CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–Juy 11, 2011. Following the transfer of Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, a Somali-based terrorist, to New York City for civilian trial, United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today announced legislation requiring Military Commission trials for foreign terrorists. Military Commissions were used by Presidents Lincoln and Roosevelt – and President Obama recently approved them for Al Qaeda terrorists. Kirk’s legislation would bring to justice individuals who wore no uniform and fought for no country who were seized on foreign soil by Military Commission as “enemy combatants” under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Sen. Kirk’s bill is companion legislation to H.R. 478, The Military Tribunal for Terrorists Act, authored by U.S. Rep Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.).
