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20 Oct 08

Muslim fanatic prisoners to be 'de-programmed' using controversial techniques to 'cure' them of beliefs| News | This is London

Psychologists in the Prison Service will try to ‘cure’ extremist Muslim inmates of their political beliefs with controversial therapies similar to those used to ‘de-programme’ members of religious cults.

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There are 90 Muslim prisoners serving time for terrorist offences, and the Ministry fears that, if left unchallenged, their violent, jihadist interpretation of Islam will spread.
A Ministry source said that to be a Muslim in jail was now seen as ‘cool’, and while Muslim prisoners once felt isolated and vulnerable, they were now ‘flexing their muscles’. This made it all the more important to ensure that extremist views did not spread.
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- On the front line are approximately 150 prison imams, who are expected to challenge extremist beliefs on the basis of their own religious knowledge.
- They now number 153, around 35 per cent – proportionately more than in any other prison, and ten times the percentage in the population at large.
- After years of slow growth, since 2006 the number of Muslims in the prison has doubled.
- ‘In Long Lartin , I’ve seen them throwing pots of hot ghee over two black boys who wouldn’t turn Muslim,’ he says. ‘The violence here isn’t so bad. But if you’re not one of them, they shun you.’ He says he wants to stay in the unit.
- ‘I understand the politics, and I know I’m likely to die in prison. I feel I’m here for a purpose. For me, it’s like a decree from God. Whatever it is, I’m happy with it.’
- The Extremism Unit is investigating at least one longer-range strategy that may help deal with jihadists: cognitive behavioural therapy, similar to the ‘de-programming’ methods used to ‘unbrainwash’ members of religious cults.
- ‘De-programming’ sex offenders is one thing; to do the same with a prisoner’s faith and political beliefs quite anothe

17 Jun 08

AMERICA --soldier gets 110-years for raping girl - Times Online

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This American soldier received 110 years to serve in a prison while another soldier in the same group recieved a 100 year jail sentence for participating in the rape crimes on an Iraqi girl. Now if American soldiers are given severe prison penalties for their crimes; would America provide farin justice to the Guitmo "enemy combattants" who were captured by co-alition forces in Afghanistan/Iraw etc.?
- liveinfreedom on 2008-02-22

“We were expecting the death penalty against those criminals and the place to
carry out the sentence is where the incident happened,” Janabiat’s cousin,
Abu Ammar, told Reuters.
- The depth of involvement in the crimes determines the punishment of the criminals under America's laws. America has the death penalty in some states but not all states. The military laws are seperate laws enforced by the military and with a view od delivering "justice" to all concerned. I'm sorry that some people don't agree with the punishment given these soldiers but 100 or more years with loss of freedom can be more severe to bear than the death sentence. Sadam isn't suffering anymore for the crimes he committed and I wonder if he too, should have received a prison sentence of 100 or more years in jail. Sadam would still be in jail wishing he was executed , I would guess had he not been hung. - on 2008-06-17
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The accused ringleader, former Private Steven Green, was discharged from the
Army for a “personality disorder” and is awaiting trial in a civilian court,
where he could face a possible death penalty.
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- Sergeant Paul Cortez and Specialist James Barker, both of whom admitted to
  raping the girl, received life sentences after pleading guilty earlier this
  year

12 Jun 08

Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts - NYTimes.com

Well it took time too iron out the American laws and now a court precedence has been set into place. Rember too, that the Supreme court hardly evere overturns a decision made by the Supreme Court of America.

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Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts
he Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.
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- The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times."
- The court said not only that the detainees have rights under the Constitution, but that the system the administration has put in place to classify them as enemy combatants and review those decisions is inadequate.
- The administration had argued first that the detainees have no rights.

05 Jun 08

My Way News - Guantanamo court day for alleged 9/11 mastermind

Finally the terrorist who planned the 911 strike on America will get their day in court , but only if the Supreme Court allows the current court legal structure to be used.

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Mohammed is represented by two officers from the Navy and the Air Force. Two civilian attorneys from Idaho, including one who defended a client accused in the white supremacist Ruby Ridge case, also represent the Pakistani.
The arraignment will launch the highest-profile test yet of a tribunal system that faces an uncertain future.
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- Army Col. Steve David, chief defense counsel for the tribunals, said the military commissions - which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in 2006 as unconstitutional before they were altered and resurrected months later - are "fundamentally flawed."
- The tribunals have been mired in confusion over courtroom rules and dogged by delays.
- "We will zealously identify and expose each and every" flaw, he said.
- Military commissions have been conducted since George Washington used them after the end of the Revolutionary War, but this is the first time the United States has used them during an ongoing conflict, Hartmann said.
- Two weeks ago, Deputy Secretary of State Gordon England declared that providing "fair trials" at Guantanamo is the No. 1 legal services obligation for the Defense Department,
- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down an earlier system as unconstitutional in 2006, and is to rule this month on the rights of Guantanamo prisoners, potentially delaying or halting the proceedings.
- Dozens of U.S. and international journalists arrived at Guantanamo on Wednesday on a military plane for the joint arraignment, which the military expects to last just one day.
- All five are charged with murder in violation of the law of war, conspiracy, attacking civilians, terrorism and other crimes.
- due to appear with Mohammed are: Ramzi Binalshibh, said to have been the main intermediary between the hijackers and al-Qaida leaders; Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, known as Ammar al-Baluchi, a nephew and lieutenant of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed; al-Baluchi's assistant, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi; and Waleed bin Attash, a detainee known as Khallad, who allegedly selected and trained some of the 19 hijackers.

20 Mar 08

Text of President Bushes Speech to the U.N.announcing war on terrorism

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Just read President Bushe's address to the UN
- liveinfreedom on 2008-03-19

he founding members resolved that the peace of the world must never
again be destroyed by the will and wickedness of any man. We created the United
Nations Security Council, so that, unlike the League of Nations, our
deliberations would be more than talk, our resolutions would be more than
wishes. After generations of deceitful dictators and broken treaties and
squandered lives, we dedicated ourselves to standards of human dignity shared by
all, and to a system of security defended by all.
Our common security is challenged by regional conflicts -- ethnic and
religious strife that is ancient, but not inevitable. In the Middle East, there
can be no peace for either side without freedom for both sides
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- Had Saddam Hussein been appeased instead of stopped, he would
  have endangered the peace and stability of the world. Yet this aggression was
  stopped -- by the might of coalition forces and the will of the United Nations.
  
  To suspend hostilities, to spare himself, Iraq's dictator accepted a series
  of commitments. The terms were clear, to him and to all. And he agreed to
  prove he is complying with every one of those obligations.
  
  He has proven instead only his contempt for the United Nations, and for all
  his pledges. By breaking every pledge -- by his deceptions, and by his
  cruelties -- Saddam Hussein has made the case against himself.
- n 1991, Security Council Resolution 688 demanded that the Iraqi regime
  cease at once the repression of its own people, including the systematic
  repression of minorities -- which the Council said, threatened international
  peace and security in the region. This demand goes ignored.
- Tens of thousands of political opponents and
  ordinary citizens have been subjected to arbitrary arrest and imprisonment,
  summary execution, and torture by beating and burning, electric shock,
  starvation, mutilation, and rape. Wives are tortured in front of their
  husbands, children in the presence of their parents -- and all of these horrors
  concealed from the world by the apparatus of a totalitarian state.
- In 1993,
  Iraq attempted to assassinate the Emir of Kuwait and a former American
  President. Iraq's government openly praised the attacks of September the 11th.
  And al Qaeda terrorists escaped from Afghanistan and are known to be in Iraq.
- U.N. inspectors believe Iraq has produced two to four
  times the amount of biological agents it declared,
- Just months after the 1991 cease-fire, the Security Council twice renewed its
  demand that the Iraqi regime cooperate fully with inspectors, condemning Iraq's
  serious violations of its obligations. The Security Council again renewed that
  demand in 1994, and twice more in 1996, deploring Iraq's clear violations of its
  obligations. The Security Council renewed its demand three more times in 1997,
  citing flagrant violations; and three more times in 1998, calling Iraq's
  behavior totally unacceptable. And in 1999, the demand was renewed yet again.
- s we meet today, it's been almost four years since the last U.N.
  inspectors set foot in Iraq, four years for the Iraqi regime to plan, and to
  build, and to test behind the cloak of secrecy.

12 Mar 08

6 at Guantánamo Said to Face Trial in 9/11 Case - New York Times

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Defense lawyers are also expected to use any commission cases to challenge the prosecutors over the C.I.A.’s destruction of tapes of interrogations of two detainees, which has been acknowledged by the agency.

22 Feb 08

U.S. military will seek death penalty for 6 Guantánamo prisoners - International Herald Tribune

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The enemy will get a fair trial here in America; more so than they would in other Islamic countries. The animals of terrism should be given the most serious punishment so that other terrorist can learn that their ways are not the ways for civilized people to behave.
- liveinfreedom on 2008-02-22