Pentagon OKs charges against Guantanamo prisoner

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Pentagon OKs charges against Guantanamo prisoner
Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:54pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday approved
war crimes charges against a Yemeni Guantanamo prisoner it
says was a "media director" for al Qaeda leader Osama bin
Laden.

The charges against Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul, 39,
were filed by military prosecutors this month and Tuesday's
decision set the stage for his trial at the U.S. Navy base
in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

No trial date was given, but a Pentagon statement said that
under the rules of the military tribunals created to try
non-U.S. citizens held as part of the Bush administration's
war against terrorism, the accused should be arraigned
within 30 days of being notified of their charges.

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