NATIONAL BRIEFING / GUANTANAMO BAY
A federal judge in Washington ruled that the government could continue to detain a 29-year-old Yemeni at the U.S. military prison in Cuba.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said the government had met its burden in alleging that Ghaleb Bihani was an “enemy combatant” who supported Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
Bihani’s lawyers argued that their client was only a cook and never fired a weapon at U.S. forces. But Leon said “helping prepare the meals” for Taliban forces was enough to justify the detention. Quoting from Napoleon, Leon said, “An army marches on its stomach.”
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