Khadr to go to Trail in October

Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen and part of the 'al Qaida family', will go trail before the Gitmo war crimes court. Khadr is accused of killed U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer with a grenade in Afghanistan back in 2002. Reuters

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A young Canadian prisoner will go on trial before the Guantanamo prison camp's war crimes court on October 8 on charges of murdering a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, a judge said on Thursday.

But Omar Khadr's trial date is "not set in stone" and is dependent on prosecutors turning over evidence as ordered, said the judge, Army Col. Patrick Parrish.

The trial date was set during a brief hearing at the U.S. naval base, marking the first time the Guantanamo court has convened since last week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the 270 Guantanamo prisoners have the right to contest their detention in the U.S. federal courts.