US President George W
US President George W
US President George W. Bush's plan for special military tribunals to try non-Americans accused of involvement in the September 11 attacks could create 'kangaroo courts', say critics.
The plans drew criticism across the Australian political spectrum, with a liberal senator worried about summary executions.
Some diplomats also questioned the order, which would allow the US military to set up tribunals for the first time since World War II to try foreigners accused in the September 11 terror attacks as war criminals. The tribunals, with military officers as judge and jury, could convict by a two-thirds vote.
The plans drew criticism across the Australian political spectrum, with a liberal senator worried about summary executions.
Some diplomats also questioned the order, which would allow the US military to set up tribunals for the first time since World War II to try foreigners accused in the September 11 terror attacks as war criminals. The tribunals, with military officers as judge and jury, could convict by a two-thirds vote.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Gold Coast Bulletin, 17/11/2001)