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U.S. drops charges against '20th hijacker' facing Guantanamo trial |
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Written by THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Pentagon is dropping charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was supposed to have been the "20th hijacker" in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mohammed al-Qahtani was one of six men facing murder charges before a U.S. military tribunal for the attacks.
But U.S. military defence lawyers confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday that a Pentagon official has finalized the charges only against the other five, including the alleged architect of the attacks.
U.S. officials have said al-Qahtani was subjected to harsh treatment authorized by former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
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