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| First Military Tribunals Coming Right Up for Gitmo Detainees |
| 2004-02-24 |
| Two alleged Al Qaeda operatives accused of working closely with Usama bin Laden have been charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes, U.S. officials announced Tuesday. Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi, of Sudan, was a paymaster for Al Qaeda, and Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al-Bahlul, of Yemen, was a propagandist for bin Laden, military indictments unsealed at the Pentagon charge. The two men are among more than 600 foreign detainees held at the U.S. Navy’s Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba. According to the indictments, both trained in terrorist camps and served as bodyguards for bin Laden. Their U.S. military tribunals, the first to be convened since World War II, are expected to take place at Guantanamo Bay, though the indictments do not indicate when. The brief documents also provide no documentation for the government’s accusations... Neither al Qosi or al Bahlul will be subject to the death penalty, but can expect long sentences if convicted, Pentagon sources said. Ah well... [The indictment] alleges that bin Laden personally assigned al Bahlul to work First one. Hopefully I didn’t get aced as I navigated the controls. :) |
| Posted by:eLarson |
| #1 Neither al Qosi or al Bahlul will be subject to the death penalty, but can expect long sentences if convicted, Pentagon sources said. This is pure, unadulterated, B.S. Assuming that these worms are going to be imprisoned in a U.S. facility, is the taxpayer going to have to foot the bill to feed and clothe these scumbags? Why should the taxpayer have to pay for this when -- and I'd be surprised if this doesn't turn out to be true -- the detainees' home countries aren't going to do so? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-2-24 6:43:47 PM |