House Votes to Allow Gitmo Prisoners Into U.S. for Trial

[nastyleg]

Breaking News House Votes to Allow Gitmo Prisoners Into U.S. for Trial
http://www.foxnews.com/

This is all that is posted there more to come as the story develops. As promised

Republicans Fail to Block Transfer of Gitmo Detainees
The House stood by a Democratic plan to allow suspected enemy combatants held at Guantanamo to be shipped to U.S. soil only to be prosecuted for their suspected crimes.

AP

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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Republicans in the House have lost a bid to block the transfer of any detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States.

Instead, the House stood by a Democratic plan to allow suspected enemy combatants held at Guantanamo to be shipped to U.S. soil only to be prosecuted for their suspected crimes. President Obama has ordered the facility closed in January but has yet to offer a plan to accomplish that.

Democratic leaders had to push hard to win the 193-24 vote because many lawmakers see political danger in voting to move detainees from Guantanamo.

The Guantanamo restrictions were attached by House-Senate negotiators on a $42.8 billion homeland security appropriations bill.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/15/republicans-fail-bock-transfer-gitmo-detainees/

[ghost]

Since when did combatants in war get prosecuted?

And then what happens? Our own troops get put away for doing their jobs? Fuck that.

[nastyleg]

I doubt it will pass the senate. If it does then hopefully they go into the general population and let the American criminals kill them.

[GTFPDQ]

Remember they are enemy combatants, not POWs.

[ghost]

Remember they are enemy combatants, not POWs.


Exactly. And on that note, they shouldn't be getting anything. Theoretically we don't have to treat them any particular way. The simple fact that they aren't even classified as "soldiers", means that they are not entitled to anything. We could shoot em, and no one could say shit.