Hamdan sentenced to just five and a half years
Last updated on 4th September 2008 at 12:48 am |
The first war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay came to a close this month, with Salim Hamdan, Osama Bin Laden’s former driver, being convicted of providing support to Al-Qaeda, but acquitted of the more serious charge of conspiring to attack civilians, and subsequently sentenced to just 66 months, meaning that he is eligible for release in less than five months.
The Pentagon has already made clear however that he will not be released and that Hamdan will continue to be held indefinitely as an enemy combatant.
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