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Military commission charges confirmed against Saudi Guantanamo detainee

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The US Department of Defense (DOD) said Friday that charges have been referred to a military commission trial against Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. Al-Nashiri is accused of terrorism, attempted murder, and providing material support to terrorism for his alleged role in planning the 2000 al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole. He was charged in June under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and faces the death penalty if found guilty at his military commission. Also on Friday, the DOD announced that charges were being dismissed against Afghan detainee Abdul Ghani, who had been charged with providing material support for terrorism. The charges were dismissed without prejudice, which means the US has the option of charging him again in the future. Last year, al-Nashiri said that his confession to planning the USS Cole attack was coerced through torture at Guantanamo. In 2004, a Yemeni security court charged al-Nashiri in absentia in connection with the attack, saying he belonged to the al Qaeda terrorist network. In 2005, a Yemeni appeals court upheld a death sentence against al-Nashiri.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on December 20, 2008 (boomark / email).