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President Bush is trying to use his final eleven months in office to guarantee that someone — anyone — will be convicted in his controversial military commission tribunal system. After millions of dollars, international scorn, and years of litigation, the Administration wants to try six detainees in the system. Some are reportedly victims of torture. Having destroyed evidence of the torture, it appears that the subjects could also be terminated — the military indicated it will seek the death penalty and Bush himself is the ultimate appellate “decider.” The military commission tribunals have long been viewed as one of the great blunders of the Bush Administration. Hundreds of detainees have been released — many of whom were found to have been held without cause. No one has stood trial, let alone faced sentencing. Millions have been spent on litigation and the Bush courts have been denounced domestically and internationally as a bad joke, including criticism by conservatives like William Safire and others. The great irony is that if Bush had simply allowed the federal courts to handle the cases, all of these men would have been convicted years ago and could have faced the death penalty. This has never been about national security. Only a handful of individuals would be tried under the system after paying these prohibitive costs. It is about power. Various extreme voices in the Administration like Viet Dinh and John Yoo sought to use 9-11 to expand executive power. They sought to establish precedent that the President could unilaterally strip citizens and non-citizens of their rights and hold them indefinitely. In the military commission system, they sought to establish that a president could create his own legal system and execute people on his own authority. Now it is essential that someone be prosecuted under this system, so that Bush can claim some benefit from the high cost borne by the country. It is doubtful that anyone will be executed in his administration. For a prior column, click here The six examples chosen for this exercise include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mohammed al-Qahtani, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, and Walid bin Attash. Of course, Mohammed al-Qahtani is only the latest “20th hijacker” identified by the Bush Administration. (Click here). This seems to be the pursuit of yet additional trophy terrorists after refusing to subject their cases to a real court of law. (Click here and here)/ For the full story, click here
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SAD: Smrtna kazna za rušenje ‘blizanaca’ Vojni tužitelji traže najstrožu kaznu za šestoricu terorista Američki vojni tužitelji tražit će smrtne kazne na zajedničkom suđenju šestorici zatočenika iz baze u zaljevu Guantanamo, optuženima za sudjelovanje u uroti koja je dovela do terorističkih napada 11. rujna 2001., objavio je jučer u Pentagonu brigadir Thomas Hartmann. Brigadir Hartmann, pravni savjetnik sustava vojnih sudova, kazao je da će šestorica zatočenih, uključujući i navodnog glavnog pokretača ‘operacije 11. rujna’ Khalida Sheikha Mohammeda, biti optužena po 169 točaka za ‘dugogodišnji, vrlo složen plan Al-Qaede da napadne SAD’. Šestoricu se optužuje za ubojstvo, urotu da se počini ubojstvo, napad na civile, hotimično nanošenje teških tjelesnih ozljeda, terorizam i otmicu. Tereti ih se da su pomagali u izvedbi napada u kojem je 19 otmičara otelo četiri zrakoplova, od kojih su dva udarila u tornjeve ‘blizance’ WTC-a u New Yorku, treći u zgradu Pentagona u Washingtonu, dok je četvrti pao u Pennsylvaniji. Suđenje će biti javnoPodnijet će se zahtjev za podizanjem optužnice protiv šestorice zatočenih, uključujući i navodnog glavnog pokretača terorističkih napada Khalida Sheikha Mohammeda, po 169 točaka, za ‘vrlo složen plan Al-Qaede da napadne SAD’. Ako sudac odobri zahtjev, suđenje će biti javno, u Guatanamu. Osim navodnog ‘mozga’ operacije Khalida Muhammeda, optuženi su i Mohammed al-Qahtani, takozvani 20. otmičar u napadu 11. rujna, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, navodni posrednik između otmičara i čelnika Al Qaide, Ali Abd al-Aziz, pomoćnik prvooptuženoga, Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi, pomoćnik Bin al-Shibha i Walid bin Attash kojeg se tereti da je odabrao i uvježbavao neke od otmičara. - Optužbe i dokazi bit će podneseni sucu kako bi utvrdio postoje li uvjeti da se predmet dodijeli na suđenje vojnoj komisiji. Glavni tužitelj će tražiti da im se sudi zajednički i da im se izreknu smrtne kazne - rekao je brigadir Hartmann. Ako sudac odobri zahtjev, proces pred vojnom komisijom održao bi se u američkoj mornaričkoj bazi u zaljevu Guantanamo na Kubi. Suđenje bi se održalo u posebno izgrađenoj sudnici u Guantanamu koja omogućava prisutnost odvjetnika i novinara, dok bi rođaci žrtava suđenje mogli pratiti putem videosustava.