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DefenseLink News Release: Charges Referred Against One Detainee, Charges Dismissed Against Another

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com found this 1/8/2009 on defenselink.mil

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is charged with participating in the planning and preparation for the attack on the USS Cole in the Port of Aden, Yemen, on Oct. 12, 2000. The attack killed 17 sailors, wounded 47 sailors, and severely damaged the ship. The Convening Authority directed that the charges be ...