LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, on Tuesday called for two Iraqis facing terrorism-related charges in Kentucky to be sent to the prison at Guantanamo Bay rather than allow them to face trial in a civilian court.
Mr. McConnell, in a speech on the Senate floor in Washington, called 30-year-old Waad Ramadan Alwan and 23-year-old Mohanad Shareef Hammadi “foreign fighters” subject to the same system as people caught on a battlefield.
Mr. Alwan and Mr. Hammadi are charged in a 23-count indictment with conspiring to send weapons and money to Al Qaeda in Iraq. Mr. Alwan also is charged with attacking American soldiers in Iraq.
Mr. Hammadi’s attorney, Jim Earhart, said both men were legally in the country and should be afforded the same rights as anyone else legally in the United States.
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