WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole — and will seek the death penalty.
Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, legal adviser to the U.S. military tribunal system, said charges are being sworn against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi of Yemeni descent, who has been held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2006.
The charges still must be approved by a Defense Department official who oversees military tribunals set up for terrorism suspects. If they are approved, al-Nashiri he will be the first person charged in the United States in connection with the attack nearly eight years ago.
Hartmann said the allegations include conspiracy to violate laws of war, murder, treachery, terrorism, destruction of property and intentionally causing serious bodily injury.
Seventeen American sailors were killed and dozens wounded when the Navy destroyer was attacked in the Yemeni port of Aden as it refueled.
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I heard this yesterday and one thing stuck out "The Pentagon acknowledges that al-Nashiri was water boarded and hopes it won't taint the evidence".
I am not a cruel man (anymore) but this whole water boarding things is beyond me. We (Americans) know without a shadow of a doubt that if you are captured in Iraq, Afghanistan, or just sightseeing in Italy that you will be the lead video on Jihad TV. They have slaughtered non-combatants without regard for human rights or dignity, why should we be concerned that water boarding will make them uncomfortable?
Back to the story, I hope that he is proven to be guilty and if he is found guilty that he be executed expeditiously!
I am not a cruel man (anymore) but this whole water boarding things is beyond me. We (Americans) know without a shadow of a doubt that if you are captured in Iraq, Afghanistan, or just sightseeing in Italy that you will be the lead video on Jihad TV. They have slaughtered non-combatants without regard for human rights or dignity, why should we be concerned that water boarding will make them uncomfortable?
Back to the story, I hope that he is proven to be guilty and if he is found guilty that he be executed expeditiously!
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