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Lawyer Defending 9/11 Suspects Wearing Burqa in Court 'Out of Respect'

jjm218 Wrote: May 22, 2012 9:28 PM

If you are really so unfamiliar with the Law of the Sea Treaty that you think it is a topic for mocking (not that Leftiss think any topics are NOT topics for mocking, other than obama), you should research it. Laughing is easy (tho' a little outdated, now that we all know about Allinsky) -- but it can make one look uninformed.

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Lawyer Defending 9/11 Suspects Wearing Burqa in Court 'Out of Respect'

Tolerance. The trial for suspected 9/11 defendants, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, is underway in a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay this week and the lawyer for the defendants is wearing a full burqa in court in order to "respect" the religious beliefs of her clients.

The defense attorney who wore a traditional Islamic outfit during the rowdy arraignment of the accused Sept. 11 terrorists is defending her courtroom appeal that other women in the room wear more "appropriate" clothing to the proceedings -- out of respect for her client's Muslim beliefs.

Cheryl Bormann, counsel...