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Old Coot Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:44 PM
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U.S. frees youngest Guantanamo detainee: lawyer
Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The youngest detainee held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, seized when he was just 14 years old, has been released after seven years in captivity, his lawyers said on Thursday.

Mohammed El Gharani, a Chadian citizen, was set free five months after a U.S. federal judge ordered him released after reviewing the evidence against him and ruling that it did not prove he was ever an "enemy combatant."

Gharani has already returned to Chad, his lawyers said. There was no immediate confirmation from U.S. authorities of his release.

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"The idea that it took seven years and a federal judge to sort this out demonstrates just how failed an experiment Guantanamo Bay is."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSLB13601920090611
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:03 PM
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1. So, this 21 year old spend ONE THIRD...
...of his life locked up in Guantanamo.

And the evidence showed we never proved he was an enemy combatant, or that he ever did anything wrong.

Why in the hell did it take seven years to prove that?

This is so revolting, I can barely stand it.

If he wasn't guilty---then why was my country holding a 14-year old kid?

What in the hell is going on???
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alstephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:07 PM
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2. K & R (with great disgust)
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yodermon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:13 PM
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3. bcz he was a SUPER DANGEROUS MUTANT ALQAIDA X-MAN DEMONCHILD
didncha know.
I seriously wonder what kind of abuse he suffered and if/how he'll be able to cope. :(
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choie Donating Member (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:48 PM
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7. I only wish that kid could sue the ass off of the United States
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Politicalboi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 08:05 PM
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11. Maybe he could sue
Bush/Cheney in a civil case. I sure hope so.
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The Stranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:15 PM
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4. Remind me again why the criminals who set up, ran, and still defend the concentration camp still
walk free?
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mbperrin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 09:26 AM
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16. Because, because. because...you know, I will be damned if I KNOW
why those bastards are still walking around...
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hangman86 Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:18 PM
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5. I hope more stories like this keep coming out after
the rest of the innocent detainees are freed. The American public should know just how many innocent lives we ruined because of our witch hunt tactics.
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:21 PM
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6. but the Cheneys just said on TV that Gitmo is currently detaining the worst of the worst!
:sarcasm:
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 05:04 PM
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8. photo:


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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 05:24 PM
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9. Doesn't he look happy to be out.
I bet he bought flowers all around for his guards.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 06:16 PM
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10. Guantanamo Bay has been a failure, just like everything Bush and Cheney touched. (nt)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 08:39 PM
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12. Two Guantanamo detainees sent to Iraq, Chad (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Two Guantanamo detainees, a young man with dual Chadian and Saudi nationalities and an Iraqi, were transferred to Chad and to Iraq respectively, the US Justice Department said Thursday.

Jawad Jabber Sadhkan arrived in Iraq overnight Wednesday to Thursday, while Mohammed al-Gharani arrived in Chad on Thursday, the department said in a statement.

These were the seventh and eighth releases from the controversial US Navy-run detention camp in southeastern Cuba since President Barack Obama entered the White House in January ...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGjCg9d3jF5FY5WA4CJbeLTNpFSg
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 08:29 AM
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13. If it failed, why are we doing the same thing in Afghanistan now?
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 08:39 AM
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14. Good.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 08:42 AM
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15. K&R
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