see these guys?  TERRORISTS including the mastermind of 9/11 (the stupid-looking hairy one in the bottom L corner).

currently they are being held at Gitmo and are being charged by the Pentagon with murder and war crimes in connection with everything that happened on Sept. 11th.  their’s will be the first trials under the “terrorism-era” military tribunal system.  the military is recommending that they be tried together and they are seeking the death penalty.  the original rules for these tribunals were considered “mean and cruel” (no appeals, statements under torture allowed, behind closed doors) by many liberals and human-shield types in our country who screamed loudly and sued mightily. 

after review, the SCOTUS struck the original tribunal plan down in ’06 and congress – yes congress – gave the Pentagon new guidelines for the tribunals, including new rights to the terrorists.  

the terrorists now get the same rights as us soldiers tried under the military justice system including the right to remain silent, call witnesses, and know the evidence against them. their appeals can go all the way to the SCOTUS.

officials plan to hold the trial in a specially constructed court at Gitmo that will allow lawyers, journalists and some others to be present, but leave relatives of Sept. 11 victims and others to watch the trial through closed-circuit broadcasts.

be prepared for months and months of loud outcries by the international community because we are seeking the death penalty on these creeps.  also be prepared to hear more grumbles on the fact that some of these guys were waterboarded and “coerced”.

unbelievable.

at the risk of being unkind, lets just give them the plan of salvation and then kill them.