles to get an idea of issue, and then find as many other resources as humanly possible to do my own research to come to my OWN conclusion. I hate that MSM always tries to lead me to the "right" conclusion.
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I have long suspected that the reason they weren't trying them in courts was because they don't have proof of crime. It is hard to prove what someone thought about doing. If they were guilty it would have been all over the papers like the shoe bomber (who clearly was more crazy than terrorist). -
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tehranchik1 year, 2 months ago
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Now ask about Bagram.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/06/pakist...
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willottica1 year, 2 months ago
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So what you're saying is that Gitmo produces suicide bombers? Not a bomber when you go in, but on leaving you hate the US enough to go that extra mile?
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Clearly, that's not what you're saying, but it's not an unreasonable conclusion based on your comment.
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vicbar881 year, 2 months ago
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OK fine let them go but I want the judge's name and address so when any of them does commit a terrorist act against the US we can bring the judge up on charges of treason against the security of the United States. There has to be some accountability if this is how it's going to be.
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GLee1 year, 2 months ago
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Be careful what you hope for. We will probably see most of these guys again...... and I would bet it won't be too long.
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Not a scare tactic but truth to come. And I am not saying that a very few of these characters are not guilty but I am extremely leary of the most of them.
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