Reuters: Vietnam charges 3 U.S. citizens with "terrorism"

[Eugene]

Vietnam charges 3 U.S. citizens with "terrorism"
02 Nov 2006 20:03:42 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Grant McCool

HANOI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Seven people, including three Vietnamese-born
U.S. citizens, will be prosecuted on charges of plotting violence against
Vietnam's communist government, officials said on Thursday.

The prosecutor included charges against a U.S. citizen whose 13-month-long
detention has drawn attention in the United States before a Nov. 17-20 visit
to Vietnam by President George W. Bush.

U.S. Senator Mel Martinez of Florida has linked the detention of Orlando,
Florida resident Nguyen Thuong Cuc (alias Foshee Thuong Nguyen) to passage
of a bill granting Vietnam permanent normal trade relations status.

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The statement linked the seven to a Vietnamese-born resident of the United
States, Nguyen Huu Chanh, who was suspected of plotting to bomb Vietnam
embassies in recent years.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02433031.htm

[no_hypocrisy]

1. No habeas corpus for you, Yankee dogs . . .

Expect some reciprocity because of our ill-fated Congress and their fearless leader.

[Sal316]

2. So, Mel Martinez supports terrorists?

I'm confused.

:dilemma:

It is ok because they're US citizens.....no, so are Lindh and Padilla.

Must be because they're anti-commie!

:crazy:

[provis99]

4. i think you've got it

under the old Reagan criteria, if they're anti-communist they're not terrorists, they're "freedom fighters".

[LynnTheDem]

3. Waterboard em. Sleep deprivation. Food deprivation.

It's the New American Way!

[Vinca]

5. This should make John McCain real proud. nt

[0007]

6. The New American Way all the Way!



[wicket]

7. So Bush is finally going to make it to Vietnam?

has drawn attention in the United States before a Nov. 17-20 visit
to Vietnam by President George W. Bush.

[Judi Lynn]

8. So someone is trying to replay the Viet Nam war?

From the article:

The prosecutors said that "in order to carry out the plot, Nguyen Huu Chanh and his accomplices stopped at nothing, including terrorist bombing and using radio broadcasts to call for an uprising and then to stir unrest and upset the lives of cadres, public employees and ordinary people."
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Apparently right-wingers never really put the past behind them, learn from their mistakes and move on. They just try to resurrect old suffering, grief, tragedy, (for others, of course) and do it again and again until they get to win. I hope the world will finally teach them that lesson most of already learned as human beings, long, long ago: common decency.