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nodictators Donating Member (977 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-04 07:43 AM
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UK alarm over Guantanamo trials
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3837823.stm

Last Updated: Friday, 25 June, 2004, 11:44 GMT 12:44 UK

Planned military tribunals for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay are unacceptable, the UK's attorney general has said.
Four British men are still being held at the Cuban camp.
In a speech on Friday, Lord Goldsmith argued there can be "no compromise" on certain principles and the US tribunals would not offer a fair trial.

The UK Government has always voiced reservations over the trial plans. Lord Goldsmith is underlining the point.

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Amnesty international's UK director Kate Allen said: "The important thing now is that the UK government seriously steps up pressure to speedily secure proper trials or the immediate release of everyone held in Cuba."

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Five other Britons were returned to Britain in March and were quickly freed without charge.

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AdrianInOcala Donating Member (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-04 07:53 AM
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1. Bad, Tony, Bad!
Uh, oh, Tony's not being a good puppy. Karl and Smirk are gonna make him sleep out in the doghouse tonight...... I guess he didn't get the memo on the whole "With Us or Against Us" thing.
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