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Released on a "technicality"?.....
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba ? All charges against Canadian Omar Khadr were dismissed Monday by a U.S. military judge, who ruled that his tribunal had no jurisdiction to try the alleged terrorist because the government had failed to designate him an "unlawful enemy combatant.''
"Charges are dismissed without prejudice,'' Colonel Peter Brownback said. Congress created the military tribunals to try only so-called "unlawful'' enemy combatants. The military panel that ruled on Mr. Khadr's status designated him only as an "enemy combatant'' in 2004.
Mr. Khadr showed no emotion when the ruling was announced. It was not clear that he understood the ruling. He was quickly hustled out of court.
The judge ruled that his court had no jurisdiction because Congress created the tribunals to deal only with "unlawful enemy combatants.''
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"they"
label the prisoners,
enact the laws,
set up the tribunal,
provide the lawyers,
hold the 'trial'
and what happens?
They didn't identify them according to the system they have set up.
Everything they did was based on the term used to identify them and they did that incorrectly.
A job well planned is a job half done.
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