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.

THE military judge presiding over four of the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals said he would consider whether torture was involved when deciding what evidence could be admitted in the trials.

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.

Osama bin Laden’s alleged bodyguard and chauffeur today becomes Guantanamo Bay’s first terror suspect brought before a US military commission that allows for secret evidence and no government appeals.