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US appoints Islamist lawyer to Gitmo detainee
[Al Arabiya Latest] Although he has been banned from entering the United States and accused of being part of a militant group, Egyptian lawyer Montasser al-Zayyat said he was recruited by the United States to defend a Saudi detainee held in Guantanamo Bay over charges of terrorism.Veteran lawyer of Islamist groups, Zayyat, was set to fly to the United Arab Emirates where he would meet Pentagon officials to discuss his security if he were to accept to defend Saudi national Mustafa Hosawi. Zayyat said he received a phone call from the Pentagon after Hosawi refused to be defended by a court appointed lawyer. "At first I thought it was a joke then turns out he is a major at the Pentagon. He told me a Saudi detainee asked for me by name and that in the three court hearings he attended he refused the lawyer chosen for him and insisted on me," Zayyat said. Posted by: Fred 2009-05-12 |
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