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   From: spam@un.u.nu   
      
   Doug Maclean  wrote:   
   >"Matt"  wrote:   
   >>> Today's newspaper says that there are nine detainees at Guantanamo Bay   
   >>> on whose behalf habeus corpus petitions are being lodged in Washington   
   >>> courts. Those are 2 British, 3 French, a German Turk, a Jordanian   
   >>> Palestinian refugee an Iraqui refugee and a Canadian citizen. The   
   >>> actions are challenging the lagality of their detantion demanding that   
   >>> the US Government explain, in court, why the men are being held.  Of the   
   >>> nearly 600 detainees only 4 have had access to lawyers.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not a shining example of democracy at work.   
   >>   
   >> What exactly does being a democracy have to do with the detainees?   
   >   
   > Well if you don't see a connection it is no wonder the US Government   
   > thinks it can do what it likes.   
      
   It's a perfectly fair question. What if the population has democratically   
   indicated its preference to have a bunch of foreigners detained?   
      
   miguel   
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