Rats and mould will not delay Guantanamo 9/11 trials, says judge

By: American Decency Staff

 

A judge has rejected requests to delay the trial of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks because of a rat and mould infestation in their defence lawyers' offices.

U.S. attempts to move forward the military tribunal proceedings have been thwarted for months by scheduling conflicts, religious observances, an Internet outage and a tropical storm.

And the latest request to postpone proceedings relate to offices assigned to the defendants' lawyers at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. They claim conditions in the 1940s buildings are making them sick.

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