Four Guantanamo Prisoners Ruled 'Enemy Combatants' (Reuters)

freedom_to_read

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Fri Aug-13-04 12:39 PM
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Four Guantanamo Prisoners Ruled 'Enemy Combatants' (Reuters)

Edited on Fri Aug-13-04 12:40 PM by freedom_to_read

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has ruled that four terror war suspects jailed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are legitimate "enemy combatants" after completing a fledgling appeals process that will eventually review all 585 being held, the Pentagon (news - web sites) said on Friday."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040813/ts_nm/security_guantanamo_combatants_dc

Better headline:
Foxes rule: hens 'secure'

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Fri Aug-13-04 01:06 PM
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1. Out of the thousands they held there

only four are really legitimate enemy combatants???

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freedom_to_read

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Fri Aug-13-04 01:25 PM
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2. just the first 4 to be so declared

by their incredibly transparent and disinterested review process </sarcasm>

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louis-t

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Fri Aug-13-04 02:02 PM
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3. They've already released thousands

and there are only about 500 or 600 left!

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HereSince1628

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Fri Aug-13-04 02:41 PM
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4. Damn, I thought they ALL were enemy combatants...

The decision making period for this decision is longer than that required to meet most Masters Degrees.

And to those who turn out not to be EC's we simply say, "Oops, you can leave now?"

I definitely feel safer now, knowing the little I do about how my government is creating people who hate us.

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MasonJar

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Fri Aug-13-04 03:43 PM
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5. Military tribunals should not be accepted as the answer to the

Supreme Court ruling.

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