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Why?
By Kristin Roberts for Reuters (thanks to all who sent this in):
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it dropped charges against a Saudi who U.S. officials say intended to be the "20th hijacker" on September 11 but sent five others to trial for allegedly planning the 2001 attacks.A Pentagon appointee who oversees the U.S. war court at its Guantanamo Bay military prison did not say why she rejected the charges that prosecutors sought earlier this year against Mohammed al-Qahtani.
She dismissed the charges "without prejudice," a distinction that allows the U.S. government to try to bring charges against Qahtani again.
Murder and conspiracy charges against the five other men accused of planning the attacks, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, were approved, the Pentagon said. That means the men, all held at Guantanamo, must be arraigned within 30 days.
They will be tried together in proceedings that should start within 120 days. If convicted, they may face the death penalty....
Posted by Robert at May 13, 2008 4:53 PM
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The libs have aligned themselves with the people who want to bring this government down. For some reason their influence is larger than expected. I would like to see this Mohammed thrown into the slammer at Guantanomo--at the very least.
Posted by: lonewolf![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at May 13, 2008 5:34 PM
can they at least deport him.
Posted by: pulsar182 at May 13, 2008 6:10 PM
You are right, lonewolf. Bush & his Justice Department ARE liberals.
Posted by: Charles Bogle at May 13, 2008 9:05 PM
"You are right, lonewolf. Bush & his Justice Department ARE liberals."
If you move further to the right of Bush and his judicial appointees you're into the murky politics of the far right. Sad but true.
The first inkling Bush and Co were chumps was prior to and during the Chinese spyplane dabacle.
They're typical ideologues.
Posted by: Big Luke at May 14, 2008 6:13 AM
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