Protesters Slam Holding 9/11 Trial in N.Y.
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Several hundred people rallied in the rain near Manhattan's federal courthouse complex to protest the plan to put major terrorism suspects on trial in New York.
The demonstrators, including 9/11 families and their supporters, gathered in Foley Square, just blocks from the site of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. They say a New York trial could again make the city a terrorism target.
Last month Attorney General Eric Holder announced that .
Anger at the Obama administration ran hot in the crowd. One person held up a sign calling Holder "disgraceful and despicable." Another sign said "Obama/Holder ... Jihad from within."
Supporters of the 9/11 Never Forget Coalition say the five defendants should face a military tribunal instead.
A "statement of support" for the rally, posted on the coalition's Web site and signed by actors Robert Duvall, Brian Dennehy, Jon Voight, Danny Aiello, Robert Davi, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Ben Stein, states that Holder's decision to try key figures in the September 11 attacks in a civilian court in New York City is "a travesty of our justice system" that puts the national security of the United States of America at risk.
The signers said the trial would give the defendants a platform "to spew their propaganda and hatred to the world from a courthouse just blocks from Ground Zero.
"We stand with 9/11 families, New York City's first responders and the U.S. military who will be forced to cope with the consequences of this dangerous decision if it is not reversed," the statement said.
Addressing the crowd, Dennehy said he didn't believe the men deserved "normal constitutional protections."
Lee Ielpi, a retired firefighter whose son, also a firefighter, died on 9/11, said he believed the U.S. has been in a state of war since the attacks, and that a military tribunal was therefore the appropriate venue for justice.
"They deserve a fair trial in a military tribunal, not on our soil," he said. "Guantanamo is where it should be."
But other victims of the 9/11 attacks disagreed.
Lorie Van Auken lost her husband at the World Trade Center. She said in an interview before the rally it was fitting that the accused answer charges a short walk from where the twin towers once stood.
John Feal lost half his foot at Ground Zero. He told the N.Y. Daily News, "If you're afraid of terrorists, then they've already won." He said trying the defendants in New York was "poetic justice."
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., says military commissions have a poor track record when it comes to trying terrorism suspects. He expressed confidence that U.S. prosecutors can win a conviction in a regular, civilian court.
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The demonstrators, including 9/11 families and their supporters, gathered in Foley Square, just blocks from the site of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. They say a New York trial could again make the city a terrorism target.
Last month Attorney General Eric Holder announced that .
Anger at the Obama administration ran hot in the crowd. One person held up a sign calling Holder "disgraceful and despicable." Another sign said "Obama/Holder ... Jihad from within."
Supporters of the 9/11 Never Forget Coalition say the five defendants should face a military tribunal instead.
A "statement of support" for the rally, posted on the coalition's Web site and signed by actors Robert Duvall, Brian Dennehy, Jon Voight, Danny Aiello, Robert Davi, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Ben Stein, states that Holder's decision to try key figures in the September 11 attacks in a civilian court in New York City is "a travesty of our justice system" that puts the national security of the United States of America at risk.
The signers said the trial would give the defendants a platform "to spew their propaganda and hatred to the world from a courthouse just blocks from Ground Zero.
"We stand with 9/11 families, New York City's first responders and the U.S. military who will be forced to cope with the consequences of this dangerous decision if it is not reversed," the statement said.
Addressing the crowd, Dennehy said he didn't believe the men deserved "normal constitutional protections."
Lee Ielpi, a retired firefighter whose son, also a firefighter, died on 9/11, said he believed the U.S. has been in a state of war since the attacks, and that a military tribunal was therefore the appropriate venue for justice.
"They deserve a fair trial in a military tribunal, not on our soil," he said. "Guantanamo is where it should be."
But other victims of the 9/11 attacks disagreed.
Lorie Van Auken lost her husband at the World Trade Center. She said in an interview before the rally it was fitting that the accused answer charges a short walk from where the twin towers once stood.
John Feal lost half his foot at Ground Zero. He told the N.Y. Daily News, "If you're afraid of terrorists, then they've already won." He said trying the defendants in New York was "poetic justice."
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., says military commissions have a poor track record when it comes to trying terrorism suspects. He expressed confidence that U.S. prosecutors can win a conviction in a regular, civilian court.
For more info:
911neverforget.us
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The rest of those countries were attacked by radical Islamic extremists?!?
Why did you make that up?
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Al-Hungry
Are you trying to say you didn't say that ?
Thanks for proving the liar that you are.
No - I'm disputing the fact that you grab ANY 20 "radical organizations" and label them as "radical islamic".
Quick question: who has killed MORE people in the last 60 years - the Israeli Defense Forces or "radical Islamic extremists"?
It's got to be a pretty number, since they are BOTH equally as violent, belligerent, vicious, and evil.
I denounce BOTH sides for their atrocities.
Why don't you?
"Bush's push to protect Israel from Saddam Hussein and the $25,000 terrorists he was hiring to blow themselves up in Israel"
funny on Hungry....and did Israel also attack Kuwait for their oil or attack Iran. Your propoganda is laughable.
You lost me here.
Bush didn't fabricate the war against Iraq because of 18 or 30 year old transgressions.
He did it because Saddam Hussein was attacking Israel with suicide bombers, and that threatened his beloved "rapture". And if Armageddon broke out, then all the better - that would just speed up the process of obliterating the world like christians bizarrely hope and pray for.
In your 36 hour bizarro world of twisting history and claiming to work 64 hours a week than I can understand your psycological problems.
Translation: "I can't even get a job, and hungry is working 24 hours of OT a week, so I'll claim that he's lying because that's easier than actually getting a job."
have you looked at the polls Chuckie in the city of 8 million?
by earth5667 December 6, 2009 12:28 PM EST
Considering that I can't find any other poll taken other than the one done by "Marist" than its rather un-scientific.
Barely a 1/2 hour apart from each other?!?!
Bwaaa haaa haaa haaa!!!!
Too dammnn funny!!!
You say "have you checked the polls", and when I point out one of the polls TO YOU, you say that you can't refute it with a contradictory poll, but you don't believe it's true.
Your school teachers must have had a field day with you:
Teacher: "1 + 1 = 2"
You: "No it doesn't!! You lie!!"
Teacher: "Washington was our first president."
You: "No he wasn't!! You can't prove it, because you're a liar!!"
Hilarious!!
It gets easier and easier to shoot your nonsense to pieces.
have you looked at the polls Chuckie in the city of 8 million ?
easy for you to comment sipping latte somewhere in your hick town.
Yes.
Have you?
http://maristpoll.marist.edu/1117-new-yorkers-divide-over-terror-trial-location/
"Overall, New Yorkers seem fairly comfortable with the prospect of trying the accused terrorists in the place where the attacks occurred. 45 percent of New Yorkers think it's a good idea, versus 41 percent who don't."
"Most New York City residents ? 67% ? are confident law enforcement officials will be able to handle the potential security risks associated with such a high profile trial in Manhattan. 22% don?t have as much faith. This is the proportion of residents who believe New York City is not well equipped to handle the situation. 11% are unsure."
Obviously those 22% are the same 22% that will follow the GOP off of a cliff, like they followed Bush as he steered America into every iceberg in his path.
and its because of Israel that there is terorism in the Philipines,Britain,Spain,Yemen,Egypt,Morocco,China,Russia,Nigeria,Sudan,Saudi Arabia and 48 other countrys ?
Wow ..you really are a simpleton !
Britain and Spain were attacked because of their involvement in the Iraq War - Bush's push to protect Israel from Saddam Hussein and the $25,000 terrorists he was hiring to blow themselves up in Israel.
The rest of those countries were attacked by radical Islamic extremists?!?
Why did you make that up?
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