9/11 victim families want civil trials for terror suspects
Press TV – April 2, 2010
Family members of those killed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks have urged US President Barack Obama to live up to earlier promises and try terror suspects in civilian court.
The September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a group of more than 200 family members of 9/11 victims, said they prefer the suspects currently held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba to stand trial in US federal criminal courts rather than before military commissions.
In an emotional four-minute long video appeal, the group warned the US president against “buckling to political pressure” over the trial venue for the alleged 9/11 plotters.
The group argued that, while there have been hundreds of successfully completed terrorism-related trials in federal criminal courts, military commissions have only managed to wrap up three cases related to terrorism.
Donna Marsh O’Connor, a Peaceful Tomorrows member who lost her pregnant daughter on the attack against the World Trade Center, criticized the horse-trading politics surrounding terrorist trials in the US.
Reflecting disappointment with an alleged deal in which the White House would drop plans for civilian trials in exchange for Republican support for the closure of the detention camp at Guantanamo, O’Connor called on Obama to reject any such compromise.
“As 9/11 families, we have suffered greatly and waited almost nine years to see justice done with our own eyes,” she said.
“We understand that you face political pressure to back down. We ask that you do not allow fear and prejudice to govern your decision — as we are not afraid. We know our country is strong enough to hold on to our values in the face of terrorism,” she added.
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This is really sad, it has been 10 years and these terrorists are getting treated like Royality, I think it is about time that this administration is showing back bone and handles this appropriate and give it a closure to these poor families who have to go over and over with this issue. What is wrong with this country. Isn’t it enough!
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it felt realy i sad iwas only 5 years old when i saw the news people jumping out off there i realy feel sad because it was a speacil day for me it was my mombirthday i hope people think and should be grateful for life my mom got sad it
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Amerika is so full of itself. the whole world knows that 19 arabs armed with box cutters did not do this stuff ten years ago.
hard research has proven that this was a wound inflicted by ISRAEL and some traitors called P.N.A.C. who have infiltrated every level of the U.S. Government inclusive of the offices of the F.B.I. who covered up these mass murders that day.
go to YouTube and put in 911 INTECEPTED FULL FILM in the search window. After viewing that, look in the right colum for ZERO: AN INVESTIGATION INTO 9/11, also in FULL FILM, and watch those.
treasonous filth in the U.S. and Israeli infiltrators with dual passports, cavorting around at A.I.P.A.C. meetings and at ADL and SPLC lectures, did this to the U.S.
the families certainly know by now that this was TREASON, not an act of terror by and OUTSIDE gang who never took responsibility nor could every have orchestrated it.
this was a SELF INFLICTED WOUND and yes, it has gone unpunished.
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