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Twelfth Detainee Refuses to Go to Hearing
A 37-year-old prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, refused to attend a U.S. military review hearing Friday, becoming the 12th detainee to stay away from the proceedings, a military official said. The prisoner, who has been held in the U.S. naval base for 33 months, is accused of belonging to the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaida terror network, said Navy Cmdr. Katy Wright, a spokeswoman at the Pentagon. He is believed to have traveled to Afghanistan to work for Al-Wafa, a charity the U.S. military says helped finance al-Qaida. The detainee, whose name and nationality were not released, was captured by U.S. forces along with other members of al-Qaida, Wright said. Posted by: Fred 2004-08-21 |
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