Salim Ahmed Hamdan Light Sentence Master Genius Stroke
It is absolutely brilliant the light sentence that the Yemeni Driver Salim Hamdan had received his conviction in the military trial at Gitmo Naval Base in Cube.
Let's close a chapter and move on.
Salim Hamdan Hamdan was born in Yemen in 1970, but the exact date is unconfirmed. His age is generally given as 37 or 38. He is married to a woman known as Um Fatima and is the father of two girls. One daughter was born in 2000 and the other in 2002, after he was captured in Afghanistan.
Court papers show that Hamdan met Osama bin Laden in 1996 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and was hired as the al-Qaida leader's personal driver and bodyguard
Thurs., Aug. 7, 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A U.S. military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least a 30-year sentence to deter would-be terrorists.
Hamdan gets 5 1/2 years on terror charge
Judge calls bin Laden driver 'small player' following light sentence
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26055301/
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/7/salmi_hamdan_found_guilty_in_first
Salim Hamdan Found Guilty in First US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII
Hamdan was captured in November of 2001 by members of the Afghan Northern Alliance and then turned over to U.S. forces. At the time, he was alleged to be carrying two surface-to-air missiles to a battlefield near Kandahar.
Court documents acknowledge that Hamdan was kept in near isolation and subjected to coercive interrogation methods after his capture. He was declared to be an "enemy combatant" and sent to the U.S. military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2002
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93389083&ft=1&f=1001
Let's close a chapter and move on.
Salim Hamdan Hamdan was born in Yemen in 1970, but the exact date is unconfirmed. His age is generally given as 37 or 38. He is married to a woman known as Um Fatima and is the father of two girls. One daughter was born in 2000 and the other in 2002, after he was captured in Afghanistan.
Court papers show that Hamdan met Osama bin Laden in 1996 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and was hired as the al-Qaida leader's personal driver and bodyguard
Thurs., Aug. 7, 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A U.S. military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least a 30-year sentence to deter would-be terrorists.
Hamdan gets 5 1/2 years on terror charge
Judge calls bin Laden driver 'small player' following light sentence
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26055301/
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/7/salmi_hamdan_found_guilty_in_first
Salim Hamdan Found Guilty in First US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII
Hamdan was captured in November of 2001 by members of the Afghan Northern Alliance and then turned over to U.S. forces. At the time, he was alleged to be carrying two surface-to-air missiles to a battlefield near Kandahar.
Court documents acknowledge that Hamdan was kept in near isolation and subjected to coercive interrogation methods after his capture. He was declared to be an "enemy combatant" and sent to the U.S. military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2002
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93389083&ft=1&f=1001
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