Posted on 03/31/2008 9:05:54 AM PDT by prairiebreeze
The U.S. has charged a Guantanamo prisoner with war crimes for the deadly 1998 al-Qaida attack on the American embassy in Tanzania.
The Pentagon said Monday that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani could receive the death penalty if convicted by a military tribunal at the U.S. military prison.
The charges against Ghailani include murder and attacking civilians for his alleged role in a bombing that killed 11 people and wounded hundreds.
He is the 15th person charged in the military tribunals at Guantanamo, where trials are expected to get under way in late spring or early summer.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. has charged a Guantanamo prisoner with war crimes for the deadly 1998 al-Qaida attack on the American embassy in Tanzania.
The Pentagon said Monday that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani could receive the death penalty if convicted by a military tribunal at the U.S. military prison.
The charges against Ghailani include murder and attacking civilians for his alleged role in a bombing that killed 11 people and wounded hundreds.
He is the 15th person charged in the military tribunals at Guantanamo, where trials are expected to get under way in late spring or early summer.
(This version CORRECTS the date of the attack in the headline.)
John McCain, where are we to put these terrorists if we close Gitmo? Mainland USA?
But I thought they were just misunderstood youngsters!
But Nancy Pelosi told us they are just mistreated Muslims!!
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I take it that $125 million air-conditioned courthouse they’ve been building at Gitmo is about finished.
Leave him alone you fool. Do you really want Hildabeast or OBAMA YA MOMMA. Wise up he is all we got fool. Period
Hang the idiot before the Libs get the WH and set him free with 50 lawyers from theaclu ass hats. Hang em high and issue orders to the USMC at all embassys. Anyone steps foot on us soil fire till your out of ammo and then fix bayonets ang get delta and the seals in right away. Screw Congress lets kick ass we are the biggest and the badest and when people realize that all the crap goes down the toilet period.
Any comment from the Clintons since this was a terrorist attack purpetrated on Bubba’s watch????
Excellent question, rod1...
My, what a lucid post.
Pertinent Question of the Day!
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NEVER FORGET
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Why did the CLINTONS,
...who backed a Communist terrorist takeover of a then Free South Vietnam during the Vietnam War,
...refuse 3 free offers from the Sudan during the 1990’s to give us our No. 1 terrorist enemy OSAMA bin LADEN on a silver plate before he could hit us real hard here at home..?
Bringing down on stunningly selfless lifesavers like World Trade Center Tower II Security Chief RICK RESCORLA on September 11th, 2001:
http://www.RickRescorla.com/The%20Statue.htm
http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
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NEVER FORGET
> John McCain, where are we to put these terrorists if we close Gitmo? Mainland USA?
Alcatraz probably has some space.
This guy is an idiot!
LOL...why am I so not surprised...
This is great news!
Thanks, nutmeg!
Agreed...excellent question, rod1.
Heard anything from the Clintons yet?
If not, I suspect all you will hear is...
*crickets*
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