First GITMO prisoner brought stateside for trial

MrBishop

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A Tanzanian accused in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa is set to appear Tuesday in federal court in New York, the first Guantanamo detainee scheduled for trial in a civilian court in the U.S.Ahmed Ghailani is accused of 286 separate counts related to the Aug. 7, 1998, bombing of embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. The attacks killed 224 people.

The Justice Department said Ghailani was referred from prosecution in a civilian court after his case was reviewed by the Obama administration's interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force. Ghailani had been held at the U.S. military prison in Cuba since September 2006.

"With his appearance in federal court today, Ahmed Ghailani is being held accountable for his alleged role in the bombing of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and the murder of 224 people," Attorney General Eric Holder said. "The Justice Department has a long history of securely detaining and successfully prosecuting terror suspects through the criminal justice system, and we will bring that experience to bear in seeking justice in this case."

Ghailani is accused of six counts of conspiracy to murder, bomb and maim. The other charges are specifically related to the bombings — murder and attempted murder; using and carrying an explosive device; and using and attempting to use weapons of mass destruction. Ten of the charges carry possible death sentences.

The Tanzanian first was indicted in December 1998 on charges that he conspired with Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida members to kill Americans overseas and aided in the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania. That bombing killed at least 11 people and injured 85.
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yeah fortunately for us canada stuffs don't serve as no precedent. we got real 'merican justice down here.
 
MrBishop said:
Actually to think of it...doesn't that happen all the time with criminals who get extradited back to the home country?
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Other way around. Extradited means you did the crime, then fled the country .. and now you're going back where you did the crime. Some countries do have treaties allowing convicted criminals to serve their time in their home country as opposed to where they were convicted, particularly where language is an issue. Actually trying someone in a criminal court as opposed to an international (hague) or military court is novel.
 
Iffin' you need an Embassy blowd up! call Ahmed.

ok so here's how this works Holmes
He gets tried by a jury of his 'peers'?
(lets import some Tanzanians?)
Represented by the ACLU?
Acquitted of all charges!
Seeks political asylum as a political refugee
which of course is granted!
Then becomes a University Professor and
a bomb throwin' Liberal flag waver, jeez our next President!
All hail the Chief!


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We had an Embassy git blowd up thar,
remember? No wait nvrmnd, Billy was gettin'
a blowd job in the orval orrifice.

C'mere chubby lil' girl and lemme see's where
this ceegar can go!

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If you are unaware of the extensive military operations
we've been involved in all over the world,
on every continent, since the beginning of the
vaunted War on Terror, how is that a failing on ours parts?
 
I'm aware of those. The point that you seem to be avoiding here is that the Ghailani situation wasn't part of a war.
 
Oh that's right my bad
his alleged crime took place under the Clinton administration
when we didn’t treat terrorists like unlawful combatants
but as criminals
although he was apprehended i.e. kidnapped or unlawfully detained
in Pakistan trust me brotha, it was after 9-11 and we rewrote the rules.
 
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