Guantanamo judge drops charges against Canadian

Omar Khadr is seen in this undated photo. Khadr, now 19, was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan and is accused of throwing a grenade that killed an Army medic, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer, during a firefight at a suspected al Qaeda compound near Khost in 2002. The military judge presiding at Omar Khadr's war crimes tribunal dismissed all the charges against the young Canadian on Monday.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The military judge presiding at Omar Khadr's war crimes tribunal dismissed all the charges against the young Canadian on Monday.

The judge said he did not have jurisdiction to try Khadr under a new 2006 law authorizing tribunals at Guantanamo for foreign terrorism suspects. Khadr did not meet the exact definition of those eligible for trial, as written in the law.