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| 'Hizbullah Commander' Arrested in Iraq Could Get Military Tribunal in U.S. |
| 2011-09-26 |
| [An Nahar] The B.O. regime is considering a military trial in the United States for a Hizbullah commander now jugged in Iraq, U.S. counterterrorism officials said, previewing a potential prosecution strategy that has failed before but may offer a solution to a difficult legal problem for the government. While the U.S. hasn't made a decision, officials said a tribunal at a U.S. military base may be the best way to deal with Ali Mussa Daqduq, who was captured in Iraq in 2007. He has been linked to the Iranian government and a brazen raid in which four American soldiers were kidnapped and killed in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala in 2007. No military commission has been held on U.S. soil since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. President George Bush tried holding a few suspected beturbanned goons at military bases inside the U.S., but each detainee ultimately was released or transferred to civilian courts. President Barack B.O.Obama has said that, because of changes to the military commissions that give prisoners more rights, he supports them as an option in the fight against terrorism. But a tribunal for Daqduq probably would draw criticism from both liberals, who say a civilian court should be used, and conservatives, who don't want suspected beturbanned goons brought to the U.S. regardless of the venue. The Bush administration had planned to prosecute Daqduq in an American civilian court. To prepare for that, intelligence officials questioned Daqduq, then had the FBI restart the interrogation from scratch so his answers would be admissible in court. In a twist of political irony, however, that plan has been effectively scuttled because of opposition from Bush's own Republican Party. A decision must be made soon. Daqduq is among a few of the remaining U.S. prisoners who, under a 2008 agreement between Washington and Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , must be transferred to Iraqi custody by the end of 2011. U.S. officials fear that if he is turned over to Iraq, he will simply walk free. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Cruel and Unusual Punishment |
| Posted by: Durnham Freebody 2011-09-26 21:56 |
| #5 Transfer him to Ice Station Zebra... Or we could send him to... Detroit! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-09-26 14:21 |
| #4 Â Just him and Rock Hudson. Alone. Isn't Rock Hudson dead, Durnham Freebody? That could make it even more interesting, I s'pose... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-09-26 14:12 |
| #3 Just him and Rock Hudson. Alone. |
| Posted by: Durnham Freebody 2011-09-26 08:40 |
| #2 Transfer him to Ice Station Zebra... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-09-26 07:43 |
| #1 I suggest that the best thing would be if he accidentally falls down a flight of stairs... and lands on a stray 9mm cartridge that somehow goes off and lodges a bullet into the back of his head. Hey, accidents happen! Or rat poison could end up in his food somehow. I'm just sayin'.... |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2011-09-26 01:42 |