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There are certain minimal
requirements of democracy and limited government: an independent judiciary, free
elections and basic protections for free speech, free association and due
process. The war on terrorism is raising issues. For example, President Bush
signed an executive order allowing foreigners suspected of international
terrorism to be tried in special military tribunals. Suspects detained under the
Executive Order may not even be told a reason for their arrest. Human Rights
Watch called on President Bush to rescind
that order. "The next time the United States criticizes a foreign dictator
for trying a dissident - or even an American citizen - before a military court,
this is going to be thrown back in America's face," Kenneth Roth, the
executive director of Human Rights Watch said.
The order seems to subvert the very standard which the United States has always stood for. |
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Will America build a ten-year global war against terrorist regimes? |
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In God We Trust
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