The administration says that he has the power as Commander in Chief to set the rules for these military tribunals and that the Supreme Court doesn't have jurisdiction to intervene.

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Droukdel saw him as a loyal counter to the growing power of a rival jihadist commander, Moktar Belmoktar, the man who ordered the hostage attack on the Algerian gas plant in January.

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"This mission represents the power of teamwork, commitment and exploration, " the commander said in a radio call to launch controllers moments before lift-off.

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One rival for power there, Haji Zaman, was forced to flee to Peshawar in bordering Pakistan two months ago after being bested in a power struggle by Mr Qadir and Hazrat Ali, Ningrahar's military commander.

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The commander had been part of the group that helped bring Col Gaddafi to power in 1969.

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Agreement has been reached on a compromise presidential candidate - army commander General Michel Suleiman - but rival factions cannot agree on how to share power once he becomes president.

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Alternatively, this information could have been obtained by Soviet Colonel-General Albert Makashov, commander of the huge Siberian military district and a unabashed advocate of the assertive use of Soviet military power, who held secret meetings with the Iraqi Foreign Minister in Baghdad shortly before the invasion of Kuwait.

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