Saudi detainee charged in attack on U.S.S. Cole
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By Carol Rosenberg | Miami Herald
The Pentagon Monday announced a proposed death penalty prosecution of a Saudi man at Guantánamo, alleging he organized the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole off Aden, Yemen, that killed 17 American sailors.
The 11-page charge sheets, signed by a Marine major, accuse Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, 43, of conspiracy, murder and other law of war violations.
It seeks to try him by military commission at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba, and execute him if convicted.
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