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Article: Salim Hamdan, ex-bin Laden driver, a small figure for major Guantanamo role
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- July 18, 2008
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Salim Hamdan is a small player with a big role.
A former driver for Osama bin Laden, he is about to become the first Guantanamo prisoner to be tried for war crimes in a major test of the U.S. system for prosecuting alleged terrorists.
Hamdan is an unlikely candidate for the history books _ a wiry Yemeni father of two with a fourth-grade education who is not accused of a direct role in any terrorist attacks.
He is scheduled to go on trial Monday on charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism before a jury of military officers in a specially built courtroom at a former air strip at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. A judge in Washington refused Thursday to order a halt to the ...