Military judges have dismissed charges against a Guantanamo detainee who chauffeured Osama bin Laden and another who allegedly killed a US soldier in Afghanistan.

A military judge at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base today dismissed charges against Canadian detainee Omar Khadr, saying the matter is outside the jurisdiction of the military tribunal system.

A Yemeni poet accused of writing terrorist propaganda admitted he was a member of al-Qaida and asked to represent himself before a US military commission today.