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[bryant]

The BBC (and others) report that three of the six Guantanamo prisoners who are to face a military tribunal are citizens of US allies. Specifically, Moazzam Begg and Feroz Abbasi are British and David Hicks is Australian.

Apparently, while we don’t try our own citizens in front of a military tribunal, we’re OK with trying Aussies and Brits in a closed court. There’s really no excuse for this. In particular, Australia has suffered Al Qaeda attacks — but Australian courts aren’t good enough to try Mr. Hicks? How insulting.

And, once more, the tribunals will have the authority to sentence prisoners to death. You can say the United States would never sentence someone to death without a public trial, but if that’s the case, why not explicitly remove that authority now?

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[rmd.livejournal.com]

You can say the United States would never sentence someone to death without a public trial

well, no, actually, i can't say that. because i don't believe it.

[artbroken.livejournal.com]

Rest assured that John Howard and the Australian government fully support the imprisonment of David Hicks and the removal of his rights as an Australian citizen. Because letting the American government do whatever it wants is much more important than having our own national identity these days.

[bryant]

Well, me either. But I've had commentators who do, and I always like pointing out the logical flaws in /that/ argument.