Guantanamo Detainee’s Bad Back Won’t Stop Military Proceedings

A detainee being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba failed to convince a federal district court his military proceedings should be halted because he has a painful back condition.

Nashwan al-Ramer Abdulrassaq isn’t entitled to a preliminary injunction because he isn’t likely to succeed on the merits of his claim, the Sept. 26 opinion by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said.

Abdulrassaq has a degenerative spine condition and has had five surgeries during his detention. He is heavily medicated because he is in constant pain.

In a recent pretrial ...