9/11 Accused Don’t Want Guantanamo Hearings During Ramadan -- McClatchy News
Lawyers for accused Sept. 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four co-defendants are seeking to postpone their Aug. 8-12 hearing at Guantánamo, noting it falls toward the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The trial judge, Army Col. James Pohl, set the date for the hearing in May and specifically ruled out an extension on grounds that it coincided with Islam’s fasting month. He noted in his order then that no defense lawyer at that point had raised objection to a hearing that coincided with Ramadan.
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My comment: If the 9/11 accused have their request approved .... it would then tell me the following (quoting Ray Bradbury) .... the gargoyles have taken over the cathedral.
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