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Obama seeks halt to Guantanamo trials - Yahoo! News
Obama seeks halt to Guantanamo trials - Yahoo! News
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) Hours after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases. Military judges were expected to rule on the request on Wednesday ...
Obama Seeks Halt to Legal Proceedings at Guantanamo
washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Obama Seeks Halt to Legal Proceedings at Guantanamo
Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay facility
Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay facility
cnn.com — A guard keeps watch from a tower at the military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (more) Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay facility
Pentagon: Guantanamo detainees back to battlefield
bostonherald.com — W ASHINGTON Terror suspects who have been held but released from Guantanamo Bay are increasingly returning to the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said today. Sixty-one detainees who have been released from the U.S. Navy ... (more) Pentagon: Guantanamo detainees back to battlefield
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9-11 Killers Spared!... Obama Halts Gitmo War Crimes Tribunals
Gateway Pundit — Thank goodness... The 9-11 killers are spared. 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed can sleep soundly tonight. He has a new friend in the White House. The new POTUS halted all Gitmo tribunals. Reuters reported: Hours after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases. Military judges were expected to rule on the request on Wednesday at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...

Early Morning Swim: Special First Post-BushCo Edition
Firedoglake — ... here, here, here, and here. MoJo and The Nation weigh in.  Jane's thoughts here. The Arab world's reax. Sullivan has wingnut reax to the speech. HuffPo has ball roundups. Guess he's not a strict constructionist after all. He's lucky he only got booed. Obama's first day on the job. Obama Administration to halt Gitmo trials.  The White House gets a blog. ...

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD, PRESIDENT OBAMA
Dr. Sanity — ... in some parts of the world that hate America and all it stands for is not simply going to vanish no matter how much talk of 'hope and change' (i.e., appeasement and sucking up to evil) issues forth from the new, improved, progressive (i.e., ...

Barry Ask For Temporary Halt To G’itmo Trials
Pirate's Cove — ... Hours after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases. ...

Barry Ask For Temporary Halt To G’itmo Trials
Stop The ACLU — ... (don’t ask me. I was working, and I never watch them. Can’t stand all the pomp and circumstance), President Barry, after a couple Marlboro’s, made a decision. Sort of [image] ...

Stopping Gitmo trials
Political Animal — STOPPING GITMO TRIALS.... So far, so good . Hours after taking office, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases and a judge granted the request on Wednesday in the case against a young Canadian. When defense lawyers did not oppose the move, a judge froze the proceedings against Canadian Omar Khadr, who was captured at age 15 and is accused of murdering a U.S. soldier with a grenade during a firefight in Afghanistan. [...] Obama's order to the prosecutors was issued several ...

Obama Count
Pirate's Cove — So, let’s see: not even one week since the coronation, and Obama has already signed an order putting a temporary halt to G’itmo detainee trials, which was pretty much his second order. The first was signing a proclamation declaring 20 January 2009 a national day of renewal and reconciliation. signed an order closing Guantanamo Bay detention center, but has no idea where to put the jihadis signed an order closing CIA “black sites.” In the process, he told the world how many there were, which ...

Obama Count-Not Even A Week
Stop The ACLU — signed an order putting a temporary halt to G’itmo detainee trials , which was pretty much his second order. The first was signing a proclamation declaring 20 January 2009 a national day of renewal and reconciliation. signed an order ...

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