Saudi charged in first Guantanamo tribunal under Obama
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Clifford Armion
le 21/04/2011
Activer le mode zenRichard A. Serrano
"Reporting from Washington The Obama administration initiated its first Guantanamo Bay military tribunal Wednesday, charging a Saudi with masterminding the bombing of the U.S. destroyer Cole that killed 17 sailors and wounded 40 in October 2000. "A conviction is uncertain, however, because U.S. interrogators repeatedly subjected Abd al Rahim al Nashiri to techniques widely considered to be torture. Information obtained through such methods cannot be used as evidence against him. "According to the CIA, the onetime top Al Qaeda lieutenant was held for four years at an undisclosed "black site" where interrogators waterboarded him, placed a handgun beside his head and fired up an electric drill. They also threatened to harm his family." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
"Saudi charged in first Guantanamo tribunal under Obama", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), avril 2011. Consulté le 24/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/saudi-charged-in-first-guantanamo-tribunal-under-obama