Prosecutors charge accused USS Cole mastermind (death penalty sought against Saudi at Gitmo)

Reuters ^ | Mon Jun 30, 2008

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military prosecutors have requested the death penalty for the alleged mastermind behind the bombing of the USS Cole warship that killed 17 U.S. sailors in 2000, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi Arabian national of Yemeni descent being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, faces eight charges, including murder and terrorism, for the attack in the Yemeni port of Aden on October 12, 2000, that wounded 47 sailors.

Prosecutors have also charged al-Nashiri over a failed attack on another U.S. warship, the USS The Sullivans, in Aden in January 2000 and an attack on the SS Limburg, a French supertanker, in the Gulf of Aden in October 2002.

"Five of the eight charges carry the maximum penalty of death," said Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, legal adviser to the body that oversees the military commissions system set up to try terrorism suspects.

Prosecutors allege al-Nashiri was a senior al Qaeda figure. He is one of 14 "high value" detainees held at the prison at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay who is regarded as particularly significant by U.S. officials...

[FMBass]

I sure hope they read him his Miranda rights.

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"This case -- like that of other Guantanamo detainees -- is being pursued in an unconstitutional and biased system that is a far cry from the tried-and-true American justice system," said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. The group said it was sponsoring a group of civilian lawyers to represent al-Nashiri.

Seriously, that is not a joke.

Should help delineate real Americans from the moonbat left for those muddle-brained chuckleheads still on the fence.

[FMBass]

“Seriously, that is not a joke.”

It was seriously not meant to be a joke. The Supremes are now going to see what they have done to our national security.

[napscoordinator]

Took long enough!!!! Eight years??? Sheesh. suddenly this is happening?

[Paleo Conservative]

I think he should be deep fried alive in lard.

[tx_eggman]

I think he should be have already been deep fried alive in lard.

There, fixed it for you ...

[G8 Diplomat]

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi Arabian national of Yemeni descent

So is bin Laden....hmmm

Can't wait till we find him too. Of course, the traitors at ACLU will want to give him a lawyer.

[chiefqc]

If they delay long enough and obamawama becomes POTUS he’ll have him over for tea and reason with him and make him say he’s really, really sorry, then release him.

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Excellent news.

[musicman]

"Can't wait till we find him too. Of course, the traitors at ACLU will want to give him a lawyer."

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts?page=971#971

[musicman]

"This case -- like that of other Guantanamo detainees -- is being pursued in an unconstitutional and biased system that is a far cry from the tried-and-true American justice system," said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. The group said it was sponsoring a group of civilian lawyers to represent al-Nashiri.

[musicman]

Thanks for your link!!

[Cindy]

You’re welcome musicman.

[El Gato]

As to the punishment, should he be found guilty by a properly constitututed Military Tribunal, I hear there are lots of hungry fish in those waters.

[cva66snipe]

Took long enough!!!! Eight years??? Sheesh. suddenly this is happening?

He ain't dead yet and given our record with Yemen's thugs likely won't be any time soon.

[happygrl]

Seriously, it's one more step toward CWII.

What was it that harpseal used to say - stayed armed ....,etc.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WaPo says this vermin “has been in U.S. custody since late 2002”. The Bush administration is cleaning up the islamist mess from the Clinton years and all you hear from the leftwing zealots is the poor muslim was water-boarded and “Bush Lied”.

[Gritty]

Somewhere along long and dreary line a court and the multitudes of ACLU lawyers will allege his “rights” were "violated". Maybe it will no reading of Miranda. Maybe no unbroken chain of evidence. Maybe the witnesses will be unavailable to testify. Maybe he was threatened or made uncomfortable during interrogation. Maybe he had no lawyer present...

Whatever.

This guy will walk and will laugh all the way to his new assignment - the wholesale murdering of more Americans.