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| Bin Laden's driver denied POW status |
| 2007-12-24 |
| A US military judge on Thursday ruled that Osama bin Laden’s former driver is an ‘unlawful enemy combatant’ and can be tried before a military commission at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, thus denying him ‘prisoner of war’ status. Salim Hamdan, 37, a native of Yemen, was Bin Laden’s personal driver in Afghanistan, and was captured in November 2001 with surface-to-air missiles in his car. Hamdan’s defence had argued that he was not a fighter, but merely a driver transporting weapons. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 ...was captured in November 2001 with surface-to-air missiles in his car. Pardon me Mr. Hamdan, is that a SAM in your trunk or are you just glad to see me? A case of flagrante delicto in which don't ask, don't tell won't work. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-12-24 15:58 |
| #3 oh he was just carrying arms for Bin laden, that was a good argument. could this be idiot of the day entry too? |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-12-24 10:40 |
| #2 Excellent! |
| Posted by: doc 2007-12-24 09:40 |
| #1 Good. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2007-12-24 08:13 |