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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TigerPaw who wrote (24439)5/22/2003 10:27:02 AM
From: jlallen  Respond to of 25898
 
LOL!

The Klansman needs to have his meds adjusted.....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



To: TigerPaw who wrote (24439)5/23/2003 5:01:09 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
The Tajik hijackers who carried out a "911 rehearsal" (*) in February 2000 are set free:

Britain to free Afghan hijackers

Thursday, May 22, 2003 Posted: 1921 GMT ( 3:21 AM HKT)

LONDON. England
-- Britain's appeals court has quashed the convictions of nine Afghan men jailed for hijacking a plane in Afghanistan and forcing it to fly to London's Stansted airport.

The men were jailed in January last year after the jury failed to accept their defense that their actions were motivated by fear of death at the hands of Afghanistan's Taliban regime.

But the Court of Appeal overturned that decision on Thursday, saying the the verdict was "unsafe."

The disruption to air traffic from the three-day standoff in February 2000 and the two trials which followed are said to have cost £12 million ($20m).

Imran Khan, solicitor for the men, said after the ruling that they were incredibly happy.
[...]

edition.cnn.com

(*) Message 18436958



To: TigerPaw who wrote (24439)5/23/2003 10:28:22 PM
From: willcousa  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
The American people love winning wars. They love this one.