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US drops 9/11 ‘hijacker’ charges
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Discuss this report in the RINF forums >
Bryan Broyles, al-Qahtani’s military lawyer, said on Monday that Susan Crawford, the convening authority for military commissions, dismissed the charges against al-Qahtani on Friday. The charges were dismissed “without prejudice,” meaning they could be filed again at some point in the future. Crawford is proceeding with charges against five other people accused of having a role in the attacks, Broyles said. Prosecutors are to seek the death penalty for the men if they are found to be guilty. The US military said that he had no return ticket and Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker, was waiting for him. Officials previously said al-Qahtani had been subject to harsh interrogation authorised by Donald Rumsfeld, the former US defence secretary. The five defendants who are still facing charges include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is alleged to have masterminded the attacks in 2001 that killed nearly 3,000 people. The five charged men are set to be arraigned before a military tribunal at Guantanamo, where the US holds about 270 men on “suspicion of terrorism” or links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Human rights organisations have criticised the rule that allows US judges to decide whether to allow evidence that may have been obtained under “coercion”. US authorities have acknowledged that Mohammed was “waterboarded” - an interrogation method designed to simulate the sensation of drowning - by CIA interrogators. Al-Qahtani last year retracted a confession he said he made after he was tortured at Guantanamo. In a written statement he said was beaten, restrained for long periods in uncomfortable positions, threatened with dogs, exposed to loud music and freezing temperatures and stripped nude in front of female military staff. Discuss this report in the RINF forums > Have Your Say: US drops 9/11 ‘hijacker’ charges This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 at 2:43 pm and is filed under 9/11 Truth, General, War & Terrorism News . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. |
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