Person: Salim Hamdan

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No ordinary driver, no ordinary cargo

EDWARD HORGAN (Letters, August 8) is either naive or disingenuous in complaining about the sentencing of Salim Hamdan by a US military court, claiming he was “sentenced for providing material aid for terrorism” for “simply earning a living working as a driver for a foreign national in a foreign country”.

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Clooney to star in terrorist film?

Guantanamo courts an abuse of the law

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Bin Laden's driver jailed on terror charge

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Split decision convicts former bin Laden driver

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Amnesty condemns conviction of Guantanamo detainee

Bin Laden's driver guilty of terror charges

Osama bin Laden’s former driver was found guilty today of charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism at the first US war crimes trial since the Second World War.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2008

Jury resumes deliberations on bin Laden's driver

A Pentagon jury will consider its a verdict on a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden today as the US nears completion of its first war crimes trial since the Second World War.

Tue, 05 Aug, 2008

Bin Laden driver ‘vital’ to 9/11

OSAMA BIN LADEN’s former driver offered the terrorist leader aid and protection that helped make the September 11 attacks possible, prosecutors said yesterday in closing arguments at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial.

Tue, 05 Aug, 2008

Bin Laden 'bodyguard' freed

A Moroccan prisoner released from the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2004, was Osama bin Laden’s top bodyguard, the war crimes trial of the terror leader’s driver heard.

Fri, 25 Jul, 2008

Bin Laden driver 'knew 9/11 plane target'

A former driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on September 11 2001, his war crimes trial was told.

Wed, 23 Jul, 2008

Man knew target of hijacked 9/11 plane, court hears

A FORMER driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on September 11, a prosecutor said yesterday as he sought to undercut defence arguments that the Guantanamo prisoner was a low-level employee of the terrorist leader.

Wed, 23 Jul, 2008

War crimes judge bans evidence from 'coercive' interrogations

The judge in the first American war crimes trial since the Second World War barred evidence obtained by interrogators from Osama bin Laden’s driver, ruling he was subjected to “highly coercive” conditions in Afghanistan.

Tue, 22 Jul, 2008

Bin Laden driver pleads not guilty in Gitmo trial

THE first Guantanamo war crimes trial began yesterday with a not guilty plea from a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

Tue, 22 Jul, 2008

First Guantanamo war trial begins

The first Guantanamo war crimes trial began today with a not guilty plea from a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

Mon, 21 Jul, 2008

Gitmo war crime trials to begin

THE first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay can begin next Monday, a federal judge has ruled, saying civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2008

Osama driver 'helped US in hunt for bin Laden'

A one-time driver for Osama bin Laden helped the FBI try to track down his boss after being captured in Afghanistan, his former interrogators testified.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2008

Supreme court ruling casts doubt on Guantanamo trials

The imminent start of war crimes trials at Guantanamo Bay has been thrown into doubt by a US Supreme Court ruling that detainees have constitutional rights and can appeal to civilian courts.

Fri, 13 Jun, 2008

Pentagon official barred from Guantanamo trial

A military judge has disqualified a Pentagon legal official from participating in the Guantanamo war crimes trial against a former driver for Osama bin Laden, saying he lacks independence.

Sat, 10 May, 2008