News Topic - Cuba

Six military officers to serve as driver's jury
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- A six-member jury of senior military officers will hear the first U.S. war crimes tribunal since World War II -- the al Qaeda terror conspiracy trial of Osama bin Laden's driver.
MiamiHerald.com  –  Jul 21, 2008 8:25 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Jury selection under way at start of 1st Guantanamo war crimes trial
Associated Press - July 21, 2008 3:53 PM ET GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A jury pool of uniformed American military officers has been brought in for questioning by lawyers on both...
WLFI.com  –  Jul 21, 2008 7:53 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Mukasey Asks Congress to Write New Rules on Detainees
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey this morning urged lawmakers to step into the debate over how the U.S. legal system should handle claims by detainees at the U.S. naval facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, beseeching Congress to help answer difficult questions about the rights that should be...
Washington Post  –  Jul 21, 2008 6:51 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Some evidence excluded as war trial opens
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- A military judge without explanation on Monday excluded from the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver any FBI or other interrogations of him at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, then began seating a military jury in the first U.S. war crimes tribunal since World War II.
MiamiHerald.com  –  Jul 21, 2008 6:42 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Guantanamo Bay trial begins today
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Nearly seven years after President Bush declared an “extraordinary emergency” that empowered him to bring terror­ism suspects before military judges, Osama bin Laden’s former driver is scheduled to go on trial today in the first tes...
The Register-Guard  –  Jul 21, 2008 4:58 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Bin Laden's driver pleads not guilty at US warcrimes trial
AFP - Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, pleaded not guilty on Monday at the opening of the first war crimes trial before a special military tribunal at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said.
Yahoo!  –  Jul 21, 2008 3:32 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Gitmo detainee's military trial begins
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, July 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. military trial of a low-level operative for Osama bin Ladin is seen as a test for trials of those further up the security chain, observers said.
United Press International  –  Jul 21, 2008 3:13 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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First Guantanamo war crimes trial under way
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two began on Monday at the U.S. navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks prompted President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism.
Reuters  –  Jul 21, 2008 2:48 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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1st war crimes trial begins at Guantanamo Bay
Salim Hamdan, who has acknowledged working as Osama bin Laden's personal driver, pleaded not guilty on Monday as U.S. military proceedings against him began at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
CBC.ca  –  Jul 21, 2008 1:55 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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Former bin Laden driver pleads not guilty at start of 1st Guantanamo war crimes trial
Associated Press - July 21, 2008 9:43 AM ET GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Osama Bin Laden's former driver has entered a plea of not guilty to war-crimes charges in the first trial at...
WLFI.com  –  Jul 21, 2008 1:43 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
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