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| '9/11 mastermind' to wear fatigues at Guantanamo trial |
| 2012-10-18 |
| Self-declared 9/11 criminal mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be allowed to wear military-style camouflage at his Guantanamo Bay trial, a military judge ruled Tuesday. What KSM and four alleged co-conspirators will wear when they eventually appear before a military tribunal has been disputed in pre-trial hearings, but his defense argued that he had the right to choose military garb. "Mr. Mohammed is a enjugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! enemy prisoner of war. He wanted to wear the same type of uniform he wore while fighting for the US-supported Mujahedeen in Afghanistan and in Bosnia," argued military lawyer Captain Jason Wright. The defense also said it would argue that the defendants had not been, as the prosecution alleges, "unlawful combatants" but soldiers and thus denying them the right to military-style clothing would undermine his case. Prosecutors argued that KSM should not be allowed to wear a uniform for security reasons, but the military judge, Colonel James Pohl, dismissed this concern at the pre-trial hearing. "Look around the room. How many guards are here?" he said. "I'm not going to forbid the camouflage vest unless it is a US army uniform. The only prohibition -- the accused cannot wear clothing inconsistent with his confinement status." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 But, but, but Zhang Fei, are you telling me they...they, they don't wish to be just like us ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-10-18 17:26 |
| #2 Vercingetorix was strangled at the stake during one of Caesar's triumphs. Nations used to execute their external enemies. Now we engage in lengthy trials that work up tortured arguments about international law based on an illusory set of universal values. No amount of sophistry will lead our enemies to adopt our values. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-10-18 16:43 |
| #1 Fatigues, yes, but does he have any sprockets to wear with it? |
| Posted by: Spot 2012-10-18 07:42 |