A military judge dismissed charges Monday against a Canadian who was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan, a surprise ruling that came minutes into the arraignment of the man classified as an "enemy combatant" at Guantanamo Bay.
Khadr had been classified as an "enemy combatant" by a military panel years earlier at Guantanamo Bay, but because he was not classified as an "alien unlawful enemy combatant," Army Col. Peter Brownback said he had no choice but to throw the case out.
"The charges are dismissed without prejudice," Brownback said as he adjourned the proceeding.
Khadr was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan after a firefight in 2002 in which he was wounded and allegedly killed a U.S. soldier with a grenade. He appeared in the courtroom with a beard and wearing an olive-green prison uniform.
The dismissal of the charges does not mean he will be freed from Guantanamo.
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