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NO TRIAL FOR TERRORISTS.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
"Every man deserves his day in court," goes the saying. This sounds good, but it is not true. Savages like Osama bin Laden, who live beyond the norms of civil society, deserve none of its benefits.
Imagine the travesty of this mass murderer standing trial, exploiting all of the Western niceties he and his disciples are determined to destroy.
How exactly would such a trial play out? Would bin Laden receive a court-appointed attorney? Or would his assets be freed up so he could hire Alan Dershowitz? Or a dream team of legal gunslingers?
Would a jury of his peers be assembled? Would that mean summons would have to be sent out to Saddam Hussein and Fidel Castro? Would anti-death penalty activists militate for a reduced sentence? Would the woolly-headed call for his rehabilitation?
Such a ludicrous scenario is not as fanciful as one might guess. There is much puzzling talk these days about "bringing Osama bin Laden to justice" -- as if it's our solemn duty to find bin Laden and read him his Miranda rights.
The language of warfare, not law, is proper at this moment. America shouldn't bring bin Laden to justice. America should, as President Bush suggested before Congress, bring justice to bin Laden.
This means, given his obvious guilt and ongoing threat to the lives of Americans, corralling him and killing him. Harsh words, to be sure. But he is like a malignant cancer: You either cut him out or die.
- Bin Laden's innovations.(Opinion)
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- News wire article from: United Press International April 17, 2000 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Davis, Joyce M. August 24, 1998 700+ words
...of militant Saudi Arabian exile Osama bin Laden sent another communique to his followers...the new message, allegedly sent from bin Laden's camp in Afghanistan and signed by...the leader of the political wing of bin Laden's World Islamic Front, Muslim fighters...
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- Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication February 17, 2006 700+ words
...Pakistan -- On January 19, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11...authenticated the voice as that of bin Laden. The CIA suspects that the tape was made in January. Bin Laden, who has evaded U.S. troops for the...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Wolcott, John Strobel, Warren P. September 11, 2001 700+ words
...Saudi Arabian terrorist leader Osama bin Laden emerged as the prime suspect in Tuesday's carnage. "Bin Laden is the leading candidate," said a...people you need to do this." That bin Laden, who's believed to have sponsored...