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Gitmo inmate freed without charge after 7 years
Mohammed Jawad, 19, one of the youngest detainees held at the United States prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was released Monday and sent back to his native Afghanistan in the latest departure from the controversial prison that is set to close in five months. "Jawad was released and returned to Afghanistan today, ending nearly seven years of illegal detention by the United States," said Jonathan Hafetz, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union.Jawad's attorneys maintained he was just 12 years old upon arrival at the prison camp in southwest Cuba in 2002. The Pentagon says he was 16 or 17 when originally arrested in Afghanistan on charges of throwing a grenade at a U.S. convoy. Posted by: Fred 2009-08-25 |
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