GUANTANAMO Jul 18 (AP): Salim Hamdan is a small player with a big role. A former driver for Osama bin Laden, he is about to become the first Guantanamo prisoner to be tried for war crimes in a major test of the US system for prosecuting alleged terrorists.
Hamdan is an unlikely candidate for the history books - a wiry Yemeni father of two with a fourth-grade education who is not accused of a direct role in any terrorist attacks.
He is scheduled to go on trial Monday on charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism before a jury of military officers in a specially built courtroom at a former air strip at the US Navy base in Cuba. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
Former bin Laden driver first test of Gitmo trials
FE Team | Published: July 19, 2008 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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