Alleged al-Qaeda bomber faces US war tribunal
An alleged al-Qaeda chieftain accused of launching a deadly bomb attack in 2000 on a US Navy ship was arraigned on Wednesday at a US military tribunal hearing marked by questions about how the judge would handle potential evidence of torture.
Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, a round-faced 46-year-old Saudi with close-cropped black hair and dark stubble, appeared in public for the first time during his nine years in US custody. In a top-security courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay US naval base in Cuba, he postponed entering a plea and waived the reading of war crimes charges that include murder, attempted murder, conspiring with al-Qaeda and attacking civilians -- charges that could eventually lead to his execution if he is convicted. (Reuters)
