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Guantamano inmate must stay in Sudan
Only thing worse would be to order him to Gaza.
KHARTOUM - Washington has asked Khartoum for guarantees that detained Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj will not leave Sudan before it tosses releases him from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, his brother Asim al-Haj said on Wednesday.

Haj, who grew up in Sudan but is based in Qatar for his work with the television channel, was arrested and turned over to U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2001. He was transferred to the U.S. prison in Cuba accused of involvement in “terrorist” activity.

“The U.S. administration wants to release Sami al-Haj,” Asim al-Haj told Reuters after meeting Sudanese Foreign Ministry officials. “But they want guarantees from the Sudanese government ... that if they release him he will not leave Sudan,” he said.

Haj’s mouthpiece lawyer in London, Clive Stafford Smith, said any decision needed to be made quickly as Haj had been on hunger strike for more than 200 days.
200 days? How much weight did he gain?
The U.S. embassy in Khartoum had no immediate comment on the report.

Asim al-Haj said his brother could be released by the end of the month. “The family are of course very happy to hear this news,” he said, adding they would deal with the conditions of release once his brother returned to Sudan. “This is a personal decision. His work is in Qatar. If he wants to return to work there then we will decide what to do.”
And then we will decide what to do.

Posted by: Steve White 2007-08-16
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=196302