Nashiri – Uss Cole Bombing
Nashiri – Uss Cole Bombing in 2011
United States views on international law (based on the document “Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law”): On April 20, 2011, military commission prosecutors swore charges against Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Abdu Al-Nashiri for capital crimes arising out of an attempted attack on the USS THE SULLIVANS in January 2000, an attack on the USS COLE in October 2000, and an attack on the MV Limburg in October 2002. April 20, 2011, Department of Defense Press Release, available at (internet link) defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14821. On September 28, 2011, the Convening Authority of the Office of Military Commissions referred the charges to trial by military commission, and Nashiri was arraigned on November 9, 2011. The charges against him include perfidy, murder in violation of the law of war, attempted murder in violation of the law of war, terrorism, conspiracy, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, and hazarding a vessel.*
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- * Editor's note: The military commission considered a series of pre-trial motions in early 2012, but no trial date has been set.