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U.S. files charges against 3 Guantanamo inmates

03 Feb 2007 03:03:40 GMT
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WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A military prosecutor has filed charges against an Australian, a Yemeni and a Canadian held at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday.

"The Chief Prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions has sworn charges against Guantanamo detainees David Hicks of Australia, Salim Hamdan of Yemen, and Omar Khadr of Canada," the Pentagon said in a statement.

The move was the first step toward trial under a new system of military commissions set up by the Bush administration last year.

The Supreme Court ruled last June that the administration's previous plan for trying the foreign terrorism suspects held at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was unlawful.

Under the system, the charges now have to be reviewed by other officials before the men can be formally charged.

The prosecutor filed charges against Hicks of providing material support for terrorism and attempted murder in violation of the law of war, the statement said.

The charges filed against Hamdan were conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism.

The prosecutor filed charges against Khadr of murder in violation of the law of war, attempted murder in violation of the law of war, spying, conspiracy and providing material support to terrorism, the statement said.

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