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Al-Nashiri Charged in the USS Cole Bombing

Filed under: USS Cole, Yemen, gitmo — by Jane Novak at 1:20 am on Wednesday, July 2, 2008

The Pentagon has charged Gitmo detainee Abdelrahim al-Nashiri in the October 2000 USS Cole bombing which left 17 US service members killed and 49 wounded in the port of Aden, Yemen. Charges include:

• conspiracy to violate the law of war
• murder in violation of the law of war
• treachery or perfidy
• terrorism
• destruction of property in violation of the law of war
• intentionally causing serious bodily injury
• providing material support to terrorism
• attempted murder

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