A U.S. military judge agreed Monday to postpone the next court
hearings at the Guantanamo Bay prison for five men charged in the Sept.
11 attacks to avoid a conflict with the Muslim holy period of Ramadan.
The judge issued a short order postponing the next pretrial hearings
at the U.S. base in Cuba until Aug. 22-26 at the request of all five
defendants, said James Connell, a lawyer for one of the accused.
The hearings had been scheduled to run from Aug. 8-12, which fall
during the last 10 days of Ramadan, a period in which devout Muslims
fast during the day and pray during the night. That would make it
difficult for the accused to participate in their defense, said Connell,
a lawyer for Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali.
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3 comments:
OH BS. All they do during ramadan is skip lunch. They eat a large breakfast and dinner. What does this have to do with court during the day.
Was wondering the same 5:11. OTOH after so long in Gitmo, what's another 10 days?
Precedent? (maybe anybody's trial can be postponed because of Christmas, or Easter, or...)
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