Posts Tagged ‘Guantanamo Bay’
Salim Hamdan found guilty
A US military jury at Guantanamo Bay has convicted Osama Bin Laden’s former driver of supporting terrorism.
The verdict on Salim Hamdan is the first to be delivered in a full war crimes trial at the US prison in Cuba.
The jury found Hamdan guilty of five of eight charges of supporting terrorism but acquitted him of two separate, more serious, charges of conspiracy.
A sentencing hearing is now under way. Hamdan, a Yemeni aged about 40, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The White House said the trial was fair and looked forward to more tribunals.
Poor guy.. If everyone that’s done business with/for Osama Bin Laden is considered a supporter of terrorism.. doesn’t that mean George Bush should be on trial as well?
The defense is going to appeal the five guilty verdicts. Let’s hope some justice will shine through in the end and reinforce the fact that doing your job is not terrorism. Science save us if Salim gets thrown in prison. With that precedent set we could all be held responsible for supporting the American war machine in the future when robo-Gore overthrows Bush-o-tron~!~!~!
Tags: conspiracy, Guantanamo Bay, terrorism