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To: bentway who wrote (399555)	7/17/2008 1:05:10 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 1582738

Judge Rules First Guantanamo War Crimes Trial Can Begin Thursday, July 17, 2008 WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled to allow the first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial to move forward, blocking an appeal by lawyers for Salim Hamdan, a former driver for Usama bin Laden. The trial is scheduled to begin on trial Monday. He is the first defendant in a special military commission system set up to prosecute detainees at the Navy base in Cuba. Other detainees, including alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are awaiting trials of their own. A Supreme Court ruling last month jeopardized those plans. The court ruled that detainees must be allowed to challenge their detention in civilian courts, a right that the Bush administration said for years did not exist. The ruling is a major win for the Bush administration. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

To: bentway who wrote (399555)	7/17/2008 4:33:21 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1582738

Don't get optimistic. I see a market rallying irrationally because the news wasn't as bad as they thought it would be. Not because of any change in fundamentals. Reality will prevail. That's just it.....this rally is due to the fact that the fundamentals are better than what was thought......at least so far. Whether the rally will hold depends on whether earnings going forward will continue to be good, what Congress does about the mortgage problem and the banks, and what oil does in the next few months. Sorry, Chris, your crystal ball is no better than mine.