Charges dropped on Al Qaeda Member

**Quadratus** · February 05, 2009, 09:34 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/firs...mbing-suspect/

The senior military judge overseeing terror trials at Guantanamo Bay has dropped charges against a suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing.
The legal move by the Hon. Susan J. Crawford upholds President Obama's Guantanamo order to halt court proceedings at the Navy detention center in Cuba.
The military charges against suspected Al Qaeda bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri marked the last active war crimes case at Guantanamo Bay.
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Crawford dismissed the charges against al-Nashiri without prejudice. That means new charges can be brought again later. He will remain in prison for the time being.
"It was her decision, but it reflects the fact that the president has issued an executive order which mandates that the military commissions be halted, pending the outcome of several reviews of our operations down at Guantanamo," Morrell said Thursday night.
The ruling also gives the White House time to review the legal cases of all 245 terror suspects held there and decide whether they should be prosecuted in the U.S. or released to other nations.
Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kurt Lippold, who was commander of the USS Cole when it was attacked in Yemeni waters in 2000, told FOX News that he was invited to the White House on Friday for a special meeting with Obama.
Lippold decried Obama's request to delay all pending trials at Guantanamo. But he told FOX News he "will go with an open mind and wait to see and hear what President Obama has to offer."

Great!

**jankren** · February 05, 2009, 09:39 PM

Whats the point of this?

**Quadratus** · February 05, 2009, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by jankren

Whats the point of this?

What's the point of this you ask? We are dropping charges from Al Qaeda members, that's the point of this.

**danzig** · February 05, 2009, 09:42 PM

Actually the point of it isnt the dropping of charges but dropping of charges for specific reason of pending cases to be reviewed. Its not like ok you are free to go but part of Obama (whether you agree with it or not) review of all suspects being detained.

**jankren** · February 05, 2009, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Quadratus

What's the point of this you ask? We are dropping charges from Al Qaeda members, that's the point of this.

The trial is on pending dude. Its not like he is being released. Besides, he is a suspect, not a convict.

**The spartan** · February 05, 2009, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Quadratus

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/firs...mbing-suspect/

Great!

Like Jankren said, suspect=/=convict. There are probably innocent people in gitmo, believe it or not. And the article even says charges can be brought up later and he isn't be set free at the moment, which sucks if he is innocent.

**eddy_purpus** · February 06, 2009, 02:27 AM

Originally Posted by The spartan

Like Jankren said, suspect=/=convict. There are probably innocent people in gitmo, believe it or not. And the article even says charges can be brought up later and he isn't be set free at the moment, which sucks if he is innocent.

including Harold and kumar ... well , yknow they escaped

**Zephyrus** · February 06, 2009, 02:43 AM

So can someone explain to me why foreign invader/terrorists get protected under the same US rights that americans citizens enjoy?

I have a feeling Geneva Conventions is to blame for this!

**Vequor** · February 06, 2009, 03:24 AM

US law is applied to US prisoners. Its simple. However, you are correct that there must be some way that this is the fault of the Geneva Conventions which ban such lovely things as indiscriminately massacring civilians.