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Hamdi v. Rumsfeld  

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  • On September 11, 2001, the al Qaeda terrorist network hijacked several commercial airliners in order to destroy prominent targets in the United States. Some three thousand people lost their lives in the attacks. [Source: The U.S. Constitution A to Z; Hamdi v. Rumsfeld]

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Date

  • 2004

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Hamdi_v._Rumsfeld

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