Two Guantanamo POWs' Cases Thrown Out

June 4, 2007
Two Guantanamo POWs' Cases Thrown Out

All Things Considered, June 4, 2007 · U.S. military judges have thrown out
terrorism-related charges against two prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The rulings could
jeopardize the Bush administration's efforts to mount war-crimes tribunals at the detention
camp.

The cases were dismissed as the government sought to arraign two Guantanamo detainees,
20-year-old Omar Khadr, charged with the murder of a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, and Salin Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni national who the military says was a driver for Osama bin Laden.

Both trials quickly collapsed when two separate judges dismissed all charges against themen.