--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/4/07 3:23:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > But the people we're talking about are *suspects*, > > not convicted members of al Qaeda. > > > > Which would be who? > > The folks at Guantanamo, among other prisons. > > Captured in Taliban fortresses firing at United states soldiers, with > AK47's, RPG's etc. Many of whom were Saudis with Saudi passports or Pakistani. > Wonder what they were doing in Afghanistan in the middle of a battle. Hmmm I > wonder if we needed to investigate Japanese and German's that were captured > firing on American soldiers, and give them a trial to prove who they were.
It's a matter of record that many of those incarcerated at Guantanamo have had to be released (after years in detention) because there was no evidence they were involved in any terrorist operations. Many who remain have still not been charged. It's also a matter of record that a number of detainees were captured by warlords in Afghanistan and turned over to the U.S. in exchange for a bounty without ever having had any connnection to terrorism or anti-U.S. actions. And then there's Jose Padilla, and all the suspects that have been subject to "extraordinary rendition," and the secret prisons the CIA was running in other countries (and almost certainly still is, despite U.S. denials). And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
