Archive - Feb 20, 2007

Headlines (6:20)
MILITARY COMMISSIONS RULING
A federal appeals court panel has ruled 2 to 1 against dozens of
detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp who are attempting to gain
access to US civilian courts. Lawyers for the detainees argued that
the Military Commissions Act of 2006 fundamentally violates the
constitution and illegally suspends the 800 year old legal precedent
of habeas corpus. Under the system of trial by military commission,
the accuser acts as the interrogator, prosecutor, judge, jury and
jailer. Many legal experts watching this case see today's ruling as
another step in the journey towards the Supreme Court.

MORTAR FIRE IN MOGADISHU