Tag: tribunals
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obamessiah: more troops, more torture, less change
US military deaths in iraq war at 4,285 obama readies troops as afghans pile up body partsfrom jeremy scahill: As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase… Standing between Hamid Karzai and Pakistani president Asif…
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9/11 updates: propaganda, tribunals & failed experiments
new a&e fbi show portrays 9/11 truthers as dope smoking terroristsfrom paul joseph watson: A new FBI drama currently showing on A&E portrays 9/11 truthers as dope smoking terrorists in its pilot episode, a ploy made all the more interesting for the fact that A&E is part-owned by Hearst Corporation, which has also attempted to…
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9/11 updates: secret trials, white house moles & hero myths
judge’s order could keep public from hearing details of 9/11 trialsfrom washington post: The military judge overseeing proceedings against five of the men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks signed an order designed to protect classified information that is so broad it could prevent public scrutiny of the most important trial at Guantanamo…
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9/11: debates, project censored, tribunals & truth videos
video: excerpt from ‘zero’ follow-up debate in russia part1 (part2) 9/11 makes the top 25 censored stories for 2009from 9/11 blogger: #24-Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror: Testimony in the Japanese parliament, broadcast live on Japanese television in January 2008, challenged the premise and validity of the Global War on Terror. Parliament…
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9/11 + 7: truth, lies & everything else
video: 7 years on, osama bin laden still at largefrom raw replay: Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, Afghanistan is again the frontline of the US-led “war on terror” with extremist unrest intensifying and Osama bin Laden is still on the run. This video is from AFP, broadcast September 10, 2008.…
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bin laden driver seeks leniency from gitmo jury
from raw replay: Osama bin Laden’s former driver is expected to ask the Pentagon jury that convicted him of a war crime to spare him from life in prison on Thursday, his defense lawyers said. This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast August 7, 2008. related: bin laden driver knew 9/11 target: prosecutor &…
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driving bin laden: not guilty plea in war crimes tribunal
from dpa: The former driver for Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges on Monday as the first trial under US President George W Bush’s controversial military commissions got under way in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni national, has been charged with conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism and faces…
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9/11: no-show defendants & classified evidence
hearing delayed after 9/11 defendant wouldn’t come, lawyer saysfrom miami herald: Alleged 9/11 hijack conspirator Ramzi bin al Shibh reportedly refused to leave his prison camp cell Thursday, causing a military judge to postpone his hearing by a month. “He wouldn’t come,” said attorney Anthony Romero of the American Civil Liberties Union. Romero said military…
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9/11: tribunals, patsies, martyrs, mccain & more
judge critical of gitmo trials is dismissedfrom thinkprogress: Army Col. Peter Brownback III, a judge who was hearing a war crimes case at Guantanamo Bay and “publicly expressed frustration with military prosecutors’ refusal to give evidence to the defense,” has been dismissed. Brownback had threatened to suspend the proceedings against Omar Khadr “unless prosecutors handed…
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9/11: lawyers, lies, medals & media
ksm, alleged 9/11 architect, gets navy lawyerfrom miami herald: For two decades, attorney Prescott Prince was a solo practitioner with a small family and criminal law practice in eastern Virginia, and a reserve Navy career on the side… Tuesday, the soft-spoken 53-year-old with a mustache and thinning hair found himself with what well could be…
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white house torture advocate william haynes resigns
from thinkprogress: Defense Department General Counsel William Haynes, who was a “prime mover” in the Bush administration’s efforts to bypass the Geneva Convention, announced today that he “is returning to private life next month.” Already a controversial figure due to his torture advocacy, the negative spotlight on Haynes increased last week when former Gitmo prosecutor…
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q: what do the 9/11 & nazi trials have in common?
a: they’re both connected to the bush crime family… nazi parallel to justify 9/11 trial from press tv: The US has ordered diplomats abroad to justify seeking death penalty for 6 Gitmo detainees by recalling the executions of Nazi war criminals… Twelve of Adolf Hitler’s senior aides were sentenced to death at the International Military…
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pentagon charges tortured patsies with 9/11 crimes
from ap: The Pentagon has charged six detainees at Guantanamo Bay with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and officials said Monday the United States will seek the death penalty. Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann said the charges lay out a long-term sophisticated plan by the al-Qaida terrorist network…
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US: suspect is kin to 9/11 hijacker
from ap: A Saudi terrorism suspect facing possible charges before a military tribunal at Guantanamo has been identified as a brother-in-law of one of the Sept. 11 hijackers. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi, who is accused of helping to organize an al-Qaida plot to attack a ship, is a brother-in-law of Khalid al-Mihdhar, a Saudi…
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padilla convicted of terrorism support
from ap: Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration’s zeal to stop homegrown terror. Padilla, a U.S. citizen from Chicago, was once accused of being part of an al-Qaida plot to…