"Grim News for Troofers: Club Gitmo Guests Admit 9/11 Planning "

kozanne

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Grim News for Troofers: Club Gitmo Guests Admit 9/11 Planning

There are the people Barack Obama wants to give rights to when he closes Guantanamo Bay. Glad to see he thought this one out.

The five detainees at Guantánamo Bay charged with planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have filed a document with the military commission at the United States naval base there expressing pride at their accomplishment and accepting full responsibility for the killing of nearly 3,000 people.

The document, which may be released publicly on Tuesday, uses the Arabic term for a consultative assembly in describing the five men as the “9/11 Shura Council,” and it says their actions were an offering to God, according to excerpts of the document that were read to a reporter by a government official who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The document is titled “The Islamic Response to the Government’s Nine Accusations,” the military judge at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp said in a separate filing, obtained by The New York Times, that describes the detainees’ document.

The document was filed on behalf of the five men, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who has described himself as the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

President Obama halted the military proceedings at Guantánamo in the first days after his inauguration, and the five men’s case is on hiatus until the government decides how it will proceed.

Several of the men have earlier said in military commission proceedings at Guantánamo that they planned the 2001 attacks and that they sought martyrdom. The strategic goal of the five men in making the new filing, which reached the military court on March 5, was not clear.

In their filing, the men describe the planning of the Sept. 11 attacks and the killing of Americans as a model of Islamic action, and say the American government’s accusations cause them no shame, according to the excerpts read by the government official.

“To us,” the official continued reading, “they are not accusations. To us they are a badge of honor, which we carry with honor.”

Maybe Obama and his smart power diplomacy can open up some dialogue with them.
 

Green Co.

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Sure wish you could find this in a news article with names/dates etc.

Blogs are so..... gossipy... especially when they can not even give a name of a judge...

***moved***
 

diamonds

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Sure wish you could find this in a news article with names/dates etc.

Blogs are so..... gossipy... especially when they can not even give a name of a judge...

***moved***

It's all over the news....

9\11 detainees accept responsibility for attacks

The five detainees at Guantanamo Bay charged with planning the 9/11 attacks have filed a document accepting full responsibility for the killing of nearly 3,000 people, a media report said on Tuesday.

The document, filed with the military commission at the US naval base, uses the Arabic term for a consultative assembly in describing the five men as the "9/11 Shura Council," and says their actions were an offering to God, the New York Times reported.

The detainess also expressed pride for their action. The document is titled The Islamic Response to the Government's Nine Accusations, the military judge at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp said in a separate filing, obtained by the Times. The document was filed on behalf of the five men, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who has described himself as the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, the paper said.

President Obama [Images] halted the military proceedings at Guantanamo in the first days after his inauguration, and the five men's case is on hiatus until the government decides how it will proceed, the Times added. Several of the men, the paper reported, have earlier said in military commission proceedings at Guantnamo that they planned the 2001 attacks and that they sought martyrdom.

The strategic goal of the five men in making the new filing, which reached the military court on March 5, was not clear, the Times reported. In their filing, the men describe the planning of the Sept 11 attacks and the killing of Americans as a model of Islamic action, and say the American government's accusations cause them no shame, the paper reported quoting the excerpts read by a government official to a reporter.

"To us," the official continued reading, they are not accusations. To us they are a badge of honor, which we carry with honour." It appears that the men wrote the document at meetings they are permitted to conduct periodically at the detention camp without lawyers, the Times said.

In his brief court order describing the filing, the military judge who has been handling the case, Colonel Stephen Henley of the Army, said the men sought no specific legal action. Judge Henley ordered that the filing be released immediately, but officials said objections from lawyers for two of the men had held up release Monday.


http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/mar/11attackers-9-11-accept-responsibilty-for-attack.htm
 

Wardogs

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Sure wish you could find this in a news article with names/dates etc.

Blogs are so..... gossipy... especially when they can not even give a name of a judge...

***moved***

Many news outlets are covering this, especially the Arab Press. The judge is identified by name. Military Judge Stephen Henley.

Guantanamo detainees say they planned September 11: report
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=9/...1&b=11&xa=.JqktyZa.QhLg8beyzhQ1A--,1236819875

Five Guantanamo detainees proud to have planned 9/11 - The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_11875941

Guantanamo detainees say they planned 9/11 - NYT

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/090310/3/3xbxm.html

Guantanamo inmates reported saying they planned 9/11 | World | Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE5290HL20090310?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Newsmax.com - Five Guantanamo Prisoners Admit Planning 9/11, Proud Of It
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/gitmo_sept_11_planners/2009/03/10/190155.html

Guantanamo Bay prisoners justify Sept. 11 attacks in response to U.S. ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/03/10/2009-03-10_guantanamo_bay_prisoners_justify_sept_11.html

Guantanamo detainees say they planned 9/11: report
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-03/11/content_7565238.htm

Alarabiya.net English | International
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/03/10/68101.html
 

Green Co.

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As I have been informed, wardogs...

Since it is a current story, why didn't the OP use the news article instead of a blog post that actually tells very little... like I said, gossipy.

I have no problems with actual news stories... blogs, which are other peoples opinions, I do. Let them join TB and voice it here. :)
 

diamonds

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I have to stand with Green.. I was not disagreeing with his move.. Just letting him know blog was accurate was all..
 

kozanne

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As I have been informed, wardogs...

Since it is a current story, why didn't the OP use the news article instead of a blog post that actually tells very little... like I said, gossipy.

I have no problems with actual news stories... blogs, which are other peoples opinions, I do. Let them join TB and voice it here. :)

If that is a posting rule on TimeBomb, I must have overlooked it. All any mod has to do is send me an email and let me know, I will be happy to comply.

And where the blogs are concerned, the news links are usually embedded in the blog article, so it's not like they're just gossiping. Most, possibly all, of the more reputable blogs in the 'sphere embed links to the news articles. If you go to the blog link which I usually provide in my postings, you can see the embedded links.

Blogs do indeed contain other people's opinions. They also contain news sources.
 
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