GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A Guantanamo prisoner accused of being an al-Qaida commander who organized deadly attacks in Afghanistan had his first day in court Wednesday more than seven years after he was taken to this U.S. base.

Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi was arraigned before a military judge on five war crimes charges for a series of attacks that included using suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices to kill U.S. and allied forces. He faces up to life in prison.