USS Cole: Guantanamo tribunal for Yemen bombing suspect

[eppur_se_muova]

Source: BBC

The prime suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole will face a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, US defence officials have said.

Abd al-Nashiri, a Saudi of Yemeni descent, faces a possible death sentence if convicted.

The ruling, issued by the US Department of Defence, means the US must bring him before a military judge within 30 days.

At least 17 sailors were killed and 40 were wounded in the attack in Aden on 12 October 2000.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15101631

[ChandlerJr]

1. Huh? I thought Gitmo was closed.

Must have been mistaken.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Well, I woke up in the shower this morning and realized it was all just a dream. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

6. wonder how many...

will catch that reference

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Obama signed an executive order creating a formal system of indefinite detention

Not too long ago.

Gitmo will never close. The "War on Terror" is The Forever War and will never end. Prisoners will continue to be sent to Gitmo, tortured and given phony trial in a kangaroo court.

Isn't America grand? :patriot:

[Badsam]

3. Were we at war in 2000?

[24601]

7. No more than we were at war on Dec 7, 1941. That doesn't, however,

stop anyone from waging war on you.

[Solly Mack]

5. ...

"Mr Nashiri is one of three detainees the CIA has admitted to waterboarding, a simulated drowning technique that has been widely condemned as torture by foreign governments and human rights organisations."

It was also condemned by the US as torture (because it IS torture)...until the US decided torture was a good thing. Well, a good thing for the US to do... but not for others to do.

[coalition_unwilling]

8. Kangaroo Courts R Us - n/t