1.   Defense attorneys repeatedly argued that New York prosecutors had no legal right to try foreign citizens for acts that took place outside the United States.

2.   The Bush administration has already said the tribunals would not be used to try American citizens, such as so-called American Taliban John Walker Lindh.

3.   Under Israeli law, he said, an Israeli citizen is tried in Israel for a crime committed in another country but will not be extradited.

4.   After his return home, prosecutors charged him under a law that allows Swedish courts to try citizens for breaking a Swedish law in another country.

5.   Argentina insists its citizens must be tried by its own courts for actions committed on its territory.

6.   Argentina denied those requests, insisting that its citizens be tried in their own country.

7.   Argentina has repeatedly denied those requests, insisting that its citizens be tried in their own country.

8.   Argentina insists that its citizens must be tried by its own courts for actions committed on its territory.

9.   Argentina insists that its citizens must be tried by its own courts for crimes committed here.

10.   Argentina denied those requests, insisting that its citizens be tried on its territory.