An Afghan detainee accused of hurling a grenade at US soldiers in Afghanistan has been referred to a special military tribunal for trial on charges of attempted murder, the Pentagon said late on Thursday.
Charges against Mohammed Jawad, which also include intentionally causing serious bodily harm, “were referred to a military commission,” it said in a statement. Jawad is only one of four detainees at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who have been charged with war crimes under a US law that created military commissions to try detainees caught in the US “war on terror” as illegal enemy fighters.
They were rounded up as part of the wide crackdown on extremists in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
Jawad, who was believed to be a minor at the time of his capture, is alleged to have hurled a grenade into a vehicle carrying two US soldiers and their interpreter near Kabul on December 17, 2002. He must be formally arraigned within 30 days, and a commission must be formed to try him within 120 days.
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