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Monday, June 04, 2007

Stick a kid in Gitmo at 15, hold him without trial for 5 years, and then dismiss the charges?

this makes me violently ill... grief...? anger...? how does somebody respond to something like this...?
A military judge has dismissed charges against Canadian detainee Omar Khadr, saying the matter is outside the jurisdiction of the military tribunal system.

Khadr, a Canadian who was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan, and a Yemeni accused of chauffeuring Osama bin Laden had faced terrorism charges Monday under a reconfigured military tribunal system that critics say remains unconstitutional.

as of this posting, no reason for the dismissal of charges was given...

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