I definitely have a problem with "secret military tribunals" and Osama bin 
Laden et al. being tried under US law.

I have a problem with the trials being secret because it makes it 
impossible to determine whether or not someone will get a fair trial. No 
matter what crimes someone has committed, they are entitled to a fair and 
public trial; this is a basic human right. The US have always done their 
best to portray themselves as the global defenders of human rights, but 
once it starts making exceptions for certain people, denying them those 
rights, they are no better than the criminals they want to prosecute.

I have a problem with the tribunal being a military one, as Osama bin Laden 
et al. are not soldiers in a regular army, but terrorists. Their actions 
were not acts of war, but acts of terrorism. Therefore, they should be put 
on trial as criminals, not soldiers.

I also think they should not be tried under US law, but under international 
law and by an international organisation. Since this is an international 
issue (the US goverment itself refers to the attacks as "international 
terrorism"), the only legal body to deal with this is the International 
Court of Justice.


Jeroen

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