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Aug132004
Friday, August 13, 2004 at 06:04PM
After review by a military panel, U.S. officials
have determined that four terror suspects held at the U.S. Navy base in
Cuba are properly classified as "enemy combatants" and will not be
freed. They are the first cases, of 21 reviewed thus far, to be
decided. There is no appeal process. The names and nationalities of the
four suspects whose cases have been decided have not been made public.
England said the countries involved would be notified Friday by the
State Department. Human rights lawyers criticize the hearings as a
sham, pointing out that the detainees are not allowed lawyers and
saying the officers hearing cases can't be considered impartial. The
Pentagon calls the officers "neutral" because they have had no
involvement with the suspects. The military reviews were set up by the
Pentagon in response to a June 28 Supreme Court decision that allows
detainees to challenge their imprisonment in federal courts. [more ]