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| Judge Blocks Transfer of US 'Enemy Combatant' to Saudis |
| 2018-04-20 |
| [AnNahar] A Washington judge on Thursday blocked US officials in Iraq from handing over to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... a dual American-Saudi citizen accused of working with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... jihadist group. In a test case of the Trump administration's policy on Americans who join and fight for jihadist groups, Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a preliminary injunction blocking Defense Secretary Jim Mattis from transferring the unnamed detainee "from US custody," a court document said. Dubbed "John Doe" in court documents, the man was detained in Syria last September and was turned over to the US military, who moved him to Iraq where he was interrogated by military and FBI officials. They branded him an "enemy combatant," but after seven months, have not charged him with any crime. Chutkan's ruling protected the detainee from being moved to another country without being charged or tried. A transfer could have taken place within hours. Justice Department lawyers earlier Thursday indicated they would appeal a court order blocking the transfer. The case is the first of a US citizen detained and accused of joining IS. Scores of Americans traveled to Iraq and Syria after 2011 to enlist in the group and could pose legal challenges if caught as US and allied forces near elimination of the group on the battlefield. President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has pledged to be tough on Americans who fight for jihadist groups. - Foreign fighter dilemma - But bringing them to trial in US courts could raise difficult issues, including the unresolved question of whether the US military had the legal authority to detain IS fighters. US, European and other countries are wrestling with how to deal with hundreds of "imported muscle" now held in Iraq and Syria after the self-proclaimed IS caliphate collapsed. On Monday the Justice Department gave a required 72 hour notice saying they planned to send "John Doe" to a third country, which has agreed to accept him. Though the country has not been officially identified, multiple court document references point to Saudi Arabia, and lawyers have not disputed media reports naming the country. The Justice Department lawyers said that sending him to the third country was an issue of maintaining strong relations with a US ally. But they could not discuss, at least publicly, what would happen to him once he was transferred. The man has not been charged with a crime in Saudi Arabia, and the United States does not have an extradition treaty with the country, which has imprisoned numerous people with alleged ties to radical jihadists. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents the man, asked the court Wednesday to block the transfer, and demanded that he be charged under US law or freed. "Forcibly rendering him to another country would be an unconscionable violation of his constitutional rights," said ACLU attorney Jonathan Hafetz. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 According to the Geneva Conventions, illegal combatants (people captured out of uniform), can be given a drumhead courtmartial, and then executed. They can be interrogated and asked more than the name, rank serial number, like legitimate POWs. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-04-20 20:49 |
| #3 Unfortunately, that's only the Presidency, and then they've even been stretching that lately. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-04-20 13:33 |
| #2 WTH! This Judge was born in Jamaica..mon. Why are we allowing naturalized citizens to be appointed as Federal Judges. There should be some things restricted to natural born citizens. |
| Posted by: Deadeye Whager9769 2018-04-20 13:07 |
| #1 Hundreds? How much is a box of .223? Problem solved. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-04-20 07:43 |