The US Army is planning to start another bogus Guantanamo trial. The suspects are accused of specific crimes of terrorism, and they may actually be guilty. It would be good to try them, provided the trials are fair. However, Guantanamo does not hold real trials; its kangaroo courts are inherently unfair.

Have the suspects been tortured? A trial based on so-called evidence obtained by torture cannot be valid, since torture extracts false confessions.

They have been in prison for 17 years. To make people wait that long for trial is an injustice in itself. A terrorists who was convicted and sentenced years ago in Indonesia for one of these bombings is now being released. I suggest giving these suspects clemency, saying that 17 years is enough.

Another solution might be to extradite them to Indonesia. If there is no extradition treaty, they might choose to go to Indonesia for trial, so they can serve their sentences and be released, rather than stay in Guantanamo forever.