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AFP. 29 November 2001. Bush will decide who faces military trial: WHouse. US President George W. Bush will personally rule on a "case by case" basis which suspected terrorists will face controversial US military courts set up for that purpose, the White House said. "He has reserved to himself, as opposed to designated it -- delegating it to the secretary of defense or to any other officials -- that responsibility," spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters. Bush's decision to empower the US secretary of defense to set up special military tribunals to try non-US citizens alleged to be terrorists -- including those thought to have participated in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- has drawn fire from civil liberties advocates. "The president will make the designation about who would be subject to a military tribunal. He will make that determination on the basis of what he believes is in the national security interest," said Fleischer. The executive order, signed earlier this month, allows for a special military panel rather than a civilian court to try terrorists like Osama bin Laden, who is accused of masterminding the September strikes. [The article above did not care to remind anyone about Bush's atrocious record, as Texas governor, of approving death sentences in excess of any other US state.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
