07-15-2005, 04:28 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/15/terror.ruling.ap/index.html
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court put the Bush administration's military commissions for terrorist suspects back on track Friday, saying a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison who once was Osama bin Laden's driver can stand trial."
"The protections of the 1949 Geneva Convention do not apply to al Qaeda and its members, so Hamdan does not have a right to enforce its provisions in court, the appeals judges said."
[Edited on 7-15-2005 by Dave]
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court put the Bush administration's military commissions for terrorist suspects back on track Friday, saying a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison who once was Osama bin Laden's driver can stand trial."
"The protections of the 1949 Geneva Convention do not apply to al Qaeda and its members, so Hamdan does not have a right to enforce its provisions in court, the appeals judges said."
[Edited on 7-15-2005 by Dave]