Charges sought for Iraqi held at Guantanamo

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — U.S. military prosecutors announced plans Monday to add another case to the docket of the war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo amid efforts by President Barack Obama to move the proceedings to the United States and shutter the detention center.

Prosecutors have filed charges against Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi for the war crime known as “perfidy,” alleging he coordinated a long series of suicide attacks on U.S. and allied troops and civilians in Afghanistan, the chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo tribunals, Army Gen. Mark Martins, told reporters at the base.