Bid to suppress Guantanamo detainee's 'confessions' denied
AFP
GUANTANAMO BAY- A military judge on Monday denied a request to suppress Canadian detainee Omar Khadr's alleged confessions which his lawyer said were made under duress at Bagram air base and at Guantanamo.
"The motion to supress is denied," said military judge Patrick Parrish at the final preliminary hearing before Khadr's trial at a revamped military commission to begin Tuesday.
Canadian citizen Khadr, now 23, is the last Western detainee at Guantanamo. He was arrested at age 15 by US troops in Afghanistan and is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier during a July 2002 battle.
He also is alleged to have been trained by Al-Qaeda and to have joined a network organized by bin Laden to make bombs.
Khadr, the only Guantanamo detainee charged with murder, has so far refused Washington's offer of 30-years in prison -- including 25 in Canada -- in exchange for his guilty plea.
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He also is alleged to have been trained by Al-Qaeda and to have joined a network organized by bin Laden to make bombs.
Khadr, the only Guantanamo detainee charged with murder, has so far refused Washington's offer of 30-years in prison -- including 25 in Canada -- in exchange for his guilty plea.
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