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Gitmo war crimes court halted at Obama request

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Gitmo war crimes court halted at Obama request - Yahoo! News

The Guantanamo Bay war crimes court came to an abrupt halt Wednesday as military judges granted President Barack Obama's request to suspend proceedings while he reviews his predecessor's strategy for prosecuting terrorists.

The judges quickly agreed to a 120-day suspension of the cases of a Canadian accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan and five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks. Similar orders are expected in other pending cases pending before the Guantanamo military commissions.


Judge Stephen Henley, an Army colonel presiding over the Sept. 11 trial, accepted the prosecution argument that it would be in the "interests of justice" to give the new administration time to review the commission process and decide what to do next, a decision tied closely to Obama's pledge to close the detention center.

I really am starting to like this Obama thing. He might not be able to deliver on the racism. But he'll do what should have been done from the start.
 
I think the most important thing is that Mr. Obama is actually doing something. He is doing his job. Thanks for the post sir.
 
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