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Salim Ahmed HamdanThe Case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan

On July 14, 2004, the Department of Defense formally referred charges against Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a 34-year-old Yemeni national, one of six Guantánamo detainees who were designated by President Bush in July 2003 as subject to trial by military commission under the President’s Order of November 13, 2001. Mr. Hamdan was captured by Afghan forces and handed over to the U.S. military in Afghanistan in late 2001. More»


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