Pentagon to appeal dismissal of Khadr charges

June 8, 2007
Pentagon to appeal dismissal of Khadr charges

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced Friday it will challenge a military judge's decision to dismiss all terrorism charges against Canadian Omar Khadr, even as the Bush administration scrambles to assemble an appellate court to hear a formal appeal of the ruling.

Jeffrey Gordon, a Pentagon spokesman, said military prosecutors will file a motion asking army Col. Peter Brownback to reconsider his decision earlier this week to throw out the U.S. government's case against the 20-year-old Canadian detainee.

U.S. terror system in limbo after Khadr ruling

June 5, 2007
U.S. terror system in limbo after Khadr ruling

A military judge dropped a legal bombshell by dismissing the charges against Omar Khadr,
leaving his future in limbo and rocking an already embattled terror system established by the U.S.
administration.

Monday's surprise ruling doesn't put 20-year-old Khadr any closer to a trial or release, but
the decision could derail the heavily criticized terror tribunals.

On Monday, the judge dismissed the charges against the Canadian native, who has been held at
Guantanamo Bay for five years, and the charges brought against Yemen's Salmi Ahmed Hamdam, who was accused of being al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's chauffeur.