Military Jury Convicts Bin Laden's Driver in Guantanamo Terror Case

[Wretched Excess]

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE —  A jury of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay has reached a split verdict in the war crimes trial of a former driver for Usama bin Laden, clearing him of some counts but convicting him on others that could send him to prison for life.

Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni, faces up to a life sentence after the 10-day trial, which provided the first demonstration of a special tribunal system for prosecuting alleged terrorists.

Four of the six officers on the jury must agree on a conviction, according to the system's rules.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398642,00.html



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[JohnnyReb]

Why can't I just shoot'im now?

[asdf2231]

WOOT!

[Chris_]

Why can't I just shoot'im now?

That's the question we shoulda asked when this turd was scooped up off the battlefield.   That's the prescribed outcome for anyone caught on a battlefield in the capacity of an Illegal Enemy Combatant, according to the Libtard's precious Geneva Convention.  

I guess whoever caught him was assuming that 200 years of tradition - the courts not interposing themselves between US Soldiers and the enemy in time of war, that is - would be honored by the people back stateside that they were over there risking their asses to protect.  Silly them.

[Wretched Excess]

The following is a statement by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on the Military Commission ’s verdict in the Hamdan case.
“I commend the military officers who presided over this trial and served on the hearing panel under difficult and unprecedented circumstances. They and all our Armed Forces continue to serve this country with valor in the fight against terrorism. That the Hamdan trial — the first military commission trial with a guilty verdict since 9/11 — took several years of legal challenges to secure a conviction for material support for terrorism underscores the dangerous flaws in the Administration’s legal framework. It’s time to better protect the American people and our values by bringing swift and sure justice to terrorists through our courts and our Uniform Code of Military Justice. And while it is important to convict anyone who provides material support for terrorism, it is long past time to capture or kill Usama bin Laden and the terrorists who murdered nearly 3000 Americans.”

*cough*cough*retard*cough*cough*

The following is a statement by Republican presidential candidate John McCain on the Military Commission’s verdict:
“I welcome today’s guilty verdict in the first trial held under the Military Commissions Act (MCA). This process of bringing terrorists to justice has been too long delayed, but I’m encouraged that it is finally moving forward. I supported that legislation, which was a good-faith effort by Congress to meet the Supreme Court’s direction to establish a process to bring terrorist detainees to trial. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a trusted confidante of Usama Bin Laden, was provided a full hearing of the charges against him and was represented by counsel who vigorously defended him. The jury found that the prosecution lawyers had proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Hamdan had aided terrorists by supplying weapons to Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. This process demonstrated that military commissions can effectively bring very dangerous terrorists to justice. The fact that the jury did not find Hamdan guilty of all of the charges brought against him demonstrates that the jury weighed the evidence carefully. Unlike Senator Obama who voted against the MCA and favors giving Al Qaeda terrorists direct access to U.S. civilian courts to contest their detention, I recognize that we cannot treat dangerous terrorists captured on the battlefield as we would common criminals.”

[Airwolf]

If they had shot the bastard on the field of battle it would have been much better.

[Odin's Hand]

He'll be eligible for release in 5 and 1/2 months according to this.

So, I expect we'll see him brought back into the network within 6 months and causing all kinds of mayhem for the U.S. and its allies and interests like the last time a detainee was released from Guantanamo Bay.