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unusual facts about military commission



Randall Schmidt

On June 8, 2008 the Washington Post reported that Schmidt was expected to testify at the military commission of Mohammed Jawad, about the use of the "frequent flyer" program.

Yokohama War Crimes Trials

The Yokohama War Crimes Trials was a series of trials of Japanese war criminals, held before the military commission of the US 8th Army at Yokohama immediately after the Second World War.


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Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame

Representative Howard McKeon, Chairman of the United States House Committee on Armed Services, said transferring Warsame out of Guantanamo "directly contradicts Congressional intent and the will of the American people", and Senator Susan Collins stated that captured foreign nationals "should be tried in a military commission, not a federal civilian court in New York or anywhere else in our country".

Andrew Belton

Having apparently resigned his military commission, he assisted the pretender to the throne Abdelhafid, to overthrow his brother Abdelaziz.

Choe Ryong-hae

In April 2012, he received important promotions to Vice Marshal, member of the Politburo Presidium of the WPK Central Committee, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, director of the KPA General Political Bureau and member of the National Defence Commission, largely filling the post left unoccupied by Jo Myong-rok's death and working as power broker for Kim Jong-un.

General Political Department

People's Liberation Army General Political Department, chief political organ under the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China

Jeffrey Groharing

Colonel Peter Brownback, the Presiding Officer of Omar Khadr's military commission, was expected to make a ruling as to whether Khadr was an "illegal enemy combatant".

Military Commissions Act of 2009

On December 3, 2009, Carol Rosenberg, of the Miami Herald, reported on a hearing before Lieutenant Colonel Nancy Paul, the Presiding Officer of the Military Commission for US v. Al Qosi. She wrote that Paul was the first Presiding Officer to address the implications of the new act.

Politics of Zambia

Zambia was active in the Congolese peace effort after the signing of a cease-fire agreement in Lusaka in July and August 1999, although activity diminished considerably after the Joint Military Commission tasked with implementing the ceasefire relocated to Kinshasa in September 2001.

Premier of the People's Republic of China

In 1989, then Premier Li Peng, in cooperation with the then Chairman of the Central Military Commission Deng Xiaoping, was able to use the office of the Premier to declare martial law in Beijing and order the military crackdown of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Spyros Kokotos

In 1959, Spyros Kokotos was drafted in the Hellenic Navy and received a military commission as an ensign (Greek: Επίκουρος Σημαιοφόρος) in December 1959.

Stephen R. Henley

Captain Keith J. Allred, the President of Salim Ahmed Hamdan's military commission had previously proscribed Hartmann from participating.

Terry Hicks

Terry Hicks (born 1945) is an Australian man who is known for his campaign for his son David, who was convicted by the United States of America Guantanamo Military Commission under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 on charges of providing material support for terrorism.

Tony Knap

While waiting for his military commission following the outbreak of World War II, he spent a fall at Lewiston High School in 1942 as an assistant under former Vandal teammate Steve Belko.

William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton

He held no military commission during the Civil War but was an active Commissioner of Array and garrisoned Brereton.