 | Of course they do, it's in the training manual. |
PARIS (AP) - Six former inmates of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, insisted Wednesday on their innocence in closing arguments of their trial in Paris on charges of links to terrorism.
The trial has focused as much on the U.S. prison camp - roundly condemned by France and many other countries - as on the terror charges. Even prosecutor Sonya Djemni-Wagner requested unexpectedly light sentences for the men Tuesday after taking into account their ``arbitrary detention'' at Guantanamo.
| You begin to wonder if this is the whole point of the trial ... |
``To convict them would be to legitimize Guantanamo,'' defense lawyer Dominique Many said Wednesday. Paul-Albert Iweins, another defense lawyer, called the prison ``a system put in place to attack their dignity and their most sacred values.''
| Most sacred values include killing infidels and blowing stuff up ... |
Many said the suspects had been attracted to Afghanistan by a religious ``ideal'' well before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. ``There was not a question of terrorism,'' he said.
| "Non, non, certainement pas!" |
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