World-News

MSNBC

01/29/09

Families of two Saudi detainees who committed suicide in June 2006 while being held at Guantanamo Bay have sued the Pentagon, alleging Thursday that torture and brutal conditions at the offshore prison led the men to their deaths. The New-York based Center for Constitutional Rights said the parents of Yassar Talal al-Zahrani and Salah Ali Abdullah Ahmed al-Salami are seeking unspecified damages for the ‘illegal detention, torture, inhumane conditions, and ultimate deaths’ of their sons...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28919377/



Judge” refuses to delay Gitmo detainee’s “trial”

MSNBC

01/29/09

A military judge at Guantanamo on Thursday rejected a White House request to suspend a hearing for a USS Cole bombing suspect, creating an unexpected challenge for the Obama administration as it reviews the U.S. war-crimes trials process. The judge, Army Col. James Pohl, said his decision was difficult but necessary to protect ‘the public interest in a speedy trial.’ The ruling came in the case against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the 2000 Navy destroyer bombing that killed 17 U.S. sailors in Yemen.” [editor’s note: “Speedy trial” my a... . He’s been in US custody for more than six years - TLK]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28914869/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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