there is something which i find so bloody annoying and frustrating about the whole guantanamo bay 'hearings' thing, vis, 'military-appointed lawyer, lt cmdr charlie swift, said before the hearing that he planned to ask for charges to be dropped. he said mr hamdan, who denies terrorism, should have had the chance to contest his status as "enemy combatant" in a u.s. civilian court.'



there is no such thing as an "enemy combatant" in u.s. or in international law.



lt cmdr swift should not be saying that mr hamdan should be allowed to "contest his status", he should be demanding mr hamdan's right to habeas corpus and to a trial, if there should be one at all, in a civilain court.



the "defence" lawyers have had their possible defence so circumscribed by resident cunt'sbush's band of criminals in the u.s. supreme court that they are no longer able to act in the real interests of their clients. i can see soon that all they'll be able to do is plead for these poor men to be allowed to live rather than be shot by some bunch of cunt'sbush's mercenaries.



if this is justice, i'm a zionist convert, and i'm off to invade palestine. see ya.