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  • Will U.S. Hold Terror Suspects At Bagram?

    Is this now the reasonable conclusion on where too hold terrorist detainees? Will they be held in Bagram? Also, what is meant with this quote - "The officials said that with no non-U.S. location for sending prisoners, the administration must bring the prisoners back to the United States, turn them over to foreign governments or, in some cases, kill them."


    Kill them? In any case, they would still have to be "held" while awaiting any
    execution. So I don't know what the official meant. Or by kill them, kill them on the battle field? In a vague statement.

    Either way, what will the end result be? Where will the final holding place be for detainees? Military base, or Federal prison?

    Link - http://www.upiasia.com/Top_News/US/2...9991269199897/

    WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) -- The Obama administration is looking into detaining international terrorism suspects at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, the Los Angeles Times reported.

    Holding suspects captured outside Afghanistan at Bagram air base would create another prison serving the same purpose as the one President Barack Obama has pledged to close in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

    The idea has drawn stiff opposition from Army Gen. Stanley McCrystal, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and other senior officials. Opponents worry the expansion of the facility at Bagram air base could make it harder to stabilize the country, the Times said.

    Detainee abuse, including two deaths, occurred at Bagram early in the Afghan war, and the prison there has been criticized for harsh interrogations and the amount of time it has held suspects without trials.

    Though the original prison has been replaced by a new one on the base, suspicion remains, and McCrystal worries the expansion of Bagram's role could be used for propaganda by extremists, the Times said.

    "General McCrystal's singular focus is on making sure our military campaign is successful,"a senior Defense Department official said. "Anything that potentially complicates that is something they are reluctant to embrace."

    Consideration of the plan, which needs Obama's approval, is an indication the administration has few other places to hold and interrogate foreign prisoners outside the U.S. court system, senior administration officials told the Times.

    The officials said that with no non-U.S. location for sending prisoners, the administration must bring the prisoners back to the United States, turn them over to foreign governments or, in some cases, kill them.

    "No one particularly likes any of the choices before us right now, but Bagram may be the least bad among them," the Defense Department official said.

    A White House spokesman refused to comment.
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    Won't be by us but nothing says that we cannot turn them over to Afghan or Iraqi justice authourities. All we have to ensure is that due process, albeit their due process, is followed

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      The US still can seek the death penalty, either under the military jurisdiction or federal. Although, that it seems likely that will only be retained for the most seriousness of offenses if it were applied that still leaves into question which venue will be commissioned. If it were the latter I suspect the death penalty would be harder to obtained through a civilian jury, as conspiracy cases are not as familiar and difficulties understanding the effect the case had on the atrocities committed.
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