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| Gitmo inmate freed without charge after 7 years |
| 2009-08-25 |
| 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 |
| #4 Enemy combatants were handed habeas corpus rights by SCOTUS, a couple of years ago. But, cause for continued detainment is given an extremely low threshold. Any Arab caught in Afghanistan in 2001 or 2002, was a Wahabi terrorist. They had no other purpose other than to support Taliban/al-Qaeda. It is unfortunate that some NATO allies think Taliban and al-Qaeda were and are separate entities. Al-Qaeda ut Jihad (Base of Jihad) was a mutual Pashtun/Arab creation, with Afghanistan being the base of global terror. Mullah Omar was title "Leader of (world) Muslims," and that was recognized by most in the Saud terrorist entity. |
| Posted by: Spanky Slamp9315 2009-08-25 16:05 |
| #3 Unlawful Enemy Combatants do not have to be charged Mr. Hafetz. He's lucky to be breathing, frankly. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-08-25 08:44 |
| #2 Check his teeth... or x-ray the ends of his long bones to reveal his true age. |
| Posted by: trailing wife in Buffalo 2009-08-25 05:27 |
| #1 lucky he didnt get shot on the spot imho .. |
| Posted by: Oscar 2009-08-25 04:29 |