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Lawrence Morris, has four times that many attorneys at work preparing trials. "The entire system of the military commissions is founded on the concept of defense by military defense counsel, and insufficiency in that defense is a serious institutional flaw," said Miles Fischer, an attorney who has attended Guantanamo sessions for the New York City Bar Assn. , whose members represent prisoners trying to get civilian court review of their detention. Some observers say the stepped-up pace of prosecutions could be a way of ensuring that some defendants are tried by the commissions before the end of President Bush's term. "They may be attempting to get these cases to progress to a point where it would make it harder for the next president to move them to civilian courts, where they belong," said Shayana Kadidal, senior attorney with the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. Al Qosi, Hamdan, Khadr and seven others were charged with war crimes in 2003 and 2004, but their trials had not begun before the U. S . Another dozen say they will delay it until later at night, and two dozen others are considering what to do. On Friday, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc . It hasn't happened yet to Tsonga. On Tsonga's first set point, Mathieu serving at 5-6 of the tiebreaker, Tsonga tracked down two forehand bombs to the deepest portion of his backhand side . "I'm impressed, especially with the young guys like Kotchman, Kendrick and Willits, who have pressure to prove themselves every day . "I know I will be able to do my job as secretary-general with impartiality. "*maggie. farleymark. magnierFarley reported from the United Nations and Magnier from Beijing Times staff writers Julian E.

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