Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty against a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of orchestrating the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 88 Australians.
The Indonesian detainee known by the single name Hambali was notified last week that prosecutors are preparing to try him before a military commission at the US base in Cuba on charges that include terrorism and murder in violation of the law of war.
He is accused of conspiring with leaders of al-Qaeda in a series of attacks, including the bombings in Bali in October 2002 that killed 202 people.
A Pentagon legal official known as the convening authority must still approve the charges before the case can proceed to an arraignment.
Marine Corps Brigadier General John Baker, the chief defence counsel, said in an email that he was notified that prosecutors do not intend to seek the death penalty even though some of the charges are potentially capital offences.
