Omar Khadr negotiating US plea deal: lawyer

2010-10-14T12:31:33Z

Young Canadian Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr is negotiating a plea deal with the US administration just days before his war crimes trial was due to resume, his lawyer said Thursday.

"There are negotiations for a plea deal, but I am not commenting on any of the details about it," Nathan Whitling

First Guantanamo trial under Obama opens

2010-08-10T07:15:22Z

The first Guantanamo trial of Barack Obama's presidency opened Tuesday with Canadian detainee Omar Khadr, who was captured by US troops in Afghanistan at age 15, facing a military tribunal.

Khadr appeared i...

Guantanamo court resumes with squabbling lawyers

2010-04-16T12:01:19Z

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The Guantanamo war crimes court wheezed back into session on Monday to settle a squabble over which U.S. military lawyers would represent a young Canadian defendant.

Guantanamo war crimes court pressed forward Monday with hearings for five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks and for a Canadian accused of killing a U.S. soldier.

Several days of pretrial motions started a day before the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, who has said he will close the offshore prison at the US "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba does not necessarily mean that detainee Omar Khadr will return to Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.

Khadr, who was captured in

Failed terror trials raise new questions

2010-09-09T00:21:44Z

Failed Terrorism Trials Leaves Pentagon Scrambling, Emboldens Democratic Critics

Failed attempts to charge two terror suspects left the Pentagon scrambling Tuesday to determine a next step and emboldened Democrats who said the rulings exposed a flawed court system.

Military judges ruled Monday that the Pentagon could not prosecute...

Guantanamo War Crimes

2010-10-31T16:01:28Z

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Canadian detainee Omar Khadr listens the taped testimony of Navy Capt. Patrick McCarthy, the former top military legal adviser at the det...

CORRECTION Guantanamo War Crimes

2010-10-25T15:01:52Z

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official Capt Michael Grant, USAF swears in Omar Khadr, right, at the Camp Justice compound of Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, retired Sgt. Maj. "D" a former special forces soldier, center, gives testimony during a trial against Omar Khadr, right, in the courthouse for the Captain Dave Iglesias, spokesman for the military commission prosecuting Omar Khadr, speaks to reporters at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Khadr, 23, is due to stand trial for war crimes allegedly committed when he was 15 years old. (AP Photo/The Ca...

Guantanamo Military Trial

2010-08-08T20:30:31Z

A U.S. Navy personnel walks past the military commission courthouse on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, where Canadian citizen Omar Khadr is set to be tried for war crimes at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The first war-crimes trial of the Obama administration is slated to start this week as Omar Khad...