Psychoblues
06-05-2007, 12:30 AM
Is this mutiny, somebody just joking or is the rule of American and international law beginning to regain their significance in these issues?
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A military judge on Monday dismissed charges against Canadian detainee Omar Khadr, saying the matter is outside the jurisdiction of the military tribunal system.
The stunning ruling by Army Col. Peter Brownback came just minutes into Khadr's arraignment, in which he faced charges he committed murder in violation
of the law of war, attempted murder in violation of the law of war, conspiracy, providing material support for terrorism and spying.
Khadr had been classified as an «enemy combatant» by a military panel years earlier at Guantanamo Bay, but because he was not classified as an «alien unlawful enemy combatant,» Brownback said he had no choice but to throw the case out.
More: http://www.pr-inside.com/judge-dismisses-charges-against-canadian-r143592.htm
I’ll bet on the latter.
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A military judge on Monday dismissed charges against Canadian detainee Omar Khadr, saying the matter is outside the jurisdiction of the military tribunal system.
The stunning ruling by Army Col. Peter Brownback came just minutes into Khadr's arraignment, in which he faced charges he committed murder in violation
of the law of war, attempted murder in violation of the law of war, conspiracy, providing material support for terrorism and spying.
Khadr had been classified as an «enemy combatant» by a military panel years earlier at Guantanamo Bay, but because he was not classified as an «alien unlawful enemy combatant,» Brownback said he had no choice but to throw the case out.
More: http://www.pr-inside.com/judge-dismisses-charges-against-canadian-r143592.htm
I’ll bet on the latter.