Osama bin Laden's former driver offered the terrorist leader aid and protection that helped make the Sept. 11 attacks possible, prosecutors said Monday in closing arguments at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial.
Prosecutor John Murphy said evidence in Salim Hamdan's two-week trial showed the Yemeni detainee played a "vital role" in the conspiracy behind the 2001 attacks.
"There's an intricate pattern in which this accused helped in the preparation of and transportation of the leadership that made this possible," said Murphy, a civilian attorney with the Justice Department.
He was just an illiterate guy who worked as Osama Bin Laden's driver for the money. I'm sure he's not the bad guy he's painted out to be:
Hamdan was captured at a roadblock in southern Afghanistan in November 2001 with two surface-to-air missiles in the car. Prosecutors accused Hamdan of transporting weapons for al-Qaida and evacuating bin Laden to safety after learning he was about to launch terrorist "operations," including the Sept. 11 attacks.
Oh. He had two missiles with him in the car? Well, now that changes everything doesn't it? You don't go from poor guy who's just taking a driving job, to transporting surface to air missiles without a little bit of forward knowledge.
Let him fry.
Travis
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