In another setback for the Bush Administrations "War on Terror", five Algerian men have been ordered by the Supreme Court of the United States to be released.
US District Judge Richard Leon stated that the US Justice Department had failed to prove that the men planned to fight Americans by bombing the US Embassy in Sarajevo. Judge Leon went on to say that the US case was weak where the US case was based on
A classified document from an unnamed source” for its central claim against the men, with little way to measure credibility.
To rest on so thin a reed would be inconsistent with this court’s obligation
A sixth Algerian mans case was rejected as Judge Leon stated that he was a facilitator for Al Qaeda.
The five men, Lakhdar Boumediene, Mohamed Nechla, Mustafa Ait Idir, Saber Lahmar and Hadj Boudella, had been detained at Guanamo Bay for seven long years. That is a long time to be detained for committing no offense. Seven years that these people will never have back again.
I've said this so many times in the past that I've lost count, but when President Elect Barack Obama takes office, he will need to close Guantanamo Bay, process the remaining detainees as quickly as possible in a US Supreme Court on the US mainland to ensure that a fair and just trial is carried out.
It is time to find out what the Bush administration has been hiding from the world for the past 8 years and correct all the wrongs.
- Beju -
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