U.S. Seeks Death Penalty for 9-11 Terrorist Attack Suspects

The Pentagon plans to charge six men detained at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept 11^th terrorist attacks on America. They are seeking the death penalty for the men. One of the men, named Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is supposedly the mastermind behind the attack, where hijacked planes were flown into buildings in New York and Washington. Prosecutors have been working for years to build the case against the suspects.

The trial will be held in a specially made court at Guantanamo that will allow lawyers, journalists, and some other people attend. The men would be tried in the military tribunal system that was set up by the Bush administration after the start of the war on terror. The system has been criticized for its rules on legal representation for suspects, hearings behind closed doors, and allegations of inmate abuse at Guantanamo.

Army Desertion Rates Up 80 Percent

Soldiers deserting the Army has increased by 80 percent since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003. Even though the totals are lower than during the Vietnam War, there is still a steady increase over the last four years and a 42 percent increase since last year.

A deserter is considered somebody that has been absent without leave for more than 30 days. The soldier would be discharged as a deserter. In total, 4698 soldiers deserted this year and 3301 deserted last year. Over 75 percent of the deserters are males in their first term of enlistment.

It is believed that the increase is due to many soldiers serving repeated and lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. They want to increase the number of soldiers in the Army and Marine Corps to give soldiers more time off between deployments,

There are four ways that a soldier can leave the Army before their enlistment contract is up. They can leave if they are considered unable to meet physical fitness requirements, if they are not able to adapt to the military, they say they are gay and are required to leave under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, or if they desert by going AWOL.

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Mentally Ill Man Charged with Threatening to Shoot President Bush

It is reported in Tampa, FL that a mentally ill homeless man, named Timothy Wade Pinkston, was charged with threatening to shoot President Bush. Secret Service agents were called to the psychiatric unit of St. Joseph’s Hospital where Pinkston resided. Pinkston told the hospital workers that he planned on going to Washington and shoot the president. When the Secret Service agents arrived, he repeated the threat. He said that he doesn’t like the president’s foreign policy or the way he is handling the war in Iraq.

Pinkston was charged with a federal crime of threatening the president. He also was charged in 1991 with threatening the president and sent threatening letters to the governor of Georgia.