The US military is set to press forward with the trials of at least 20 more detainees at Guantanamo Bay despite military jurors acquitting Osama bin Laden's former driver of many of the charges he faced.
The Salim Hamdan trial was the first test of controversial military commissions created to try "war on terror" suspects captured outside the US and held at the prison at a US naval base in Cuba.
The next trial set to take place is that of Omar Khadr, a 21-year-old Canadian who was 15 when he was captured during a firefight at a suspected al-Qaeda compound in Afghanistan.
Khadr, who is the only Westerner among the 265 prisoners still held at Guantanamo, is charged with the murder of a US soldier in a grenade attack.
Two prisoners have been convicted at Guantanamo, including Hamdan, who was the first to undergo a complete trial, and David Hicks, an Australian.
Hicks avoided trial by admitting he trained with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and pleading guilty in March 2007 to providing material support for terrorism.
He finished his nine-month sentence in Australia in December 2007.
More at the link.
The Salim Hamdan trial was the first test of controversial military commissions created to try "war on terror" suspects captured outside the US and held at the prison at a US naval base in Cuba.
The next trial set to take place is that of Omar Khadr, a 21-year-old Canadian who was 15 when he was captured during a firefight at a suspected al-Qaeda compound in Afghanistan.
Khadr, who is the only Westerner among the 265 prisoners still held at Guantanamo, is charged with the murder of a US soldier in a grenade attack.
Two prisoners have been convicted at Guantanamo, including Hamdan, who was the first to undergo a complete trial, and David Hicks, an Australian.
Hicks avoided trial by admitting he trained with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and pleading guilty in March 2007 to providing material support for terrorism.
He finished his nine-month sentence in Australia in December 2007.
More at the link.
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- PaliNadia
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Such an unfair court. Such an unfair and long wait. Such a pity!
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- WorldPeaceTV
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The whole justice system of these tribunals operating outside of the Constitution of the US is a sham.
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