BREAKING--"Enemy Combatant" DETAINEE ORDERED FREE!!!

[kpete]

Man labeled "enemy combatant" wins court case 39 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush lacks the power to order the military to seize and indefinitely detain a Qatari national and suspected al Qaeda operative who is the only person being held in the United States as an "enemy combatant," a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday.


In a major setback for the Bush's policies in the war on terrorism adopted after the September 11 attacks, the appellate panel ruled the government's evidence afforded no basis to treat Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri as an "enemy combatant" and ordered his release from military custody.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070611/pl_nm/usa_security_combatant_dc_1;_ylt=AjAhyxr_IHTD5VzrRfR0iosE1vAI

[valerief]

1. Too bad he'll get hit by a bus soon. But it is good news. nt

[BuyingThyme]

2. :)

:)

[MidwestTransplant]

3. Wait so the court is requiring some kind of evidence to hold somebody?

That's a bunch of BS.

[BootinUp]

5. I'll bet this guy "looks" like a terraist too! n/t

[Xipe Totec]

10. Outdated thinking based on obsolete documents

some crazy notions about the rule of law.

Don't worry, King George will set them straight.

[TahitiNut]

4. Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is not held at Gitmo. (His brother is, though.)

Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is being held at a Naval brig in South Carolina. Jose Padilla and Yaser Esam Hamdi are the two other individuals held as Enemy Combatants in the Continental U.S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Saleh_Kahlah_al-Marri

[BurtWorm]

6. I don't think he's in Gitmo, or they wouldn't call him "the only" one "in the US"

He must be on the continent somewhere.

[originalpckelly]

7. Will they listen?

[Edweird]

8. And they'll appeal, all the way to the supremes. where they stacked the deck.

It's good, but temporary, I'm sure.

[originalpckelly]

9. Of course, and even if that doesn't work...

they'll probably figure out more shit.