Bin Laden Driver Charged at Guantanamo

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Bin Laden Driver Charged at Guantanamo


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Aug 24, 11:52 AM (ET)

By PAISLEY DODDS

(AP) A Soldier walks through a gate at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Monday, Aug. 23, 2004,...
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Osama bin Laden's chauffeur was officially charged Tuesday in the first U.S. military tribunal since World War II, appearing at a pretrial hearing where his lawyer challenged the process as unfair.

Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a 34-year-old Yemeni, wore headphones to hear an interpreter. He asked for the allegations against him to be repeated, then appeared to chuckle and smile after the charges of conspiracy as an al-Qaida member to commit war crimes, including murder, were explained a second time.

Hamdan has said he earned a pittance for his family as Osama bin Laden's driver before the Sept. 11 attacks and denies taking part in terrorist activities. U.S. officials allege he served as the al-Qaida leader's bodyguard and delivered weapons to his operatives.

The Pentagon alleges that Hamdan - also known as Saqr al Jaddawi - was bin Laden's driver and bodyguard between February 1996 and Nov. 24, 2001.



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[amber dog democrat]

1. Wait until the arrest his dry cleaner and the domestics.

He probably collaborated in the 9/11 attacks too. Why would Bin Laden deny himself the intellectual and tactical genious of his driver ? It has to be a conspiracy - but it will be hard to proove within a reasonable doubt.

[tlcandie]

2. I am of the same mindset!

They need to arrest and convict anyone connected to OBL including convenience store clerks, restaurant workers....

:+

[amber dog democrat]

3. Why even bother " trying " them ?

Lets just burn them at the stake. Or better yet, threaten to publically harm them unless Bin Laden surrenders and turns himslef in,

[xxqqqzme]

4. and some say irony is dead - ha!

the driver gets locked up but the relatives get a plane trip home after?

[Dhalgren]

5. I'm sorry, but the first thing to come to mind was

the rest of the headline - "Officials say entire golfbag could be next."

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9. LOL n/t

[0007]

6. Unbelievable! What a waste of time.

[coalition_unwilling]

7. He's no doubt guilty of "DWAC", i.e.,

Driving While Al Quaida

[quaoar]

8. Bush's new campaign slogan

I Can't Find Bin Laden, But I Kicked His Driver's Ass. Yee Ha!!

[takumi]

10. Another Sign of Desperation!

Good observation!

[Rockholm]

11. Bad Driver. WTF.

Do camels even HAVE drivers? What kind of car is OBL have? Good Grief!!!!!