(Arabic: خالد شيخ محمد, Khālid Shaykh Muḥammad; also transliterated as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and additionally known by at least fifty aliases) is a militant held in U.S. military custody in Guantánamo Bay for alleged acts of terrorism including the mass murder of civilians. He was identified as "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks" by the 9/11 Commission Report.
The reason Khalid Sheikh Mohammad is still a detainee without a trial hearing is because Republicans are afraid of the outcome of the USA Judicial System.
Published on Monday, June 28, 2004 by Reuters
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by James Vicini
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| WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court severely limited the Bush administration's war on terrorism on Monday and allowed cases brought by terror suspects challenging their confinement to proceed in the American legal system. The surprising moves by the high court came in a series of term-ending decisions that pitted civil liberties concerns against national security arguments and marked a blow to President Bush's assertion of sweeping presidential powers after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. In one ruling the court said the hundreds of foreign terror suspects at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba could turn to American courts to challenge their confinement. In another ruling it said an American held in his nation is entitled to procedural protections to contest his detention.... Unless the World Court takes the case, there is simply no time to put together prosecution and carry out a trial before the end of the year release date. Follow that up with the 2006 National Intelligence Assessment and what is left is the fact the majority of Gitmo Detainees are 'responsive' to a war promulgated by Bush and they only classify as POWs. Khaleid Sheikh Mohammad is a primary criminal. He acted before Bush launched the illegal war into Iraq that required response from all areas of the Middle East militias. Got that? Those that responded to a war illegally promulgated by Bush was responding to that war to thwart it while their governments would not take action, but, Kahleid Sheikh Mohammad was one of the ORIGINAL combatants to the September 11th attacks. He was guilty of the attacks before Bush's illegal war into Iraq. He wasn't in reaction to the illegal war, he was an initial perpetrator. He is probably one of the detainees in Gitmo that has legitimate status to be there. Yet, there is no trail anywhere to sentence him to prison for the rest of his life. Why? Because the Republicans are afraid of the USA Justice System and the presence of these men on USA soil in military prisons or worse. Don't point fingers anywhere except the incompetent and politically centered Republicans in both houses. "The clock is running." What political party has been placing National Security at risk? What political party? The Republicans and their 'culture of fear.' The Republican Party undergoes a memory cleaning with every election. They simply conduct themselves on rhetoric and have no substance to governing. If they did Gitmo would have been closed a long time ago and all the most dangerous already tried and in prison. The Republicans are not competent legislators. They don't conduct the business of the nation, they conduct the next election. The Republicans rely on swaying "The will of the American People," not conducting the nation's business. When President Obama actually governs they don't recognize it and feel threatened because their political play book has no plan for responding to governance. The President doesn't have to answer to a legislative body if they are deadlocked on obstruction. Governing is not about a popularity poll. It is about doing a job. Bringing a POW needed to be navigated. It is amazing to watch the country deteriorate into a gossip column of politics. In Vietnam when a POW was released we couldn't wait to get them home. We didn't question their citizenship or motives when CAPTURED. It can only be desperation by the GOP to define impeachment. Nothing else makes sense. I don't care what the Taliban 5 did. They were going to be released by year end anyway. They were necessary to position Afghanistan in a peace plan. It isn't our problem anymore and the USA has no right to jeopardize any possibility for Afghanistan to end conflict. |
