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US drops charges against 5 Guantanamo prisoners - Yahoo! News
US drops charges against 5 Guantanamo prisoners
Bookmarks Print 44 mins agoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. military says it is dropping war-crimes charges against five Guantanamo Bay detainees.
A military spokesman says the government can renew the charges later. The chief prosecutor — Army Col. Lawrence Morris — will review material, coordinate with intelligence agencies and recommend appropriate action in each case.
Spokesman Joseph DellaVedova said Tuesday the charges were dropped against Noor Uthman Muhammed, Binyam Mohamed, Sufyiam Barhoumi, Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi and Jabran Said Bin al Qahtani.
The move comes after a prosecutor for another detainee resigned, alleging the military was suppressing evidence favorable to the defense.
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if after 7 years, the US drops charges against those it deems the 'worst of the worst', i really do wonder why Gitmo exists at all.
if enough evidence cant be produced in a kangaroo court to convict these suspects, then i dare say they be freed. Keeping detainees against Geneva Conventions coupled with human rights violations, renditions and waterboarding does little to further the cause of the US in the eyes of the global community.
if theres enough evidence, by all means try them and convict them justly. there are now 22 innocent people languishing in Gitmo that we know of. There 5, plus 17 Uighurs who cannot be repatriated back to China for saftey issues. heres a link if anyone is interested about the Uighurs story.
US court blocks release of Uighurs from Guantanamo - Yahoo! News