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U.S. court to revisit Guantanamo detainee's conspiracy conviction
Source: Reuters
US | Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:57pm EDT
U.S. court to revisit Guantanamo detainee's conspiracy conviction
WASHINGTON | BY LAWRENCE HURLEY
A U.S. appeals court on Friday agreed to reconsider a June decision that threw out the last remaining conviction of a Yemeni man described as a publicist for al Qaeda who was prosecuted before a special military tribunal at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order saying a 10-judge panel will hear oral arguments in the case of Ali Hamza al Bahlul, who U.S. officials said made videos for Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization. The court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1.
The court's action had the effect of throwing out June's ruling in which a three-judge panel of the same court overturned the conviction on a conspiracy charge.
That three-judge panel ruled that Bahlul's 2008 conviction had to be put aside because the military tribunal did not have the authority to convict Bahlul of conspiracy, which is not a crime recognized under the international law of war.
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U.S. court to revisit Guantanamo detainee's conspiracy conviction
WASHINGTON | BY LAWRENCE HURLEY
A U.S. appeals court on Friday agreed to reconsider a June decision that threw out the last remaining conviction of a Yemeni man described as a publicist for al Qaeda who was prosecuted before a special military tribunal at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order saying a 10-judge panel will hear oral arguments in the case of Ali Hamza al Bahlul, who U.S. officials said made videos for Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization. The court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1.
The court's action had the effect of throwing out June's ruling in which a three-judge panel of the same court overturned the conviction on a conspiracy charge.
That three-judge panel ruled that Bahlul's 2008 conviction had to be put aside because the military tribunal did not have the authority to convict Bahlul of conspiracy, which is not a crime recognized under the international law of war.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/25/us-usa-court-guantanamo-idUSKCN0RP2AR20150925
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Of John Walker Lynd? I never believed he had anything to do with 9/11. I've always felt he was picked up over there and was held up as example of what Muslim sympathizers get.
So many Afgan men picked up over there were just farmers sold by desperate neighbors looking for a check.
Now Gitmo needs a geriatric section. Probably will cost us a billion more Haliburton dollars.
The America I believe in would close Guantanamo, NOW!
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