Friday, January 21, 2011

War on Terror: Obama plans new Guantanamo process

Barack Obama finally puts on one of his campaign promises: the U.S. president wants to close the camp at Guantanamo, according to a press report is not anymore, but even launch new military tribunals. At the start there may be proceedings against three suspects. Hamburg - Barack Obama fits the political reality.

The U.S. president has not shut Guantanamo before - and apparently sees no chance to do so in the near future. Now he wants to make more use of military tribunals, according to a press release on the ground for the prosecution of the remaining prisoners. According to "New York Times (NYT) is expected that the withdrawal of Defense Robert Gates in the coming days, a statement that no new rules are instituted against the detainees there.


The statement he had issued a day after the inauguration of Barack Obama as U.S. president in January 2009. This would pave the way for this to allow new trials of the detainees. To date, four trials before military tribunals in Cuba have been completed, had taken even before taking office Obama began.

In the "New York Times' report says that new processes are likely to be expected in the coming weeks. The newspaper cites sources in the government. A military spokesman declined to comment to do so. First, there is therefore likely to proceedings against one or several detainees who had previously provided for.

are mentioned: Abd al-Rahim al-Naschiri. He is accused of planning the attack on the U.S. destroyer Cole in Yemen in 2000 to have. Ahmed al-darbi. Another Saudi - he is said to have planned attacks against oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Obaidullah. An Afghan, he is said to have hidden explosives.

The step of Obama was the difficult political situation in the U.S. and the general rejection of civil process for Guantanamo prisoners due. Thus, the Congress had set last new obstacles for the closure of military prison. For the remaining 30 prisoners there who are still waiting for possible indictments, the fate is sealed pretty clear.

You will therefore probably indicted for war crimes before a military tribunal. According to the report, the White House is also preparing a decree that a further 50 prisoners can be detained as "enemy combatants" probably for an indefinite time there. A committee will review at regular intervals that they can be released.

Only late last year there had been the first time a civilian trial of a Guantanamo inmates. Here, the Geschwnen the Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani said although guilty - but only one count. From another 285 allegations said they released him. The process highlighted the difficulties that there should have been many civilian Guantanamo processes: confessions obtained under torture may not be used.

So the judge did in New York an important witness for the prosecution, because the investigators had tracked him to CIA interrogations Ghailanis. The Tanzanians had been eating for a while in a secret prison of the U.S. secret service and had been abused there may be.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 9:30 AM

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