The US Department of Justice has decided on a military prosecution for Afghan Guantánamo Bay [2] detainee Obaidullah, according to court filings Jan. 6. Obaidullah was initially charged by the military in 2008 with hiding and storing anti-tank mines to be deployed against US forces in Afghanistan. He has been held at Guantánamo since 2002. The US government must now decide whether to formally try Obaidullah in a military commission.
Obaidullah is the sixth Guantánamo detainee to have his case referred for military trial since President Barack Obama ordered the closing of the facility and a review of all detainees' cases last January. In November, the DoJ designated [3] five other cases for military trials, including that of Canadian detainee Omar Khadr. At the same time, the DoJ announced that five accused 9-11 conspirators would be tried in US federal court. (Jurist [4], Jan. 7)
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