Posted: November 16th, 2009 04:06 PM ETWashington (CNN) – Two-thirds of Americans disagree with the
Obama administration's decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court rather than a military court, according to a new national poll.But six in 10 people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday say that the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks should be tried in the United States, as the administration plans to do, rather than at a U.S. facility in another country.
The poll indicates that 64 percent believe Mohammed should be tried in military court, with 34 percent suggesting that he face trial in civilian court. Six in 10 people questioned say Mohammed should be tried stateside, with 37 percent calling for the trial to take place at a U.S. facility in another country.
"The decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in front of a civilian court is universally unpopular - even a majority of Democrats and liberals say that he should be tried by military authorities," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Despite that, most Americans say that he will get a fair trial in the U.S."
Mohammed is one of fiveGuantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 attacks that will be tried in civilian court in New York.
"After eight years of delay, those allegedly responsible for the attacks of September 11 will finally face justice," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday.Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi will all be transferred to the Southern District of New York - a few blocks from where the
World Trade Center towers stood prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks.What should happen if Mohammed is found guilty?
"Nearly eight in 10 favor the death penalty if that happens - including one in five who say they normally oppose the death penalty, but would support it in this case," adds Holland.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted November 13-15, with 1,014 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the overall sample.
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Thorum said... -
Thanks for your great work comrade!! Don't cpmpletely disappear on us now......
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Always On Watch said... -
WC,
I'm fetching? Well, thank you.
I'm not surprised to see this post on your blog, my good friend. We are living in the Age of Surrealism, with ostriches all over the place. I, too, feel the same discouragement!
Pastorius said...-
I understand, believe me.
Glad you're gonna continue the Radio Show.
KarenO said...-
It is I, KarenO. I finally found the blog and you are on hiatus! Well, all is not lost, I signed up for your newsletter.
Universalgeni said...-
Looking foreward to se you blogging again. Hope it will happen soon...





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Whata da Hassle whata da Basel !
Transfer this M/F ( with the "Loco" PhD Shrink on a wheelchair with the infusions stuck in his veins...) to Fort Knox ( into one of the empty gold safes...) confronting 3 US Army Colonels !
After half an hour transfer them to the next ( empty... ) gold safe in front of 13 "COP KILLERS"!
Now whisper :- FIRE !!!
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Posted by: Alexander Münch | Monday, November 16, 2009 at 01:10 PM
I really like the Isaeli's style:
For years, the details of arch-Nazi Eichmann's hanging by the State of Israel was shrouded in secrecy -- from his being given his last glass of wine, to the noose being placed around his neck, to his lifeless body being incinerated in a specially-designed oven and his ashes spread over the sea outside Israel's territorial waters.
http://www.aish.com/ho/i/48959761.html The Executioner
The should of just did away with the hanging IMO; but of course like us, the Jews are civilized.
Munich revenge style!! much better;
Posted by: Sybil | Monday, November 16, 2009 at 01:59 PM
Sybil
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In ancient times, the Jewish Supreme Court ( The Sanhedrin ), constituted 70 Judges! In cases where death penalty was mandatory ( 4 types - do some Goggling..), the sentence had to be unanimous! ( Imagine 70 Jews trying to reach a consensus !....).
A Sanhedrin that carried out a death sentence once in 70 years, was called " The Lethal Sanhedrin "!
Adolf Eichmann's trail in 1961 ( which I heard on the radio...), was unique in many aspects. I will note just two.
1 - No body knew who Adolf Eichmann was and what he did before the trail !
2 - Every Israeli knows today some thing about him because of his trail !
The Israeli Supreme Court rejected Eichmann's appeal ! He was hanged by his neck until death, his body was cremated and his ashes were dispersed over the Mediterranean Sea !
All of this, is NOT because he was a "soldier who obeyed orders" as he said, but because he volunteered to excel in it !
The Israeli "Law for bringing the Nazis and their Helpers to Justice", stood under another test in the case of Ivan Demanyuk. The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted him on a "Shadow of a doubt" and by doing so MY Supreme Court is not stained with the mark " LETHAL !" and I'm very proud of it!
Since the Israeli "Law for bringing the Nazis and their Helpers to Justice", is useless today, (the last Nazi died peacefully in bed at the age of 93 a couple of years ago!...), the law must be abolished or up-dated and modified as time changes!
Anti-Semitism and Nazism is still alive in this form or another and there is no indication of its willingness to disappear! It just changed languages and flags!...
Look at Ahmedinejad & Co. for instance and I have a long list to add.
But nobody is listening to me!
P.S.
Munich revenge - you mean the Olympics in 1971?
Well, at that time Israel's PM was a female!...
Her name was Golda !
Posted by: Alexander Münch | Monday, November 16, 2009 at 04:29 PM
Is the Yiddish Word Chutzpah offensive toMuslims ?
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More to come !
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1 - Chutzpah ( חוצפה ) is a Hebrew word.
2 - Every thing in Hebrew is offensive to Muslims!
3 - There is no equivalent to this word in any language on this plant!
Chutzpah is Chutzpah ! Full Stop! ( And let them choke on it !...).
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