U.S. slams PA trial of suspects in U.S. convoy bombing

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/392397.html

The U.S. on Tuesday criticized a Palestinian trial for the suspected killers of three Americans, Israel Radio reported.

A State Department spokesman said that the proceedings at the trial did not live up to international standards demanded by the U.S.

U.S. ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer also criticized the proceedings, saying on Monday that they should not be held behind closed doors and the charges should be tougher.Kurtzer also said Washington should have been told in advance of the Gaza trial that began last Saturday of the four accused of involvement in a roadside bomb attack that killed the U.S. security guards in October.

"We don't believe that this is the way to proceed. We want to see an open trial," said Kurtzer, when asked about the hearing at a convention of American rabbis in Jerusalem."We're not even sure that the charge sheet... reflects the gravity of the crime. The charge sheet seems to implicate these individuals for involuntary manslaughter instead of what we would call first degree murder," Kurtzer said.

Strained relations between the United States and the Palestinians have been further tested since the attack. Washington has said not enough was being done to hunt the killers of the guards, who were escorting a convoy to interview Fulbright scholarship applicants in Gaza City.

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they cant even fake an arrest.