I had the opportunity to attend DOJ's meeting with the 911 victims famiies at the Justie Department in DC on 6/16/09. There were approximately 35 participants. The general sense I got from listening to them was of anger, revenge, and kill the damn detainees whoever they are, Yemen or Saudi; America is the most powerful nation, we should not be apologizing, we are at war and GITMO is a good faciity. There was a push for Military Tribunals and Mr. Olsen also seemed to agree with them.
AG Eric Holder joined us and offered his condolences, appreciated the families' activism, but maintained firmly that GITMO will be closed as of January 2010, pursuant to President Obama's executive order. He went to further explain that it is imperative we take this action to redeem our lost dignity and respect by following the rule of law.
America stands in violation of international law of huan rights, which is epitomized by GITMO. How can we legitimize advocacy of Freedom, Liberty and Democracy when we have GITMO where people have been detained since 9/11/2001, in communicado, without any charge? There are detainees who were picked up when they were 14 years old. Many have been turned in for a bounty of $ 5 M offered by the Bush administration to legitimize the immoral war on terror. 100% of the detainees are Muslim, majority of Arab race.
Mr. Olsen is a biased person and should not be heading the Task Force. These meeting have been occuring on an annual basis since 2002 and I had always applied to participate. I was always told it is a lottery and sorry for not been selected. This year I demanded my seat at the table as the mother of 911 victim: Mohammad Salman Hamdani. What my family has endured since 911, neds to be brought to light, and through this blog I will make my attempt to change the current path of revenge to one of Justice.
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