Comments on: Double Standards In The War Against Terror http://www.1115.org/2009/06/03/double-standards-in-the-war-against-terror/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Linda Jacobson http://www.1115.org/2009/06/03/double-standards-in-the-war-against-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-130922 Linda Jacobson Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:07:43 +0000 http://www.1115.org/?p=9303#comment-130922 If this is Balkin's response, how does he justify the up to 65 year prison sentences given to the 5 palestinians involved in providing charity to Gaza, while Hamas is in power. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/29/holy_land "Despite No Links to Violence, Founders of Muslim Charity Sentenced to Lengthy Terms for Donations to Needy Palestinians in Occupied Territories" And maybe Balkin should apply it to the case of John Walker Lindh, serving a 20 year sentence. If this is Balkin’s response, how does he justify the up to 65 year prison sentences given to the 5 palestinians involved in providing charity to Gaza, while Hamas is in power.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/29/holy_land

“Despite No Links to Violence, Founders of Muslim Charity Sentenced to Lengthy Terms for Donations to Needy Palestinians in Occupied Territories”

And maybe Balkin should apply it to the case of John Walker Lindh, serving a 20 year sentence.

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