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Unusual Issues in Court at Guantánamo Stand Out as a Case Finally Heads to Trial

02. Oktober 2026 um 19:29
Prosecutors want remote testimony for witnesses unable or unwilling to travel to Guantánamo. The defense wants jurors to be told that, guilty or innocent, the defendant will not go free.

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A sign at the legal complex at Guantánamo Bay, seen in 2023.

Judge Again Delays Guantánamo’s First Death-Penalty Terror Trial

12. Mai 2026 um 04:06
The 2000 terrorism case has been going on for so long that the parents of fallen sailors and shipmates who survived the attack have died.

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The U.S.S. Cole bombing case is on track to become the first capital trial at Guantánamo Bay. Jury selection was again delayed.

Trial in 2000 Bombing Case Is Delayed Weeks Before It Was Set to Finally Start

10. Mai 2026 um 16:12
A Saudi prisoner is accused of orchestrating the bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 American sailors in 2000.

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Two suicide bombers blew up a bomb-laden skiff alongside the destroyer Cole during a refueling stop off Aden, Yemen, in 2000.

Judge Orders Records Search After Trump Ties Cole Attack to Iran

24. März 2026 um 22:09
The bombing of the ship by Al Qaeda killed 17 U.S. sailors in 2000. President Trump has said Iran was “probably involved.”

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In all, 17 U.S. sailors were killed in the bombing of the Cole by Al Qaeda on Oct. 12, 2000. Family members of victims have sued Iran in federal court and won default judgments. Defense lawyers say they have seen no evidence of a link between Iran and the attack.

Trump Remarks on U.S.S. Cole and Iran Raise Questions in Guantánamo Case

06. März 2026 um 14:51
Prosecutors have offered up no evidence supporting a link that the president claimed between Iran and the attack in Yemen in 2000, defense lawyers say.

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The bombing of the U.S.S. Cole off the coast of Yemen was seen as a precursor of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Government Still Building Case for U.S.S. Cole Trial 25 Years After Attack

26. Februar 2026 um 20:55
Prosecutors are scrambling to shore up the case from adverse judicial rulings. Defense lawyers say they are not ready for trial.

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The attack on the U.S.S. Cole killed 17 American sailors off the coast of Yemen in 2000.

Pentagon Official Rejects Plea Deal in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case

05. Februar 2026 um 23:40
The decision clears the way for the first death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay to start this summer, more than 25 years after the attack.

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The U.S.S. Cole at a Yemeni harbor in October 2000, more than two weeks after an attack by Al Qaeda suicide bombers killed 17 sailors and wounded dozens of others.

New Judges Take Charge of Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo

19. Dezember 2025 um 00:58
The long-running case had been on hold for nearly a year because of higher court appeals and the retirement of the military judge.

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Lt. Col. Michael Schrama was a student at Georgetown University on Sept. 11, 2001. He is now the fifth judge to preside in the military commission case of defendants in the terrorism attacks.

Qaeda Convict Returns to Guantánamo Court 17 Years After Trial

21. November 2025 um 01:04
The Yemeni prisoner spent nearly seven hours at the war court, displaying some of the defiance of his 2008 proceeding.

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An abandoned prison camp at Guantánamo Bay. Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who was sentenced to life in 2008, appeared at the base war court on Thursday in a proceeding concerning the upcoming capital trial of another prisoner.
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