Gitmo judge stops 9/11 trial despite objections by martyrdom-seeking defendants

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Source: MSNBC

BREAKING NEWS: Gitmo judge stops 9/11 trial despite objections by martyrdom-seeking defendants

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[AngryAmish]

1. t sounds like an Onion headline

[catgirl]

2. Judge grants Obama request to suspend Gitmo trial

Source: Associated Press

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – The judge in the Sept. 11 war crimes case at Guantanamo has agreed to President Barack Obama's request to suspend the case pending a 120-day review.

The defendants opposed the delay. All have said they want to plead guilty to charges that carry a potential death sentence.

Army Col. Stephen Henley issued the ruling Wednesday after a brief hearing at the U.S. base in Cuba.

Prosecutors sought the suspension to give the Obama administration time to review the special system for prosecuting alleged terrorists set up by former President George W. Bush and Congress.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_sept11_trial

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Great news.

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3. I don't understand..

how it is that people who admitted participating in 9/11, are still in a state of legal limbo, after all these years. Seems like Gitmo was all about some kind of experiment in torture.