Alleged bomber of US navy ship to face judge
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The main suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole warship appeared before a judge after nearly a decade of confinement at various clandestine CIA prisons and Guantanamo Bay.
Saudi-born Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, 46, faces the death penalty for allegedly planning and preparing the October 2000 attack on the US Navy destroyer in Yemen's port of Aden that killed 17 sailors and wounded 40 more.
It was the first public appearance in years for a "terror" suspect who has been essentially invisible since his 2002 capture in the Gulf and subsequent incarceration.
Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from Washington
Saudi-born Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, 46, faces the death penalty for allegedly planning and preparing the October 2000 attack on the US Navy destroyer in Yemen's port of Aden that killed 17 sailors and wounded 40 more.
It was the first public appearance in years for a "terror" suspect who has been essentially invisible since his 2002 capture in the Gulf and subsequent incarceration.
Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from Washington