Death trial date set for victims of US torture program.

[moon]

Death penalty trial date set for alleged September 11 attackers

Judge says long-awaited trial will face 'a host of administrative and logistics challenges' with torture being a factor.



A military judge set a January 2021 date for the start of the long-stalled war crimes trial of the five men being held at Guantanamo Bay on charges of planning and aiding the September 11 attacks, which led to a US invasion of and 18-year war in Afghanistan.

Judge Shane Cohen, an Air Force colonel, set the start date in a case that has been bogged down in pretrial litigation for years.

Cohen said the trial at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "will face a host of administrative and logistics challenges".

The five will be the first to go on trial in the "military commissions" established to handle the "war on terror" detainees captured and sent to Guantanamo after September 11.

The five were formally charged in 2012 with conspiracy, attacking civilians, murder in violation of the law of war, aircraft hijacking and terrorism.

The men were captured in Pakistan in 2002-2003 and moved to Guantanamo Bay prison after spending years in clandestine CIA detention facilities where they were tortured.

The CIA subjected Mohammed to waterboarding 183 times in 2003, which former US President George W Bush later said he personally authorised. Mohammed's lawyers have argued that discussion of his torture is necessary for a free trial.

Karen Greenberg, director of the Center of National Security, said the suspects' torture and their mental health conditions would be major factors in the trial considering they face the death penalty if convicted.

"What lies at the heart of this case is is it possible to bring this case with clean evidence - evidence that was not derived from torture," Greenberg told Al Jazeera.

Some have questioned whether the trial will actually go forward as defence lawyers have said they will attempt to halt the proceedings, according to the Times.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/...055617121.html

They have GOT to be kidding ! Evidence from 183 water-boardings of one man ? What kind of a sicko judge would even HEAR such a travesty.

[iewitness]

it is right on schedule. it is a good time for all responsible for islamic terror in this land to begin to die by the thousands. DEATHTOTHEDEEPSTATE! when I say all responsible, that includes islamists just like you; which are an after fruit of the seeds sown in the islamic revolution in this land. all islamists must be neutralized. domestic enemy combatant islamists aren't just muslims anymore.

[volsrock]

They have GOT to be kidding ! Evidence from 183 water-boardings of one man ? What kind of a sicko judge would even HEAR such a travesty.

suck the suck..u terrorist

[moon]

Moron. NOBODY'S ' evidence ' is valid after 183 waterboardings.

[volsrock]

Moron. NOBODY'S ' evidence ' is valid after 183 waterboardings.

suck the suck

so he lied 182 times than told the truth

[moon]

You're a repugnant torture pimp. Don't even THINK that you're a fucking American, you reptile.

[volsrock]

You're a repugnant torture pimp. Don't even THINK that you're a fucking American, you reptile.

LOL

Great Pics!

[moon]

Think about them when you stretch out in your wanker's crib.

[iewitness]

Guantanamo must be purged of the first day terrorists, in order to make room for the damned deepstate second day domestic enemy terrorist, islamic jihadists. you are with us/ the real people; or you are against us/ We. it is very much a spiritual decision. on Sept. 12th, 200i, the damned deepstate started cramming islam down the throats of all subjects of their deepstate. I did not realize the completeness of their Treason until recently now. I have been proclaiming what I see since it became a existential threat to life. Guantanamo should stink of all the damned deepstate/ BZA army enemy combatants. Jerusalem has Gehenna; USA should have a hell on Earth in Guantanamo. the deepstate enemy is worthy of violence in their deaths. IMODEATHTOTHEDEEPSTATE!

[Guno צְבִי]

Guantanamo must be purged of the first day terrorists, in order to make room for the damned deepstate second day domestic enemy terrorist, islamic jihadists. you are with us/ the real people; or you are against us/ We. it is very much a spiritual decision. on Sept. 12th, 200i, the damned deepstate started cramming islam down the throats of all subjects of their deepstate. I did not realize the completeness of their Treason until recently now. I have been proclaiming what I see since it became a existential threat to life. Guantanamo should stink of all the damned deepstate/ BZA army enemy combatants. Jerusalem has Gehenna; USA should have a hell on Earth in Guantanamo. the deepstate enemy is worthy of violence in their deaths. IMO

yes gitmo and FEMA camps must be ready for our white christian terrorists