Charges Issued in Cole Bombing

The Pentagon said it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and will seek the death penalty. Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, legal adviser to the U.S. military-tribunal system, said charges are being sworn against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi of Yemeni descent who has been held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2006. Mr. Hartmann said the allegations include conspiracy to violate laws of war, murder, treachery, terrorism, destruction of property and intentionally causing serious bodily injury. The charges must be approved by a Defense Department... [read full story]