US accused of using 'kangaroo court' (tribunale illegale) to try men accused of role in September 11 attacks


The decision to use Mohammed and the others as guinea-pigs (cavia) in a constitutionally dubious legal proceeding is likely to trigger a firestorm of anti-American sentiment in the Islamic world and spark a fractious domestic debate in an already highly charged presidential election year.

Concerns were raised last night of political interference by the White House in the military's decision to go to trial in the middle of an election campaign in which the …