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Yemen official denies release of USS Cole bomber: reports
Two websites with ties to Yemen's government Sunday denied earlier assertions that Jamal al-Badawi , one of the masterminds behind the 2000 terror attack on the USS Cole [official website; JURIST news archive], had been set free. Yemeni securit (More) |
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Guantanamo tent complex under construction for trials
The US government has begun setting up a "tent city" at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, where the US military plans to hold military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees, officials said Thursday. The military believes trib (More) |
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DOD says 14 'high-value' Guantanamo detainees are 'enemy combatants'
The US Department of Defense (DOD) said Thursday that 14 "high-value" detainees have been designated as enemy combatants based on the recommendations of Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) . The detainees, including the alleged mast (More) |
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Sudan to appeal $8M judgment in USS Cole bombing case
The government of Sudan said Thursday that it will appeal a US court verdict ordering it to pay $7.96 million in compensation to the families of 17 US Navy personnel killed in the 2000 al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole [Wikipedia backgrounder; US DOD (More) |
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US judge orders Sudan to pay almost $8M for USS Cole bombing
US District Judge Robert G. Doumar of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ordered the government of Sudan Wednesday to pay $7.96 million in compensation to the families of 17 US Navy personnel killed in the 2000 al Qaeda atta (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee says torture prompted confession to USS Cole bombing
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri [DOD profile, PDF page 7; JURIST news archive], the suspected mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing [DOD inquiry report; JURIST news archive] and a Guantanamo Bay detainee, said his confession to the attacks was coerced th (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee says he helped bomb USS Cole, Kenya US embassy
The US Department of Defense reported Monday that Guantanamo detainee Walid Muhammad Salih bin Attash admitted to collaborating on the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Kenya and the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole [Wikipedia backgrounder; US DOD inq (More) |
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Federal judge rules Sudan liable in USS Cole bombing
A federal judge on Wednesday held Sudan liable in the 2000 al-Qaeda bombing of the USS Cole [Wikipedia backgrounder; US DOD inquiry report; JURIST news archive], and moved the civil trial of a suit brought by families of seventeen US sailors killed (More) |
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USS Cole families civil suit against Sudan begins
Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of a civil suit brought against Sudan by families of US military personnel killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole [Wikipedia backgrounder; US DOD inquiry report; JURIST news archive]. The families say Sudan (More) |
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Federal judge rejects Sudan motion to dismiss USS Cole suit
US District Judge Robert G. Doumar of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss filed by the government of Sudan in a lawsuit brought by families of sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS C (More) |
Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes
On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.
Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.
