Ahmed ghailani

From top to bottom: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Walid bin Attash. On Monday, following a request from the Obama administration, Army Col. Stephen Henley, the military judge in the proposed trial by Military Commission of five men charged in connection with the 9/11 attacks — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Walid bin Attash — agreed to the government’s proposal for a 60-stay in Reuters, following up on an announcement by the Justice Department, has just reported that three prisoners have been released from Guantánamo. Two men, who have not been identified, have been sent to Ireland, following successful negotiations between the Irish government and Daniel Fried , the Obama administration’s Special Envoy to Guantánamo. Their identities are being protected to help with their resettlement, but it seems likely, from previous discussions mentioned in the Irish media, thaFrom top to bottom: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Walid bin Attash. On Monday, following a request from the Obama administration, Army Col. Stephen Henley, the military judge in the proposed trial by Military Commission of five men charged in connection with the 9/11 attacks — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Walid bin Attash — agreed to the government’s proposal for a 60-stay in

Photos of "Jafar the Pilot" from the FBI's wanted poster . There has been much discussion of Iran having the bomb and of North Korea having the bomb but, little talk of the U.S.'s #1 enemy having the bomb -- al-Qaeda. Perhaps because that intel comes from Guantánamo Bay and proves that waterboarding works. The first detainee to give up any information about him was Abu Zubaydah, sometime after May 2002, maybe even as late as August when Zubaydah was waterboarded. He told his interrogaOn Monday, following a request from the Obama administration, Army Col. Stephen Henley, the military judge in the proposed trial by Military Commission of five men charged in connection with the 9/11 attacks — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Walid bin Attash — agreed to the government’s proposal for a 60-day stay in the proceedings, to give the administration more time to decide what it wants to do next. TheAhmed Ghailani entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Canada refuses US request to give Guantanamo detainees asylum. June 5th, 2009 Canada refuses US Guantanamo requestTORONTO — Canada has refused a request from the ...

By Devlin Barrett  Washington – Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainee cases have been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials in the nation’s capital, Virginia and New York City, officials told The Associated Press on Monday as a second strategy for trying the detainees emerged within the Obama administration. The Justice Department’s strategy of holding trials in East Coast cities could be a sharp departure from a Pentagon plan to hold all Guantanamo-related civilian and A US military judge ruled Monday that lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee and accused 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be allowed to tour secret CIA prisons, known as "black sites" where al-Shibh was detained, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday. Al-Shibh's lawyers had sought access to the sites in order to determine whether he is competent to stand trial. Judge Stephen Henley denied the request, ruling that the sites have likely changed since 2006, rendering an inspection Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty on Friday called on European countries to show accountability for their role in assisting the Central Intelligence Agency in using secret prisons. The statement follows reports that the CIA held high value terrorists in a secret prison in Lithuania. Marty called for all European countries to come forward regarding their involvement with the prisons. He also urged the Lithuanian government to conduct an in

In June, Republican Representative Thaddeus McCotter was noticeably upset at the possibility that an accused criminal would be given the right to a trial:“The Manhattan federal trial of Ahmed Ghailani again proves the Obama administration’s ideological refusal to face the reality that terrorism is a global martial threat; not a domestic criminal matter. The administration’s recalcitrance bodes ill for the homeland security of America and the allied Free World.”Rather than support trials for the

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional concerns. Defense Department general counsel Jeh Charles Johnson told the House Armed Services Committee that some suspected terrorists might be transferred to the U.S View original here: Mohammed Jawad, Gitmo Detainee, May Be Tried In U.S. Court The Obama administration is considering transferring more Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US, according to testimony Friday by US Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Charles Johnson to the the House Armed Services Committee. Some detainees could be transferred for long-term incarceration and others for prosecution, but none would be released domestically. Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was transferred to New York in June to face criminal charges for alleged involvemenThe Rule of Law is a concept that signifies the distinction between a judgment made by an Authority, rather than according to what the Law states. Gitmo is expensive and illegal. To date, at least one Gitmo detainee, Ahmed Ghailani, has been sent to the US for trial. Several US cities even want the prisoners. Quote: "By prosecuting Ahmed Ghailani in federal court, we will ensure that he finally answers for his alleged role in the bombing of our embassies in Tanzania

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional concerns. Defense Department general counsel Jeh Charles Johnson told the House Armed Services Committee that some suspected terrorists might be transferred to the U.S. for prosecution and others sent to a facility inside the U.S. for long-term incarcWASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional concerns. Defense Department general counsel Jeh Charles Johnson told the House Armed Services Committee that some suspected terrorists might be transferred to the U.S. for prosecution and others sent to a facility inside the U.S. for long-term inc

At Guantánamo this week, the Military Commission trial system convened for only the second time since President Obama announced a four-month freeze on all proceedings on his first day in office to give the new administration’s inter-departmental Guantánamo Task Force an opportunity to review the best ways in which to deal with the remaining prisoners inherited from the Bush administration. Reviving the Commissions, ill-advisedly In May, in a major speech on national security, Barack Last week, I conducted an interview by email with Carlos Sardiňa Galache, a Spanish journalist, for a journalists’ organization in Spain dedicated to the pursuit of human rights, P+DH , which was published in two parts on Monday and today. The original version in English is published below. Carlos Sardiňa Galache : Now that Obama is going to close Guantánamo , what will happen to its inmates? Could you explain briefly the different alternatives that the US govby Andy Worthington Featured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk 18 July 2009At Guantánamo this week, the Military Commission trial system convened for only the second time since President Obama announced a four-month freeze on all proceedings on his first day in office to give the new administration’s inter-departmental Guantánamo Task Force an opportunity to review the best ways in which to deal with the remaining prisoners inherited from the Bush administration.Reviving the Commiss

Originally posted at Daily Kos , the "farewell" relates to the decision to place on hiatus the "Torture News Roundup" series that I, Meteor Blades, and Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse had written on alternate weeks over at Daily Kos since earlier this year. I am not saying "farewell" to writing or blogging. This is not a GBCW diary. TNR is simply going on hiatus, though not without this one final foray into the news of the week. Meteor Blades, Patriot Daily News CleaAndrew McCarthy: T he Justice Department has a “history of securely detaining and successfully prosecuting terror suspects through the criminal-justice system.” So insisted Attorney General Eric Holder in a June 9 press release announcing the transfer of Ahmed Ghailani to the civilian-justice system in New York. Ghailani bombed the U.S. embassy in Tanzania on Aug. 7, 1998, the same day his fellow al-Qaeda savages bombed the U.S. embassy in Kenya. At least 224 people were killed. GhaThose who support drug prohibition are the best friends the drug lords could ever hope for. Drug warriors stand in eternal support of Osama bin Laden and worldwide terrorism; they are the wind beneath the wings of the barbarous cartels in Mexico and serve as home boys to the violent gangs that run roughshod in our neighborhoods. Drug war proponents have crafted policies that ensure ever increasing numbers of deaths from overdose, street corner shoot outs and from diseases that could have be

The department said Ahmed Ghailani arrived in the early morning hours Tuesday. US Marshals took custody of Ghailani from his military jailers and brought him to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Ghailani is scheduled to ...07/03/09: The Miami Herald reports that federal prosecutor David Raskin told US District Judge Lewis Kaplan that the United States the government will not dismantle overseas locations where former Guantánamo detainee Ahmed Ghailani ...“By transferring Ahmed Ghailani to civilian court in the US, President Obama appears to be treating a high-value detainee like a citizen criminal, rather than an international terrorist. Ghailani is not an American citizen and treating ...Facts on Ghailani, Guantanamo detainee sent to USNAME: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani./PRNewswire / -- The Justice Department today announced that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since September 2006, arrived early this morning in the Southern ...

WASHINGTON — A top al-Qaida suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said Wednesday, a major step in President Barack Obama's plan to close the detention center by early next ...Ahmed Ghailani has arrived. In New York City, that is. Well, at least this Detainee has charges against him that are ...WASHINGTON, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department today announced that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since September 2006, arrived early this ...The dialect pronounced Ahmed Ghailani arrived in the early sunrise hours Tuesday. US Marshals took control of Ghailani from his troops jailers and brought him to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. ...

Ahmed Ghailani is accused of participating in the 1998 bombings of American embassies in Africa. Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee tried in a U.S. courtroom. He has been held at Guantanamo Bay for 2 1/2 years.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us ... that charges have been sworn against Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani of Zanzibar, Tanzania. He is the fifteenth detainee against ... these allegations and others outlined in the charge sheet, Ghailani is charged with the following substantive offenses: murder in ... case.The chief prosecutor has recommended the charges against Ghailani be referred as capital. If the convening authority, in ... ... U.S. Defense Department announced today that charges against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani have been referred to trial by military commission. ... , the convening authority, Susan Crawford, referred nine charges against Ghailani. The case was referred as non-capital, meaning the maximum possible punishment is life in prison.Ghailani is charged with the following substantive offenses: murder in violation of ...

... plan to close the detention center by early next year. Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the ... It was not immediately clear when the transfer would occur. Ghailani, a Tanzanian, was categorized as a high-value detainee by ... saying he could not drive. Just before the embassy bombings, Ghailani flew to Pakistan. Last year, military prosecutors charged that after ... ... American civilian court, the Justice Department said Thursday. “By prosecuting Ahmed Ghailani in federal court, we will ensure that he finally ... appropriating funds to close the Guantánamo Bay detention center. Mr. Ghailani’s case is probably one of the easier one to ... has experience with terrorist trials.The indictment alleges that Mr. Ghailani helped purchase the Nissan truck and the oxygen and ... ... in a civilian court, two Obama administration officials said. Ahmed Ghailani, suspected of taking part in al Qaeda plots to bomb U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania ... because the plan has not been officially announced, said Ghailani will be tried in New York, where trials for ... . The officials did not say when Ghailani would be transported. Ghailani has been indicted in New York several ...

... to the United States for trial in a civilian court, two Obama administration officials said. Ahmed Khalfan ... a photo posted by the FBI in 2004. Ahmed Ghailani, suspected of taking part in al Qaeda ... the plan has not been officially announced, said Ghailani will be tried in New York, where trials ... The officials did not say when Ghailani would be transported. Ghailani has been indicted in New York ... Das mutmaßliche Al-Quaida-Mitglied Ahmed Ghailani aus Tansania soll in den USA der Prozess gemacht werden. Ghailani wäre damit der erste Häftling aus Guantánamo, dem ein ziviler Prozess gemacht wird. ... of law. But that's the plan, folks. Ahmed Ghailani will be the first Guantanamo terror suspect ... 200 people. Thousands were injured by explosive debris. Ghailani claimed innocence saying, with a shrug of his ... drive. Yeah, right. Just before the embassy bombings, Ghailani flew to Pakistan and that is where, U ... take the best case scenario in the upcoming Ghailani trial. Let's say he's convicted, probably ...