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U.S. judge rules first Guantanamo war crimes trial can go ahead
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WASHINGTON (CNN) A federal judge refused Thursday to delay the approaching military commission trial of a Yemeni man who served as Osama bin Laden's personal bodyguard and driver (article 10)
A U.S. District Court in Washington ruled Thursday that the first war crimes trial in connection with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks can go ahead as planned next week at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (article 6)
His lawyers had asked the district court in the U.S. capital to order a delay while Hamdan mounted a challenge to his continuing detention at Guantanamo Bay. (article 6)
MIAMI - Senior U.S. military officers will be scrambled from around the world this weekend for jury duty at Guantanamo Bay in the Pentagon's first war-crimes trial since World War II. (article 9)
If judges hold that to be the case, every detainee at the U.S. naval base in Cuba could use court challenges to delay his trial for months or years. (article 5)
How are the tribunals/commissions supposed to work? Under the Military Commissions Act 2006, the military commission or tribunal will be made up of between five and 12 US armed forces officers. (article 2)
Hamdan's lawsuit led the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006 to strike down the original military tribunal system created by Bush. (article 7)
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Source articles
- US judge backs Guantanamo trial (BBC News, 07/17/2008, 116 words)
- Q&A: Guantanamo detentions (BBC News, 07/17/2008, 1812 words)
- Gitmo detainee says questioner acted improperly (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/16/2008, 350 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > POLITICS (FOX News, 07/17/2008, 728 words)
- Judge clears way for first Guantanamo Bay trial (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/17/2008, 705 words)
- U.S. judge rules first Guantanamo war crimes trial can go ahead (cbc.ca, 07/17/2008, 506 words)
- ABC News: Bin Laden's Driver Describes Life at Gitmo (ABCNews, 07/16/2008, 342 words)
- Judge allows testimony by Guantanamo detainees (L.A. Times, 07/15/2008, 716 words)
- First Guantanamo war-crimes trial set to begin - (baltimoresun.com, 07/17/2008, 159 words)
- Judge refuses to delay detainee trial (CNN, 07/17/2008, 29 words)
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