AHN - Pentagon Drops Murder Charges Against Saudi Guantanamo Detainee

                   
allheadlinenews.com     May 14, 2008            

Nilanjana Bhowmick - AHN News Writer San Juan, Puerto Rico (AHN) - The U.S. has dropped murder charges against a Saudi national who has been detained in the Guantanamo prison camp. Mohammed al-Qahtani is one of six men facing murder charges before a U.S.military tribunal. U.S. military officials... [read full story]                    

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Charges Dropped Against ‘Dangerous’ Detainee Who Was Tortured At Guantanamo

thinkprogress.org     May 13, 2008          

The AP reports today that the Pentagon has “dropped charges” against Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Saudi held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 who was alleged to have been the so-called “20th hijacker” on 9/11. Known as Detainee 063, Qahtani was the subject of a 2002 meeting at Guantanamo that included...                    

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Torture, then drop charges

leisureguy.wordpress.com     May 13, 2008          

My God. Is there no limit? ThinkProgress: The AP reports today that the Pentagon has “dropped charges” against Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Saudi held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 who was alleged to have been the so-called “20th hijacker” on 9/11. Known as Detainee 063, Qahtani was the subject of a...                    

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Pentagon Drops Murder Charges Against Saudi Guantanamo Detainee (AHN)

allheadlinenews.com     May 14, 2008          

Nilanjana Bhowmick - AHN News Writer San Juan, Puerto Rico (AHN) - The U.S. has dropped murder charges against a Saudi national who has been detained in the Guantanamo prison camp. Mohammed al-Qahtani is one of six men facing murder charges before a U.S.military tribunal. U.S. military officials...                    

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Twentieh Hijacker Still Waits For Trial

realclearpolitics.com     May 15, 2008          

WASHINGTON -- For weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when images of twisted metal and smoldering debris still filled television screens and the wail of bagpipes at firefighters' funerals sounded day after day, there was one face that seemed to embody the terror. It was that of Mohamed...                    

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Marie Cocco: The tale of the 20th hijacker

sacbee.com     May 15, 2008          

For weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when images of twisted metal and smoldering debris still filled television screens and the wail of bagpipes at firefighters' funerals sounded day after day, there was one face that seemed to embody the terror. It was that of Mohamed Atta, ringleader...                    

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The Face of Torture

trueblueliberal.com     May 15, 2008          

From TruthDig By Marie Cocco For weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when images of twisted metal and smoldering debris still filled television screens and the wail of bagpipes at firefighters’ funerals sounded day after day, there was one face that seemed to embody the terror. It was that...                    

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Torture's Blowback

washingtonpost.com     May 16, 2008          

THE GHOSTS of interrogations past have come back to haunt the Bush administration. This week, the legal officer supervising the military trials at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, dismissed capital charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, who allegedly would have been the 20th...                    

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Marie Cocco: False confessions from a tortured prisoner at Guantanamo Bay

denverpost.com     May 16, 2008          

For weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when images of twisted metal and smoldering debris still filled television screens and the wail of bagpipes at firefighters' funerals sounded day after day, there was one face that seemed to embody the terror. Seven years later, if we were to seek a...                    

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"20th hijacker" still held in Guantanamo as symbol of 9/11

app.com     May 16, 2008          

For weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when images of twisted metal and smoldering debris still filled television screens and the wail of bagpipes at firefighters' funerals sounded day after day, there was one face that seemed to embody the terror. It was that of Mohamed Atta, ringleader...                    

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Torture's Blowback

civilrights.org     May 16, 2008          

An alleged Sept. 11 conspirator can't be tried because the administration thought harsh tactics were a good idea. THE GHOSTS of interrogations past have come back to haunt the Bush administration. This week, the legal officer supervising the military trials at the U.S. detention center at...                    

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